Somewhere in the deep / Tanvi Berwah.

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Somewhere in the deep

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Krescent Dune is buried under the weight of her dead parents' debt and the ruinous legacy they left behind. The only way she can earn enough money to escape her unforgiving island is by fighting monstrous amphibians in underground fighting pits. She's never lost a match, until now. Desperate, Krescent is offered a deal. Her debts will be erased if she joins a hunting party for a dangerous rescue mission deep beneath the island. With no other choice, Krescent is forced to play nice as the group's bodyguard, even though every step that brings them deeper underground means she must face the terrifying truth that she is trapped with her childhood enemy and people who would gladly kill her if they knew who her parents were. As the group journeys down beyond where their maps end with creatures never seen before, Krescent begins to suspect there's more to their rescue mission than first meets the eye. Soon enough, they are abandoned in the deep dark underground, with only monsters seen and unseen for company.

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English

Audience:

Ages 14. Sourcebooks Fire.

ISBN - ISSN:

9781728247656

1728247659

9781728284101

1728284104

Physical Description:

372 pages ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Orphans -- Juvenile fiction.

Monsters -- Juvenile fiction.

Islands -- Juvenile fiction.

Debt -- Juvenile fiction.

Bodyguards -- Juvenile fiction.

Bodyguards -- Fiction.

Adventure and adventurers -- Fiction.

Fantasy.

Young adult fiction.

Fantasy fiction.

Action and adventure fiction.

Romance fiction.

Monster fiction.

Novels.

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From the author of Monsters Born and Made comes an action-packed South Asian inspired fantasy that will have your heart racing at every turn. Seventeen-year-old Krescent Dune is buried under the weight of her dead parents' debt and the ruinous legacy they left behind. The only way she can earn enough money to escape her unforgiving island is by battling monstrous creatures in an underground fighting pit.

After a fight goes terribly wrong, she's banned from the pits. Now hopeless, she is offered a deal- in exchange for the erasure of her debts, she must join and protect a hunting party for a rescue mission deep within the mining caves beneath the island.

Krescent is determined to keep her head down and fulfill her role as the dutiful bodyguard, even though she is trapped underground with her childhood enemy and a company of people who would gladly kill her if they knew who her parents were. As they come across creatures she believed only existed in legends, it becomes clear they are in far more danger than she could have imagined.

But someone doesn't want her to make it out alive. And she'll have to figure out who before she's left alone...in the dark.

Author Notes

Tanvi Berwah grew up wanting to touch the stars and reach back in time. She graduated from the University of Delhi with a Bachelor's and Master's in Literature of English and lives in India. She is the author of Monsters Born and Made and Somewhere in the Deep .

Reviews (3)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Using the pseudonym Dark Dancer, 17-year-old Krescent Dune is forced to fight monsters in underground gladiator-esque battles to pay off the debts her dead parents left behind. Orphaned at the age of 11, Kress has been determined to earn enough silver to leave the isolated island of Kar Atish and make a new life for herself outside of the shadow of her parents' nefarious reputation. But when she's promised her freedom for a steep price--guarding a search-and-rescue mission into dangerous tunnels for survivors of a mine expedition who have been missing for almost a year--she soon uncovers ulterior motives related to zargunine, a precious alloy and the building block of Kar Atish society. With only her hostile crew to watch her back as they encounter mythical monsters, Kress must do everything she can to survive the horrors and the revelations that await her deep in the mines. Berwah (Monsters Born and Made) skillfully examines issues of class, colonialism, and greed via the narrative's attentively rendered setting in this thrilling, action-packed fantasy. Kress is a fierce heroine whose budding romance with a longtime friend adds hope and levity to dire situations, making for a page-turning adventure. Ages 14--up. (Jan.)

Kirkus Review

An elite monster fighter accepts a dangerous quest in this stand-alone companion to Monsters Born and Made (2022). Krescent "Kress" Dune dreams of leaving the colonized island of Kar Atish, where she leads a brutal life of fighting in the monster pits. The oppressive Collector, leader of the Landers who control the island, mine zargunine, a valuable "alloy of an unknown substance mixed with gold," and they've made the local people Renters, forced to pay to live on their own land. Orphaned Kress knows she'll only find freedom elsewhere, though that will mean leaving childhood friend Rivan. Desperate, she accepts the offer to guard an expedition to rescue lost miners deep underground in exchange for her freedom. In the dark, labyrinthine passages filled with deadly monsters, Kress uncovers long-buried secrets that affect all the islanders. The book's creatures and mythology are intriguing and original, but their incorporation into the story is haphazard, resulting in jarring, intrusive exposition. The Landers' subjugation of Kar Atish and their stripping of its resources are brutally depicted but lack nuance. Although Kress' narration is overly dramatic, some amusing moments help offset frustration over the slowness of her romantic and emotional breakthroughs, which are frequently interrupted. Still, the plot twists are mind-blowingly enticing and will tempt readers to pick up future stories set in this world. Kress and most cast members have brown skin; the Landers are fantasy white. A dark and compelling story hampered by uneven worldbuilding. (Fantasy. 14-18) Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

Booklist Review

Monsters abound on 17-year-old Krescent (Kress) Dune's island home, Kar Atish. They're also what keeps Kress afloat financially as she pays down her dead parents' debts by participating in underground, gladiator-style fights against the deadly creatures--a grotesque form of entertainment. When Kress throws a fight at the behest of her pit boss, Badger, she is rewarded with the opportunity to have her debt erased and her freedom restored. It's what she's dreamed of, but she must first join a dangerous rescue mission into the island's mines, where she'll be responsible for fighting any monsters the group encounters in addition to bringing one back for Badger to use in the fighting pits. Berwah's riveting world building will draw in readers who will readily become invested in Kress' fight for survival. Her emotions and psyche are as keenly drawn as her surroundings, showing that the monsters one faces in life aren't only physical entities--they can also live within oneself.