These are only a few of the issues Leilah and Nathair have to deal with as Mermaid Apprentices - hybrids-in-training preparing themselves to become interspecies Ambassadors between the human race and the Merfolk. But nothing is as it seems with these marine creatures, and before long, the two are thrown into a world where political espionage is only the tip of their iceberg of dilemmas. What about trying to satand each other's company? Or their mysterious pasts that are rapidly catching up with them? With not only their future careers on the line, but also the future of Mermifica, can the two Apprentices put aside their differences and resolve the problems before it's too late?