Between Tides

Marine biologist Isla Halvorsen has spent three years coaxing the Whitsunday reef back from collapse. She measures coral in millimetres, writes review letters that mean no, and trusts only what she can verify underwater. When a luxury developer arrives to break ground on the channel side of her reef, she expects the usual fight. She does not expect Luca Conti. The Italian architect was sent to deliver a resort. Instead he asks her what the reef needs and starts redrawing his building around...