The release date for the English version of 'The Mountain in the Sea' by
Ray Nayler is Oct 2022. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
When sentient life with its own language and culture is found in an octopus species, humanity ignites a fierce worldwide race to rule the future.
There are rumors about a hazardous, highly intelligent octopus species that may have its own language and culture. Dr. Ha Nguyen is a marine researcher who has dedicated her career to studying cephalopod intelligence. She will stop at nothing to get access to these fascinating animals.
The isolated Con Dao Archipelago, the site of the octopuse discoveries, has been cut off from the outside world by the multinational tech company DIANIMA. As the world's first android and a combat-scarred security agent, Dr. Nguyen joins DIANIMA's squad on the islands.
The secret to previously unheard-of advances in extraterrestrial intelligence lies with the octopuses. The stakes are high: anybody who can profit from the octopuses' breakthroughs stands to make enormous sums of money. Meanwhile, powers greater than DIANIMA are attempting to intercept Dr. Nguyen's communication with the recently found species in order to acquire possession of the octopuses for themselves.
However, no one has questioned the octopuses' opinions to far. and potential solutions for it.
Ray Nayler's The Mountain in the Sea, a near-future thriller about the nature of consciousness, is a stunning literary debut that delves deeply into the riches and ruins of humankind's past.