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The Coral Bones

By: E. J. Swift
Narrated by: Anna Burnett, Brigid Lohrey, Kate Winter
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 Shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the British Science Fiction Association award for best novel, and the Kitschies Red Tentacle

Marine biologist Hana Ishikawa is racing against time to save the coral of the Great Barrier Reef, but struggles to fight for a future in a world where so much has already been lost.

Seventeen-year-old Judith Holliman escapes the monotony of Sydney Town during the nineteenth century, when her naval captain father lets her accompany him on a voyage, unaware of the wonders and dangers she will soon encounter.

Telma Velasco is hunting for a miracle in a world ravaged by global heating: a leafy seadragon, long believed extinct, has been sighted. But as Telma investigates, she finds hope in unexpected places.

Past, present and future collide in this powerful elegy to a disappearing world - and vision of a more hopeful future.©2023 E. J. Swift (P)2024 Quercus Editions Limited Fiction Genre Fiction Literature & Fiction Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction Science Fiction & Fantasy Sea Adventures Fantasy Adventure Magic
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Book is brilliant with past and future eras realistic and convincing, has three narrative voices, two of which are beautifully read, one truly poorly read, stilted and robotic, all emphasis in weird places, quite distracting.

Powerful and very human story

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