The classic tale of The Little Mermaid - with a twist Rip is a beautiful young merboy, living as a prince in the undersea kingdom of Okwajania. Obsessed with the non-magical human world and its technologies, he is defiant and rebellious. He fears that he will never escape the world that he has never really had a place in... ...until the day he saves a human man from drowning. Evan, who had been blasted off of a sinking gay cruise ship, seems to embody everything young Rip has ever longed for. Because of this, he trades his voice to a wicked drag queen sea witch, not knowing that this dark being has his own evil agenda... Can Rip find true love within the sweltering summer heat of Miami? Or will he turn to sea foam...and perish? This book includes art and illustrations by the author