Global warming has wreaked havoc and devastation around the world. The Tyrox outbreak killed most of the population of the LA over forty years ago. Nere Hanson's mother was abandoned as a baby in the chaos following the Eugenics War. It was assumed that one of her parents must have been a genetically altered supersoldier which resulted in Nere's and her mother's telepathy. "If anyone in the government ever found out they are both telepaths, they'd end up in a Western Collective work camp, or worse. Nere's mother is a scientist, with a secret illegal lab, computer, and radio. She and Nere work and communicate with, and train dolphins. Her father was washed overboard in a storm two years ago and his body was never recovered. Her brother disappeared one year later. when the government announces that all citizens of Goleta are to be moved further inland and the fishing fleet is destroyed, Gillian (Nere's mom) informs Nere that she, Robry (Cam's brother), and Lena (Nere's former best friend) are part of the Neptune Project. They have been genetically altered to live in the sea. They are to flee their home and make their way to a colony founded by her father for the Neptune kids.
This is an action-packed adventure filled with facts about the sea and spiced with romantic tension that will spark controversy on the ethics of eugenics, global warming, and biological research.
Truman Award Preliminary Nominee 2015-16
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