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After noticing odd currents near a sand mound, Ant uncovers a centuries-old, barnacle-covered metal orb hidden beneath the seabed. The unexpected find sparks immediate wonder and sets a thrilling, mystery-driven adventure tone about what the ancient object truly could be.","[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nWith special thanks to Dan Metcalf and David Shephard, along with Steven  \nWendland and Marty Kossoff.  \nWith additional thanks to Alison Warner, Pam Kunick-Cohen, Avrill Stark, Robert Chandler, Tom Taylor, James Brouwer, Wolfgang Bylsma, Trent Carlson, Kirsten Newlands, Anne Loi, Rob Spindley, Logan McPherson, Sophie Bloomfield, and John  \nLomas-Bullivant.  \nWith special thanks to Speckled Pen   \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nCONTENTS  \nPrologue Chapter One  \nChapter Two  \nChapter Three  \nChapter Four  \nChapter Five  \nChapter Six  \nChapter Seven  \nChapter Eight  \nChapter Nine  \nThe Deep: Selkie Warrior Prologue  \nChapter One  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nPROLOGUE  \n‘Come on, Jeffrey! Last one there’s a blobfish!’  \nAnt Nekton zoomed through the ocean in the Shadow Knight, the sleek, high-tech underwater exploration suit he used for missions. Beside his visor, he could see Jeffrey, his pet fish – and best friend – flapping his fins furiously to keep up, but the Shadow Knight was too fast for him. Ant steered the suit down to the sea bed and away from the Aronnax, the giant submarine that the Nekton family called home, which floated above them like a huge metal whale.  \nAnt had convinced his parents, Will and Kaiko, to let him explore the nearby kelp forests. As a junior explorer, he knew that the kelp forests were often used by organisms as a safe place to hide from predators. Ant was always on the lookout for new discoveries, whether it was a strange species of seasnail, or something more exciting …  \nAs he approached the forest he cut the Knight’s engines so that the vibrations fell to a low hum. He didn’t want to disturb any forms of sea life living there. He felt his heart give a  \nnervous flutter. There was no telling what he might find in the depths of the ocean …  \n‘OK, what do we have today?’ he muttered. Jeffrey finally caught up and swam next to Ant, his eyes bulging from the effort. If a fish could pant for breath, that’s what Jeffrey would have been doing. Ant reached out the Knight’s mechanical hands to part the swaying column of kelp and peered between the strands. ‘Kelp … kelp … and more kelp. Hmm, I was hoping for something a little less … kelpy.’  \nThey investigated a little further and found nothing more than a strangely coloured piece of algae, but then Jeffrey darted off towards a hidden corner of the forest.  \n‘Jeffrey? What is it? Have you found something?’  \nAnt followed his little orange and purple fish to a mound of sand and looked closely at it.  \n‘Seems like it’s j ust a heap of sand,’ he said to his faithful fish. ‘Come on, let’s go back to – Whoa!’  \nA sudden swell of current buffeted the Shadow Knight and caused the kelp forest to sway. Grain by grain, the sand mound in front of them drifted away to reveal a strange, ancient-looking object beneath the surface.  \nAnt felt his eyes grow wide and his skin prickle. ‘What. Is. That?!’  \nHe carefully brushed away the rest of the sand to reveal around metal object the size of a cricket ball. It was a dirty green, the colour of an old, unpolished penny. Around the centre of the sphere was a protruding ring, and it was covered in barnacle shells, just as most things were under the sea when they had been there for a long time. But how long? Something about the look of it made Ant think it had been there for centuries.  \nSlowly, he lifted the orb out of its resting place and instantly felt a shiver of excitement run down his body. Jeffrey danced around him.  \n‘It could be anything.’ Ant shrugged. ‘Maybe just a piece of sea junk, or something someone dropped off the side of their boat years ago.’ He glanced at Jeffrey and burst out in a grin.‘Who am I kidding? 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