Sea Witch Rising is the second book in the Sea Witch duology by author Sarah Henning. It is a retelling of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid.  The novel follows Alia, a mermaid who asked the Evie, the Sea Witch, to help her become human in order to be with the boy she loves, Prince Nikolas. The Sea Witch agrees to the mermaids’ request but with concessions: Alia’s time on land is limited to three days, in which she must make the prince fall in love with her or she will perish, and she must do it without her voice. 

“I never could quite escape the fact that I wanted to write books,” said former journalist-turned-novelist Sarah Henning. “I think it’s impossible for us to run away from who we really want to be…  Dreams don’t die even when we’re adults and have a mortgage and kids. Some people stuff those dreams down and let them rot in their guts and some of us go for it, even if it seems selfish or silly, though dreams never are. Anyone who tells you that you’re either of those things for going after what you want most likely has a big dream-shaped ulcer in their gut.”