
These books are set in the ocean at some future time. The rising oceans and earthquakes make living on what land is left, very difficult. Fifteen year old Ty was born in the ocean, his parents being one of the pioneer families to take on living in the ocean. Ty meets Gemma, a topsider looking for her brother, a brother who Gemma does not know is an outlaw who belongs to a deadly gang of pirates. The Commonwealth Government wants the subsea dwellers to capture this gang! Complicating things is the fact that Ty was dark gifts which he wants to keep secret from others.
Kat Falls says she wanted to combine the sci-fi and western genres. Well, she succeeded!
Tomorrow's review will be the Shadow Children series by Margaret Peterson Haddix.