

Her family is part of the world’s solution to the plague of pirates. However, some people always fall through the cracks, leading to a pirate problem in the NeoPacific.Ĭassandra Leung is a teenager from the Southern Republic of California. Ostensibly, these splits were intended to make it easier to protect these smaller population clusters. The oceans have risen, the flood walls of New Orleans have fallen, and the governments of the world have split into smaller territories. Where The Hunger Games looks at living under an oppressive regime and In the Dark Spaces addresses being the sole survivor of a massacre, The Abyss Surrounds Us tells a tale of emotional manipulation and abuse. This is a post-apocalyptic YA sci-fi that follows a tradition of tackling darker topics. "The Abyss Surrounds Us is highly original and addictive.Pride month might be over, but it’s never too late for lesbian pirates and kaiju. However, don’t expect fluffy YA romance from The Abyss Surrounds Us.

"The Abyss Surrounds Us is highly original and addictive."-SLJTeen "Skrutskie creates an intriguing fantasy world full of floating cities, ruthless monsters, betrayals, and unlikely friendships."-Publishers Weekly "This is a solid, well-crafted, new adventure story with an interesting, unusual hook."-Booklist

" fresh and fascinating look at a lawless future." -Kirkus Reviews (starred review) If Cas fails, her blood will be the next to paint the sea. She orders Cas to raise the pup and teach him to fight for the pirates. Santa Elena wants to take back the seas with a monster of her own, and she needs a proper trainer to do it.

Waiting for her on the pirate ship is an unhatched Reckoner pup. But when the pirate queen Santa Elena swoops in on Cas’s first solo mission and snatches her from the bloodstained decks, Cas’s dream of being a full-time trainer seems dead in the water. She’s been a Reckoner trainer-in-training ever since she could walk, raising the giant, genetically engineered beasts to defend ships as they cross the pirate-infested NeoPacific. For Cassandra Leung, bossing around sea monsters is just the family business.
