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y separately published work icon The Pearl Diver single work   novel   science fiction   young adult  
Is part of Seven Worlds Saga S. Elliot Brandis , 2015 series - author novel (number 1 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 2015... 2015 The Pearl Diver
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'I’m Elsie, from the planet Caelum.

'It’s 96% ocean, but that’s okay. Out of all six planets (or seven, if you believe the myths), we’re the only people with gills. I can breathe underwater for minutes at a time, discovering the secrets of the deep-sea. Diving is my first love.

'But not everybody understands.

'Each year they run a competition—a single black pearl is dropped into the ocean, and graduating students dive to find it. It sounds easy, but it’s not. The ocean is a dark and dangerous place, with caves, crevices, and flesh-eating creatures. Some years, not everybody survives.

'It’s how my brother died.

'My parents won’t let me compete. At times it seems like the whole island is against me. I don’t care. I will enroll, win, and gain the ultimate prize—a job diving on the head planet of the entire system. I’ll do whatever it takes. I’ll fight for a better life, out there in the stars.

'I will be the Pearl Diver.

'Or die trying.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

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      Australia,
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      S. Elliot Brandis ,
      2015 .
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      Extent: 364p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 24 May 2015.
      ISBN: 1512232262, 9781512232264

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