Publisher's Synopsis
The song of the sea is dying. Only a radical harmony can save it.
In the bio-city of Veridia, life depends on the luminous song of the Lumin-Kelp Belt. But when a mysterious dissonance sweeps through the kelp, threatening to silence it forever, young bio-acoustic engineer Rowan is the only one who hears the true depth of the crisis. With her city on the brink of collapse - its power fading, its water dwindling, its very air becoming toxic - Rowan proposes a desperate, untested solution: the Kelpheart Protocol, a symbiotic organism designed to heal the kelp from within.
Thrust into a remote research zone with dwindling time and the skeptical botanist Finnian, Rowan's quest for rare genetic materials leads them to the formidable Dr. Evelyn Hayes of the Artemis Outland Enclave. Hayes offers help, but her aid comes with a hidden price - a genetic leash that would enslave Veridia to Artemis. As Hayes's compromised cure is prepared for deployment, Rowan must race against a ticking clock, armed only with her unique understanding of the kelp's song and a dangerous secret hidden in Hayes's own research.
Can Rowan compose a counter-melody powerful enough to free the Kelpheart, awaken Veridia's resilience, and prevent her city from being saved only to be enchained? Or will the final notes of the kelp's song be a dirge for a world lost to ecological despair and ruthless ambition?
If you love optimistic science fiction with innovative ecological solutions, strong heroines fighting for their community, and a world you'll want to dive into, then you'll be captivated by Kelpheart Protocol.
