My current project, FISH (working title for my fantasy series), involves a species of merpeople loosely based on the Jengu, ancient lake mermaids from Africa. I call them Chengu in my series.
Unfortunately finding good books about merpeople that aren’t cliche romances is hard to come by, so I was pleased to come across this book by Vonda N. McIntyre. Not only interesting merpeople, but extra bonus: it’s set in 17th century Versailles!