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When Caro's father is arrested for smuggling after he refuses to transport a mysterious crate, she concedes to transport it herself--despite danger from the Black Dog pirates--in exchange for his release. But no one mentioned that the crate contains a young man. Intricate politics and classism inform this mysterious but mesmerizing fantasy world where humans control shadows and gods speak from the bottom of rivers.