Fable
Fable has known only the sea, a dangerous world where survival means trusting no one. After her mother's death and her father's abandonment, she's spent four years on a treacherous island, honing her skills. Now, she's determined to find her father and claim her place, enlisting a young trader named West to cross the perilous Narrows. But the sea holds more than storms, and West may not be who he seems, forcing Fable to navigate both the elements and hidden dangers.
A seventeen-year-old gem-dredger abandoned on the island of Jeval by her father four years earlier, determined to reclaim her place among the traders of the Narrows.
The guarded young helmsman of the trading ship Marigold, who reluctantly agrees to carry Fable across the Narrows and grows close to her along the way.
Fable's estranged father, one of the most powerful traders in the Narrows, who abandoned her on Jeval and at first refuses to acknowledge her.
West's sister and a member of the Marigold's crew, who grows close to Fable over the course of the voyage.
A member of the Marigold's crew who works alongside Fable during the ship's trading voyages.
Fable was a finalist for the 2020 Goodreads Choice Award for Best Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction, but did not win — the award that year went to Holly Black's The Queen of Nothing.
