The Elders of Arkhide

<p>Ex-military operative Mondrian Delacroix thought her days of high-stakes missions were behind her. But when the reclusive augmented humans of Arkhide come calling with a puzzle even they can't solve Mon finds herself unable to refuse.</p><p> </p><p>The assignment seems straightforward: travel to an underwater base and assist with a perplexing linguistic challenge. For years the Arkhideans have been detecting strange signals from the depths of their oceans-patterns that defy conventional analysis and hint at something far beyond their understanding.</p><p> </p><p>As a rare individual with the ability to Listen-to hear far beyond normal human range-Mon begins to sense something in the strange transmissions that others have missed. Something that could change everything.</p><p> </p><p>There's a world down here that no one in the Cooperative Realm has ever heard of.</p><p> </p><p>The Elders of Arkhide offers a fresh take on first contact stories in an immersive undersea world. Fans of Becky Chambers C.J. Cherryh and Julie E. Czerneda will love this novel.</p>