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Dark Life

 Dark Life 

by Kat Falls


    I don't usually re-read books, especially those I bought over 10 years ago, but this book is the exception. I bought this book out of a junior high book catalog and I enjoy it every time I read it. It's a futuristic dystopian/utopia where the outer boarders of the world's continents have collapsed into the sea and people have adapted and built structures that allow them to live underwater. 

We follow the story of a young man who is one of the first in the first generation to have been born and lived his entire life in a house under the surface. Rumors have started going about how the underwater pressure affected the brains of the children born under and that it gave them special abilities, known as a "dark gift". These are just rumors, aren't they?

Our young protagonist is an adventurer at heart, exploring the ruins of sunken humanity. He's out in a sunken building when he runs into a girl there. She is looking for clues on how to find her long lost brother.
Another part of this book is underwater pirating and scavenging for loot lost beneath the surface. Pirates are just as dangerous underwater as they are above and soon our main characters are tangled up in matters they might not understand.

I loved the details of this book and how it describes the underwater housing and how society changed to split between surfacers and people who lived beneath the waves. This was written for younger readers but it doesn't have that kiddy feel and I enjoy this fast-paced, futuristic, underwater tale every time I pick it back up.


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