Ripple - MS Tui Allen

Twenty million years ago, powers of the universe allow an ancient spirit one final chance to achieve a mysterious intellectual purpose, by incarnating it as a dolphin on the planet Azure (Earth.) The spirit is born as Ripple, a vulnerable female with a seeming tendency to insanity. She falls for the scarred fighter-dolphin Cosmo and love inspires her to achieve her purpose. But before she can communicate her discovery, she must overcome terrific odds among the terrors and tragedies of the ancient oceans. If she can succeed, the universe will change forever, and profoundly affect the yet-to-evolve human race. This important piece of metaphysical literary fiction is written for adults but is eminently suitable as a text for secondary school students, being both challenging, absorbing and informative of the ocean environment that covers most of our world. The book was selected to represent New Zealand authors at the 2012 Frankfurt Book fair during New Zealand's year as country of honor at the fair. It has now been translated and traditionally published as a hardcover edition in The Czech Republic.