SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN''S PRIZE FOR FICTION, 2023''Knocked my socks off . . . it is set entirely in the ocean. It''s not science fiction. It''s realistic. It''s set in the here and now . . . And it''s fascinating'' Barbara Kingsolver in the New York Times''A pacy, provocative tale of survival in a fast-changing marine landscape'' Daily MailBestselling author 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 outsiderShe suffers from a type of deafness that means she cannot master the spinning rituals that unite her pod of spinner dolphins. When tragedy strikes her family and Ea feels she is partly to blame, she decides to make the ultimate sacrifice and leave.As Ea ventures into the vast, she discovers dangers everywhere, from lurking predators to strange objects floating in the waterBut