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The adventure of Hunger Games, the scope of Maze Runner, and the heart of The Selection, all under one ocean

What if you spent 12 years preparing for one chance to succeed?
What if at the bottom, there was nowhere to go but down?

Only the best can begin career training at Gaia Sur, the elite academy on the ocean floor. Only the best can leave home forever so their families can thrive. Being afraid of failure would be normal, but Jazwyn Ripley fears success after working her entire life for a chance at more than just the Seaboard North apprenticeships....after all, how do you say goodbye to everything you've ever known?

Deciding to jump in or stay ashore only gets harder when Jazz starts receiving cryptic messages from the earth's core, especially after Liddick Wright and Arco Hart share strange stories of their own. It's not long before they all discover the road to everything they ever wanted now leads somewhere they never intended to go, and one decision will change the course of their lives for good: should they navigate by their maps...or their hearts?

Fast-paced, character-driven, and full of plot twists you'll never see coming, take a deep breath and dive into AQUA, the first book in The Elements series.