Goodreads asked A.G. Whitt:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

A.G. Whitt One word: travel. I absolutely love to travel and see incredible landscapes throughout the world. The idea for the Heir of Atargatis came to me after my second (third?) trip to Ireland and I once again saw the incredibly stunning Cliffs of Moher. I remember standing there and thinking, there is something magical brewing here. I have to figure out what it is. And that's when I began to dive into Irish mythology, and it was nonstop obsession from there on out. I thought about mermaids and what they'd be like if they lived off the Western coast of Ireland...and then I discovered Hy-Brasil, the phantom disappearing island legendary in Irish folklore since the dawn of time, it seemed. So what if mermaids lived there? A place that WE can't see?

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