Seventeen-year-old Fable is a dredger-a freediver who excavates rare gemstones from the coral reefs that fill The Narrows. For the last four years, she s been trying to get off the island of Jeval, find the father who abandoned her there, and claim her mother s place on his trading crew. But when she finally makes it off the island, she discovers it may have been the safest place for her.