Sea Crossing
| First published | March 2008 |
|---|---|
| Type | Short Fiction |
| Length | Novella |
| Series | Children of the Elements › Children of the Sea |
"A Children of the Sea prequel" -- as stated on author's Web site.<br>
Disgraced schoolteacher Emma March books passage in steerage on a steamship from Liverpool to Canada to take a job as a servant. When the ship sinks, she is rescued by a seal -- and awakes to find herself on an island called Sanctuary.<br>
Conn ap Llyr, prince of the selkies, needs someone to school the wild and neglected young selkies staying at Sanctuary. So he sends his warden Griffith ap Powell to fetch a teacher...
Conn ap Llyr is the male protagonist of Children of the Sea #3: Sea Lord. This fills in some of his backstory along with that of warden Griffith ap Powell.