Wrong Way Round the Church

A prequel to "Thirteen Card Spread" (1379, Mariana in Paris) and "The Witch of Balintore" (1385, Mariana in Scotland), here we see Mariana as a child, the little dancer, little thinker, little mermaid growing up beside - and in - the Mar Menor, a large sea lagoon in the south east of Spain, her abduction and her life as a slave and prostitute, then her release and subsequent adventures with Malika, the mystery child that Mariana had promised to return to her home and family.