<DIV><DIV>One hundred years ago. On the foggy Hudson River, a riverboat captain rescues an injured mermaid from the waters of the busiest port in the United States. A wildly popular—and notoriously reclusive—author makes a public debut. A French nobleman seeks a remedy for a curse. As three lives twine together and race to an unexpected collision, the mystery of the Mermaid of the Hudson deepens.</DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV>A mysterious and beguiling love story with elements of Poe, Twain, Hemingway, and Greek mythology, drawn in moody black-and-white charcoal, this new paperback edition of the <I>New York Times</I> Best-Selling graphic novel by author/illustrator Mark Siegel is a study in romance, atmosphere, and suspense.<BR> </DIV></DIV>