An Ocean Apart / Jill Tew / Book Review
AN OCEAN APART Eden Lowell's barely getting by. In the flooded remains of Miami, now called the Marshes, each day is a struggle to survive. Resources are scarce: food, water, shelter. Any bad luck can mean the end. Unless you're a Cruiser, of course. The rich who left land before their luck ran out. The corporate lackeys who still have good jobs and luxury accommodation on ships sailing the world's too-salty seas. They might not live on land anymore, but they still take what they need. Which means even less for those still onshore, like Eden. When Eden learns that a local Cruiser bigwig is hosting a dating competition for her son and heir, she sees her chance to do something about this injustice. There's a sizable prize... and a lot of room to embarrass the corporate elite on their own livestream. But to infiltrate a competition like this, she'll need help. And a local political agitator known as the Ringmaster might be a...