A coming of age Sci-fi political thriller
Guardian Officer Ferdinand R. Torres
Dae-ho told her monsters hid among the people of the northeastern Mediterranean Sea who lay sleeping on deck two. It isn't just Dae-ho; Soo-min grew up hearing others tell stories about the people augmented in the labs to possess unimaginable power before the Earth entered its death spiral. When people fled Earth, governments agreed to leave the augmented humans behind. But, the Augments made other plans.
With its solar storms, the refugees knew planet Palaemon would be difficult to colonize, but the rewards were worth the risks. The scientists said Palaemon was void of all higher-order life forms, and colonizing the planet would do no harm. They were wrong. After generations of silence, creatures emerge from deep within the underwater canyons to torment everything in the oceans. Why now?
When the Director of Palace Guards and Guardians of the Arkivian palace falls in one of the creature's attacks, the newly appointed Drewitt J. Ditka finds himself in a growing tangle of lies and deceit. He knew the palace was full of secrets. He just didn't know the young Princess Patrina would be one of them.
Now, Princess Patrina must save her kingdom from the resource hungry rival, Eastern Arkivia, and Director Ditka must fight to save the princess.
This edition includes questions for book clubs and a brief Q and A with the author.
Can Princess Pat keep Arkivia from spiraling toward war?
Can Director Ditka keep the princess alive?
Princess Pat's childhood drawing of a Mimic Octopus, the symbol for Arkivian Intelligence Service. A mimic octopus can change its shape, mimicking other sea creatures, to avoid predators or to get close to its prey. The inked Mimic rests on the wrists of those sworn to protect the princess. Can she trust everyone with ink? Or is someone not who they appear to be?
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