Undersea Atrophia

by Geoffrey Morrison

A great silence has settled upon a drowned world. In the final battle of their final war, the massive citysubs Universalis and Population reduced each other to ruins. One lays wrecked on the seafloor. The other, beached and lifeless, litters the island of pristine polar ice it tried to destroy. Pockets of survivors huddle together. On the frigid surface, Ralla Gattley and Thom Vargas cling to life and each other. Below, the soldier Geran Lo fights relentlessly to free trapped and drowning civilians. As they struggle against a world determined to kill them, a new and even more dangerous menace approaches. Undersea Atrophia is the second book in the Undersea Saga.

Genres: Science Fiction

387 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 2, 2016

About the author

Geoffrey Morrison is a freelance writer and photographer about tech and travel. He contributes regularly to CNET, The New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal. His work has also been featured in USA Today’s Reviewed, Forbes, Men’s Journal, Business Traveler, Sound & Vision, and more. His photos and videos have been used in a variety of content by other authors and creators including books, magazines, as well as in music and corporate videos.

Geoff was the original A/V editor of Wirecutter, editor in chief of Home Entertainment magazine, and is the author of two sci-fi novels, Undersea and Undersea Atrophia, and Budget Travel for Dummies.

He has traveled extensively through all 50 US states including several multi-month road trips, and to 60 countries across 6 continents. He spends four to six months each year “on the road” either traveling internationally or exploring national parks in a campervan he converted. You can find him on Instagram (Inveterate_Adventurer) and on YouTube (@GeoffMorrison).

Reviews

[Kyle · Rating 2 out of 5]

Really loved the first book, and really disappointed with the second. The main plot is rather dull, the side plots are even worse, and then the book just ends. Terribly disappointed as a followup to one of my favorite books.

[Jamie Loveland · Rating 2 out of 5]

Off track

The first book was decent, but this one felt more like a book about panic attacks than sci-fi. I reluctantly slogged through the last quarter of the book, skipping the frequent panic attacks, just to see what happened in the end.

[Carly Kirk · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well I really went back and forth on whether to give 2 or 3 stars to this book and finally decided on 3 due to it being well written. My main problem (spoilers) is the absolute depressing nature of the whole story. There wasn't just one negative thing going on. Instead bad thing after bad thing happened and by the end of the book there's basically no hope for the human race after it's done it's best to survive for the last 100 years. It almost felt like the author decided to test to destruction the whole world he'd created.