The Glass-Meridian Salvage Run

About this book

On the geo-engineered waterworld of Pelagos, humanity survives aboard a drifting constellation of solar-sail barges and fusion-augmented research yachts. When a sudden thermocline collapse threatens to destabilize the global planetary currents and shear the remaining habitats apart, an unlikely pair is conscripted onto the aging survey vessel Triton. Fourteen-year-old Jax is a cynical, rule-skirting salvage runner with a dark past, while thirteen-year-old Cadet Elara is a meticulously trained acoustic navigator who trusts only established Admiralty hydrographic doctrine. Together, they embark on a twenty-one-day voyage into the uncharted Deep Gyre. Their mission is to locate a dormant climate-stabilization buoy and recalibrate the global tidal grid. As they navigate mechanical failures, kelp-scraper drones, and treacherous hyper-squalls, the narrative weaves their harrowing present journey with redacted logs from Jax's past, revealing the tragic cost of institutional hubris. To survive the perilous maritime frontier, Jax must learn to weaponize his unorthodox engineering for the collective good, while Elara must discover that true exploration sometimes requires rewriting the rules.

Book details

Genres:

Classic Sci Fi, Maritime Adventure, Dystopian

Language:

en

Published:

2026-05-02

Content rating:

PG-13