Deep and Blue

by Kit Campbell

When the surface became unlivable, humanity retreated under the waves.

In the underwater city of Haven, oceanographer Kaeri has been given her first a coveted spot on the team working to return the people of Haven to the surface.

No friends. No family. An opportunity to earn her place.

Not quite ostracized but never welcomed, Kaeri has never belonged. Something about her parents, though no one has ever explained what. And though she has become a respected scientist, people still shy away from her in the corridors, their conversations dying away.

The new job is a chance to change all that. But before she can begin, strange things start happening. Shadows flit across the security cameras. Doors to airlocks and power generators unlock themselves. And people, across the city, are being attacked by something invisible.

If Kaeri can save Haven from these mysteries, people will have to accept her. But digging into Haven’s secrets may bring answers that were better left alone.

39 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 28, 2024

About the author

Kit Campbell has never met a mythology she hasn’t liked. This sometimes leads to issues, such as the occasional Norse God of Thunder showing up in the Garden of Eden. She adores weaving in the possibilities forgotten magic can bring to a story, and enjoys making up new creatures, such as large, venomous monsters that hunt in packs.

Kit’s stories have been published in half-a-dozen anthologies, and her YA novella, Hidden Worlds, was released by Turtleduck Press in 2010.

Kit lives in Colorado in a house of ever-increasing chaos. She can be found around the internet at kitcampbellbooks.com, @KitCampbell, and on Goodreads.

Reviews

[Reads_Must · Rating 3 out of 5]

Deep and Blue
Sci-Fi
Kit Campbell
⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

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This book was interesting but quite sad at the same time.

I liked Kaeri's character. She just wanted to be accepted by the people she lived with. She was treated like a pariah her whole life but she didn't know why.

I'm glad she finally got to make a friend towards the end of the book and that she found out who she really was.

The pacing was ok but it did feel a little slow at times.

I liked the world building but I wish there was more of it.

I wanted to know even more about the people living on the surface. How they managed to survive, what their homes look like, what their day to day lives are like etc.

I did like the ending but I wanted to see what happened next

[Kiki · Rating 2 out of 5]

There are some really interesting ideas here about the human race diverging after circumstances drove them apart, but they're in a story that is far too short to actually explore any of that, or give any depth to any of the characters. It's more like an outline than an actual story, ultimately.