Roana, his daughter, is blamed for the wreck that took them. Desperate to outrun her grief—and the islanders who won’t let her forget it—she wants nothing more than to leave. But a tyrannical sorceress now controls the harbor—and when Roana uncovers a stolen egg in her lair, escape becomes a rescue mission.

Iniko, a telepathic sailor haunted by fractured memories, is desperate to find a crew brave—or foolish—enough to man his ship. When he becomes entangled in Roana’s trouble—and in caring for the powerful creature that hatches from the egg—he glimpses Roana’s long-repressed magic, a potent force she refuses to accept.