Child of a Hidden Sea

, #1

Hardcover, 331 pages

English language

Published Dec. 1, 2014 by Tor Books.

ISBN:
978-0-7653-3449-7
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OCLC Number:
881387518
Goodreads:
18490629

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"One minute, twenty-four-year-old Sophie Hansa is in a San Francisco alley trying to save the life of the aunt she has never known. The next, she finds herself flung into the warm and salty waters of an unfamiliar world. Glowing moths fall to the waves around her, and the sleek bodies of unseen fish glide against her submerged ankles. The world is Stormwrack, a series of island nations with a variety of cultures and economies--and a language different from any Sophie has heard. Sophie doesn't know it yet, but she has just stepped into the middle of a political firestorm, and a conspiracy that could destroy a world she has just discovered...her world, where everyone seems to know who she is, and where she is forbidden to stay. But Sophie is stubborn, and smart, and refuses to be cast adrift by people who don't know her and yet wish her …

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This trilogy is dashing and engrossing. Dellamonica does really wonderful worldbuilding -- the natural world, society (and there are many, this isn't one of those planets with 1 town and 1 language). This is both science fiction and fantasy. The way the protagonist engages with the new world is pure science fiction, but the addition of magic takes us into fantasy territory. The magic has internal consistency, and limits.

I'd say that this is character-driven, though with a fast-paced plot. The protagonist, Sophie Hansa, is smart, active young woman. She rock climbs and scuba dives, paying for her adventures by being a guide and marine videographer. She's fascinated by wildlife and a scientist at heart. And then's she plunged, via magic, into another world, and goes about trying to figure it out.

If you've loved series set in the British navy during the Napoleonic wars, you'll love the ships in …

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  • Fantasy fiction
  • Fiction
  • Pirates
  • Adventure