Bestselling author of The Bees Laline Paull returns with an immersive and transformative new
novel of an ocean world - its extraordinary creatures mysteries and mythologies - that is
increasingly haunted by the cruelty and ignorance of the human race. Ea has always felt like an
outsider. As a spinner dolphin who has recently come of age she's now expected to join in the
elaborate rituals that unite her pod. But Ea suffers from a type of deafness that means she
just can't seem to master spinning. When catastrophe befalls her family and Ea knows she is
partly to blame she decides to make the ultimate sacrifice and leave the pod. As Ea ventures
into the vast she discovers dangers everywhere from lurking predators to strange objects
floating in the water. Not to mention the ocean itself seems to be changing: creatures are
mutating demonic noises pierce the depths whole species of fish disappear into the sky above.
Just as she is coming to terms with her solitude a chance encounter with a group of arrogant
bottlenoses will irrevocably alter the course of her life. In her terrifying propulsive novel
Laline Paull explores the true meaning of family belonging sacrifice - the harmony and
tragedy of the pod - within an ocean that is no longer the sanctuary it once was and which
reflects a world all too recognizable to our own.
