Cirrus@Austlit

'Dive in deep to where it all began… a Submerged Sun Series prequel.

'Nada is seventeen and hungry for adventure when handsome, blue eyed stranger Frano Tollin arrives on the shores of the Adriatic island paradise Nada calls home.

'Seth is gay.

'Ronnie was born without her left hand.

'When June’s best friend takes his own life after years of bullying, she's devastated—but mostly angry. Josh was the sweetest boy June had ever known, and in her mind, the popular kids at school are guilty of murder.

'When an anonymous online poster starts threatening Josh’s bullies on social media, and then killing them off one by one, June secretly feels a little glad.

'That is, until she becomes next on the killer’s list.

'Forced to forge an unlikely bond, June and Beau, star football player and king of the cool kids, must work out who is behind the killings before it’s too late.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Seventeen-year-old Amber Reid dreams of one day leaving the dusty farm she calls home…

Amber aches for an adventure somewhere new. A place outside of her tiny town, where people won’t stare and shake their heads while silently blaming her for the death of her twin brother, Sam, after a horrific accident takes his life, but spares hers.

Amber’s wish is granted when energy-drink billionaire, Bruce Harvey, extends an invitation…

When she and seven other students from Red Gum High are recruited to sample new beverage flavors, they board Bruce’s private jet and fly toward the island headquarters of Alive Energy Drinks. But her elation is short-lived. Mid-flight, she and the group of misfit students are informed they were never destined for an island paradise—but a whole other world, riddled with dangers, mystery, and most importantly—the dead.

If you could rescue someone you love from the clutches of death, would you?

After crashing through a mysterious portal and landing in the Veiled World, the group is welcomed by King Cyril, who guards the gateway to the Land of Resting Souls. Here, the group is asked to embark on a mission to revive the soul of King Cyril’s wife, who died in childbirth many years ago. In exchange, the victor may choose one soul to retrieve from the Land of Resting Souls, and bring them back to life.

Hoping to see her brother again, Amber accepts the challenge. But there’s a catch. Almost no one who has entered the Land of Resting Souls was ever seen again. And there are no guarantees. If she succeeds, Sam’s soul may be returned…

But will he truly be Alive?' (publication blurb).

'The action packed conclusion to the Submerged Sun Trilogy... While the citizens of Marin eagerly await the birth of Lauren's child, Miranda and Marko must deal with the pain and heartache of banishment and being forced to live on land. But when the bodies of young women begin to wash up on beaches all over the world, their legs mutilated in a telling way, Miranda and Marko become desperate to return to the glittering underwater city. Because if Damir is back to his evil ways, then Miranda's sister, Lauren, is in grave danger. Will Miranda and Marko return to the city in time to save Lauren? Or is Lauren, and the entire city of Marin, doomed already...'

(Publication summary)

'Since Ruby Milton's mother committed suicide, she's forgotten what it's like to be seventeen. Saddled with taking care of her toddler brother and alcoholic father, Ruby has no time for fun. She also can't shake the growing resentment she feels for her mother's selfish decision, which left her unable to grieve without anger and regret. Then she meets blue-eyed musician Byron Black, who challenges everything she believes. Byron refuses to let anyone control his life-or his death. When he left the city behind, he was in search of somewhere where nobody knew his secret. What he didn't expect was to meet a beautiful redhead whose views conflict so completely with his own. But as their romance deepens, he begins to doubt his choices and decides to return to the city...for one last chance. When Byron disappears, Ruby will stop at nothing to track him down. Upon finding Byron, Ruby discovers his devastating secret, and a battle of wills begins. Byron doesn't want her to know this part of him. He has to deal with it by himself, even though the idea of losing her tears him apart. Will they be able to see each other through the darkness? Or should they save their hearts and just let go?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'When Miranda Sun returns to Marin on the eve of her eighteenth birthday, this time of her own free will, she quickly learns that her worst fears have been realised. The glittering underwater city is not as she had left it, nor too is Marko, the young king who has dominated her thoughts and heart for the last twelve months since leaving Marin.

'Miranda, however, has not made the journey to Marin alone, and now must contend with not only Marko’s evil brother Damir but more surprisingly her sister Lauren who has an agenda of her own. Marko’s power begins to wane and with cracks beginning to show in the domed Utopian city, and veiled danger lurking everywhere, she quickly learns that in this dazzling city full of beautiful people she can trust no-one but herself.

'If Miranda wants to survive, she must decide between the hardened sensibilities in her head and the hungers of her heart. Will her decision cause more heartache or can she help to save Marko’s throne?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'From the day she was born, Lena has viewed the world through the jagged window of a razor-wired fence. The hundred-acre property she shares with her mother in the Australian outback may keep her safe from the Y-Carrier disease, but it is no longer enough to hold Lena’s interest, and her mother’s increasingly tight grip on her free will is stifling.

'Just as her curiosity blooms and her courage rises, she meets a boy through the fence — the first boy she has ever laid eyes on. His name is Patrick and he comes with a dangerous yet irresistible invitation of adventure beyond the fence, an invitation to which Lena cannot say no.

'But Lena’s newfound freedom is short-lived and she soon discovers that the Y-Carrier disease is not the only enemy she faces on the outside. Her new enemies want something Lena has, and they are willing to do anything to get it...'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'For the twelve months since her parents' death, seventeen-year-old Miranda Sun has harboured a dark secret - a secret that has strained the close relationship she once shared with her older sister, Lauren. In an effort to repair this broken bond, Miranda's grandparents whisk the siblings away on a secluded beach holiday. But before Miranda gets a chance to confess her life-changing secret, she's dragged underwater by a mysterious stranger while taking a midnight swim.

'Awakening days later, Miranda discovers that she's being held captive in a dazzling underwater city by an arrogant young man named Marko...the King of this underwater civilisation.

'Nineteen-year-old Marko intends to marry Miranda in order to keep his crown from falling into the sinister clutches of his half-brother, Damir. There's only one problem: Miranda is desperate to return home to right things with her sister and she wants nothing to do with Marko. Trying to secure her freedom, Miranda quickly forms an alliance with Robbie - Marko's personal guard. However, she soon discovers that even underwater, people are hiding dangerous secrets... ' (Publisher's blurb)