The Abyss Surrounds Us

Name: The Abyss Surrounds Us
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Emily Skrutskie
ISBN: 9781666159783

Author: Emily Skrutskie

Series: Abyss Surrounds Us #1

Narrator: Nancy Wu

Unabridged: 7 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 02/08/2022

Categories: Young Adult Fiction, Action & Adventure, Science Fiction

Synopsis

For Cassandra Leung, bossing around sea monsters is just the family business. 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. 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. Waiting for her on the pirate ship is an unhatched Reckoner pup. Santa Elena wants to take back the seas with a monster of her own, and she needs a proper trainer to do it. She orders Cas to raise the pup and teach him to fight for the pirates. If Cas fails, her blood will be the next to paint the sea.

About Emily Skrutskie

Emily Skrutskie is six feet tall. She was born in Massachusetts, raised in Virginia, and forged in the mountains above Boulder, Colorado. She holds a BA in performing and media arts from Cornell University, where she studied an outrageous and demanding combination of film, computer science, and game design.

She is the author of The Abyss Surrounds Us series, Hullmetal Girls, and the Bloodright Trilogy, starting with Bonds of Brass. She lives and writes in Los Angeles.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Elle

But she underestimated me. I played my cards, I lay in wait, I let myself be beaten and manipulated. If she keeps that promise she made to me, I’ll show her the truth I’ve learned on her boat. I don’t just raise monsters. I am one. So like, I know that I boost my review of this book every......more

Goodreads review by Melanie

“I don’t just raise monsters. I am one.” One of the best book recommendations I’ve received to date is Elise recommending me The Abyss Surrounds Us. Friends, I fell totally in love with this story and it surpassed every high expectation I had for it. The writing is addicting, the story is......more

Goodreads review by Cece

Hi, yes, I would like to place a call to Hollywood to demand why they haven't made this into the world's best movie yet. They're sleeping on pure gold here.......more

Goodreads review by Whitney

4.5 stars This book, I swear to God, could've been (could be?) the next big thing in YA if there were a different (*cough* better) cover and if there could be ~100 more pages of description and character development. The bones for an amazing story are here, and as is, it's a great book. But the conce......more

Goodreads review by prag ♻

We need more books like this.We need more books with morally grey areas and lesbian pirates. Why, you ask? Reason #1: The Romance ● they sleep on the same bed ● somehow, they wake up tangled together ● they’re enemies at this point ● did I mention it’s enemies to lovers aka my second favourite trope......more