The Drowned Cities is a companion novel to Ship Breaker.

Set in a future war-torn America, refugees Mahlia and Mouse have escaped the Drowned Cities where they have made a better life with Doctor Mahfouz.  Mouse rescued Mahlia from the violence of the soldier boys but not before they managed to take her right hand.  Doctor Mahfouz has healed Mahlia and she is learning how to doctor from him.  A chance encounter with Tool, the half-man introduced in Ship Breaker, sends their lives into chaos.  Mahlia, who has always made choices based on survival, will have to make decisions which pit her survival instinct against her heart.  The circumstances of war keep this book moving and provide a thrilling backdrop for Mahlia and Mouse’s story.