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The Abyss Surrounds Us

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For Cassandra Leung, bossing around sea monsters is just the family business. She’s been a Reckoner trainer—in—training ever since she could walk, raising the giant, genetically engineered beasts to defend ships as they cross the pirate—infested NeoPacific. But when the pirate queen Santa Elena swoops in on Cas’s first solo mission and snatches her from the bloodstained decks, Cas’s dream of being a full—time trainer seems dead in the water. Waiting for her on the pirate ship is an unhatche...

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