Elana Del Rio witnesses something that almost kills her. Until, alone in the middle of the ocean, something unknown, only whispered about, rescues her. Half man-half creature, all primitive lover, he breathes life back into her and claims her in the most life-affirming sexual encounter she has ever experienced. She had heard rumors of a being who guarded the seas from man-made dangers and destruction and had thought it a myth. But he is not a myth—he is the Sea Sentinel, and his powers far surpass any of those known to mortal man...