Prince of Song & Sea

Prince of Song & Sea is a book that retells the story of Disney's 1989 animated feature film The Little Mermaid from Prince Eric's perspective. It was released by Disney Press on October 4, 2022.
==Description==
For fans of Twisted Tales and Villains is a brand new YA series that retells the classic Disney stories you thought you knew from the Disney Princes' perspectives.
Before Prince Eric's mother, the Queen of Vellona, went missing two years ago, she reminded him about the details of the deadly curse that has plagued his entire life. The curse? If he were to kiss someone other than his true love, he would die. With a neighboring kingdom looking for any excuse to invade their shores, and rumors of ghost pirates lurking the seas, Eric is desperate for any information that may help him break his enchantment and bring stability to Vellona. The answers he has been searching for come to him in the form of a letter left from his mother that reveals Eric must find his true love, the one with a voice pure of heart, or kill the sea witch responsible for cursing him in the first place.
Now Eric is on a quest to find the Isle of Serein, the witch's legendary home. But after he is rescued by a mysterious young woman with a mesmerizing singing voice, Eric's heart becomes torn. Does he enter a battle he is almost certain he cannot win or chase a love that might not even exist? And when a shipwrecked young woman with flaming red hair and a smile that could calm the seven seas enters his life, Eric may discover that true love isn't something that can be decided by magic.
==New Characters==
*Gabriella: Eric's friend from outside the palace.
*Vanni: Eric's best friend.
*Lord Brackenridge: A friend of the queen's.
*Angelina Brackenridge: The lord's eldest daughter, whose father wishes for her to marry Prince Eric.
*Luna Brackenridge: The lord's nine-year-old daughter.
*Captain Sauer: Pirate captain who raids the kingdom of Vellona and any passing ship without drawing blood to avoid the Blood Tide.
*Nora: Captain Sauer's second-in-command. She never knew she was the child of a human and a mermaid.
*Malek: A merman once trapped by Ursula.
*Queen Eleanora: Eric's mother, who went out to sea to find answers to Eric's curse in the hope of breaking it, and had gone missing since.
==Trivia==
*Eric's friend Gabriella and Ariel's nickname "Pearl" are references to Ariel's friend Gabriella and Alana's friend Pearl from The Little Mermaid series.
*The book's chapters' titles are references to songs from the animated film and its musical adaptation. There is one chapter title that is a reference to Return to the Sea.
*Eric's friend Vanni's idea of Eric holding a singing competition to find the mysterious voice is a reference to "The Contest" from the musical adaptation.
*The names "Snow", "Emma", "Ruby", "Regina", and "Lacey" are references to Once Upon a Time.
*Eric's kingdom is named Vellona.
*There are extra adventures in between Ariel's time on land. Eric was to leave the next day to find clues about Ursula when he found Ariel. He spent the next morning and afternoon showing Ariel around before going on his voyage, which Ariel follows. After a long and near-death endeavor where Captain Sauer's first mate Nora found out she was a mermaid, the group returned to Vellona. That night, Eric was enchanted by Ursula down by the beach.
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Category:The Little Mermaid
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