After the storm of the century passes, survivors along the coast usually have a tale to tell; but Seaside's elite aren't talking. Christy and her misfit gang stumble upon the reason why as a sinister supernatural sea legend involving marauding fiendish mermen unfolds around them. Local author Beatrice LaRoche and her illustrator ol' Mr. Gepford seem to have an authoritative knowledge of the esoteric subject the kids are digging into, but the odd harpoon marks on their arms put them in league with the "Harpies" group the children distrust. Unless the gang can convince the right folks that the "time of reckoning" forewarned by the eccentric old artist exists outside his imagination, their community could go under without a fight. Ved-ava's Curse is a suspense/adventure set in Seaside and throughout Clatsop County to include Fort Stevens. The fiction novel, for young adults and older, is marked with humor, conspiracy, and adventure challenging each of us to examine our own values along with the limits of our imagination in day to day life.