What the Sea Wants

"What the sea wants, the sea will have," goes the sailor's proverb. And in a fog-shrouded corner of coastal Maine, a girl raised on maritime folklore is drawn to the sea by a strange passion. But when a swim turns deadly on the last day of summer, she learns the awful scope of the sea's power. And the boy who snatches her from the water discovers that the old legends hold a dark truth... Set in scenic coastal Maine, What the Sea Wants explores how truth turns to story and story turns to legend through the tale of two young people who experience first-hand the magic and power of the sea.

Tracy E. Banghart's passion for fiction began when she wrote her first story at the age of five. An inveterate bookworm and storyteller, she holds a degree in English from Davidson College and is completing her Master of Arts in Publishing at Oxford Brookes University. Tracy drew inspiration for What the Sea Wants, her first novella, from summer visits to the coastal Maine island where generations of her seafaring ancestors made their home.