On the eve of Earth's collapse, young Marisol Blaise was taken from her parents to live on an underwater mersation known as Aqueous. There she must compete in the trials, grueling tests designed to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of each trainee, hoping to be assigned to the all-male elite diving team known as the Cuviers. Desperate to prove to herself and to the others that she is worthy of this prestigious placement, Marisol works tirelessly to shatter misogynistic beliefs. She discovers that a much uglier untruth exists. -- adapted from back cover
Taken at a young age to the underwater merstation Aqueous on the eve of Earth's collapse, trainee Marisol, now turning sixteen, has always hoped for an assignment to the elite diving team of cuviers, but she discovers an ugly truth at graduation that changes everything.