Flowers for the Sea

Winner of the Shirley Jackson AwardWinner of the Pulver AwardAn Ignyte Award FinalistA Library Journal Editor's Pick! A Den of Geeks Best Books of 2021!Flowers for the Sea is a dark, dazzling debut novella that reads like Rosemary's Baby by way of Octavia E. ButlerWe are a people who do not forget.Survivors from a flooded kingdom struggle alone on an ark. Resources are scant, and ravenous beasts circle. Their fangs are sharp.Among the refugees is Iraxi: ostracized, despised, and a commoner who refused a prince, she’s pregnant with a child that might be more than human. Her fate may be darker and more powerful than she can imagine.Zin E. Rocklyn’s extraordinary debut is a lush, gothic fantasy about the prices we pay and the vengeance we seek.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Seanan McGuire, New York Times bestselling author

"Gorgeously written."

Catherynne M. Valente, New York Times bestselling author

“Rocklyn is angry, lyrical, honest, and heartbreaking, riding the line between fantasy and true horror.”

The Washington Post

"A name to watch."

Publishers Weekly

“Rocklyn’s lyrical gothic fantasy debut considers how life can persist in a world of rot, death, and destruction. . . . [They] conjure Iraxi’s precarious position in fluid, lovely prose.”

Booklist

“This novella will whet the appetite of fans of classics like Ira Levin’s Rosemary’s Baby, P. D. James’ The Children of Men, and Octavia Butler’s Bloodchild.”

Paul Tremblay, New York Times Bestselling author

“A lush, mesmerizing novella about survival and the hope of righteous anger. An auspicious debut baring beauty and razorfangs.”

Cassandra Khaw, USA Today bestselling author

“A gorgeous, powerful debut. . . . You don't want to miss it.”

Cemetery Dance

"Rocklyn manages to write a darkly spectacular, yet strangulating world in the middle of the sea, with well-developed characters, vivid imagery, and dense lyrical prose....This claustrophobic story had me reeling as the tension rose until I reached the impressive ending."

The Quiet Pond

"Zin E. Rocklyn’s extraordinary debut is a lush, gothic fantasy about the prices we pay and the vengeance we seek."

About the Author

Amina Koroma is a talented voiceover artist and author currently based in London.Zin E. Rocklyn is an award-winning author who has contributed short stories to numerous anthologies and zines, including Nox Pareidolia, Sycorax’s Daughters, and Weird Luck Tales No. 7. A 2017 VONA and 2018 Viable Paradise graduate as well as a 2021 Clarion West candidate, they contributed the nonfiction essay “My Genre Makes a Monster of Me” to Uncanny Magazine’s Hugo Award-winning issue Disabled People Destroy Science Fiction. Of Trinidadian descent, they hail from Jersey City, New Jersey.

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