For years, Dorman did his best to follow in his missing parents’ footsteps and become a great sailor responsible for charting the ever-changing islands. But he has a secret - he wishes he was born as a girl.
Dorman, a closeted trans woman, has just finished recovering from a sailing incident that left her bedridden when her grandmother encourages her to start a new career. All the while, she struggles with her melancholy about the expectations her parents left behind - of her as a sailor and as ‘man of the house’.
As she begins to settle back into her life, she finds that Two Elk Island isn’t as tranquil as she remembers - a group of poachers has begun to disturb the balance between humans and spirits. The resident witch, Rue, seeks her help preventing calamity from befalling the island. The local healer, Lantana, can’t keep up with the influx of new patients caused by the worsening storms. A prince from faraway Castle Island, Valerian, offers to pay any price for the ...
