Diving down into Ingo, she discovers a world she never knew existed, where she must let go of all her Air thoughts and embrace the sea. Then, the following summer, Sapphy meets Faro, an enigmatic and intriguing Mer boy. Read more old myth: she's convinced he's still alive. When he is lost at sea she can't help but think of that. Sapphire's father told her that story when she was little.

He swam down into the sea to be with her, and was never seen again. Once there was a man who fell in love with a mermaid. Stunning reissue, in beautiful new cover-look, of this magical and award-winning novel - the first of the spellbinding Ingo Chronicles. She won the Orange Prize for Fiction with her novel A Spell of Winter, her novel The Siege was shortlisted for the Orange Prize and the Whitbread Prize for Fiction, and her final poetry collection Inside the Wave won the 2017 Costa Book of the Year.Description for The Ingo Chronicles: Ingo Paperback. In her lifetime, she published eight collections of poetry, many novels for both adults and children, and two collections of short stories. Helen Dunmore was an award-winning novelist, poet and children's writer, who will be remembered for the wisdom, lyricism, compassion and immersive beauty of her writing. Steeped in myth and legend, and full of the resonance of the deeps, this immersive five-book saga shows leading poet and author Helen Dunmore at her lyrical best. And she's sure she can hear him singing across the water: 'I wish I was away in Ingo, far across the briny sea. īut Sapphy doesn't just crave the wild world beneath the waves she also longs to see her father once more. Diving down into Ingo, she discovers an intoxicating world she never knew existed, where she must let go of the airy world above, and embrace the sea.

Then, the following summer, Sapphy meets Faro – an enigmatic Mer boy. When he is lost at sea she can't help but think of the old myth. Readers will be drawn into a watery world of mystery and magic by this haunting, sea-drenched series set on the coast of Cornwall…

Award-winning author Helen Dunmore’s INGO saga, a beautiful mermaid series for readers of 9 and up, now available in an unmissable ebook collection containing all five novels.

Ingo by Helen Dunmore