Hasta el final del océano

The eels of Turia Town make their annual journey to the Sacred Seaweed of the Sargasso Sea, where they reproduce. Helena and her companions discover the world beyond the Universal Mountains: the horrors perpetrated by bipeds and the perils of Mother Nature. Helena’s battles to survive predator attacks alternate with friendly encounters with ocean inhabitants, the appearance of gods and mythical creatures, and the discovery of the oceanic world. Helena meets King Mario and his polychaete worms, oysters held captive on a farm, marked eels, catfish, the goddess Eos, a family of whales, friendly octopuses and the Great Octopus, dolphins, seahorses, Proteus and Triton, Poseidon and Amphitrite, Leviathan and the Red Octopus, the mermaids and their queen Penthesilea, the inhabitants of Atlantis, electric eels, manta rays, French and Italian eels... Helena loses her great love, Xavi, early in the journey, and later Michel—who was secretly in love with her and led the expedition. Despair overwhelms her, to the point where she wants to give up and let herself die. But her close friend San, with the help of the Grand Master Chen Man-Li, helps her cope with her grief and, ultimately, move forward, grow, and become the Grand Master of the eels, succeeding Chen Man-Li. Helena also loses San in one of the final battles; the only one who reaches the Sacred Seaweed in the Sargasso Sea with her is her good friend El Dafni. For Helena, this was a journey of initiation—the trial she had to overcome to become Grand Master. And it is as a great teacher that Helena returns to the City of Turia with the newborns.