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Ty has lived under the ocean for his entire life. Following global warming and the rise of the seas, his family joined an underwater community in hopes of living in the new frontier of the ocean floor. But When Ty meets Gemma, a girl from "topside", who is searching the seas for her brother,... read more

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Ty and his family live on the ocean floor because global warming has caused the country to be covered in water. Ty meets an orphaned girl named Gemma from "topside" who is searching for her brother. She and Ty along with Ty's sister, Zoe end up encountering the Seablite Gang.

Characters/People edit see section history

  • Ty: First person ever born subsea. Main character.
  • Gemma Straid: A girl from the Topside looking for her brother, Richard Straid.
  • Hewitt: A settler's son that longs to live on the top side.
  • Shade: Leader of the Seablite Gang, a infamous group of outlaws living subsea.
  • Ranger Grimes: A Ranger who is assigned to watch activity on the sea floor.
  • Zoe: Ty's sister.
  • Doc: The Doctor of the deep-sea colony.
  • Jibby: A subsea man who is trying to find a wife.
  • Seablite Gang: A gang of underwater outlaws, lead by Shade, a person with special powers called the dark life.
  • Richard Straid: Gemma's missing brother. A prospector.
  • Lars: Hewitt's father.
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Quotes edit see section history

  • “"Glacial!"”
    Gemma
  • “"Worse, I realised it wasn't the sharks tapping at all, but...Footsteps.”
    Ty

Setting & Locations edit see section history

Organizations edit see section history

  • Seablite Gang: A gang of undersea outlaws who steal for the government and the settlers of an undersea town

First Sentence edit see section history

I peered into the deep-sea canyon, hoping to spot a toppled skyscraper.

Table of Contents edit see section history

Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Epilogue

Glossary edit see section history

  • Liquigen: a subsistence that lets the settlers endure the intense ocean pressure. A liquid form of oxegen.
  • Topsider: What subsea people call the people remaining on land.
  • Subsea: The people living on the ocean floor.

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 1 of 2 in Dark Life. (standard series)

Followed by Rip Tide.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Kat Falls (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Country: u.s.a.
Publication Date: May 2010
ISBN: 978-0-545-17814-3
Page Count: 297

More Books Like This edit see section history

   
  • Rip Tide
  • Ship Breaker
  • Exodus

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