Publisher's Synopsis
His mom engineered habitats for colonists on Mars and Europa. His dad, a military hero, ended a long war.
But Dax Zander spends his days surfing Kawela Bay with his brothers, hitching rides with whales and exploring the reefs around his family's undersea home. Life's sweet, the future is bright.
Then one morning in 2077, three aliens arrive, making first contact with a plea for humanity's help against a dire threat to their homeworld, a distant ocean planet. As Earth's leaders deliberate on a risky mission of mercy, Dax feels a stirring in his gut to leave behind childhood thrills and embrace a greater, but far more dangerous destiny: preventing the extinction of an entire civilization.
Lexile Measure: 890L
