Mermaid Survival Rule Number 1: Stay away from intelligent women. Who are so my type. Fish are not great conversationalists. That's not why Niua sneaks aboard a research ship, or why she's stumbling around on legs, pretending she's not a mermaid, but years of living among uncommunicative sea life may explain why she's unwisely flirting with a marine scientist who's far too perceptive--and far too female--for Niua's safety. She...