Many years from now... The worlds population reaches 54 billion... Communism rules the world... And Plate tectonics create the Drift. Maze Tribec has yet to face reality, being the child of someone in control she has a perfect life, like a few other handfuls of individuals. Yet everything changes when she is mistaken...
Each baby born beneath the waves is killed--with one exception: the one hundred thousandth is spared. There's one rule shared between the island's tribes: don't touch the water. When Cressa-la breaks this law, her world, and body, changes. Sure, change is normal... but when has growing scales ever been normal? • • • ...
"Go ahead," I said, backing up against the pink wall of the shop. "Do something other than glare at me." I waited. One, two, three seconds... and nothing. I raised my chin at him. "You're boring me, mute boy." He stepped closer. Leaned toward me as his gaze burned into mine. Then... ❀ ❀ ❀ After three months in juve...