Skylar's past rises from a watery world. After the destruction of Stars' End, the school's students are scattered across the universe. Skylar and most of his friends find themselves on the tropical paradise of Tursipia. Their peaceful studies are soon interrupted in ways they never anticipated. Secrets hidden deep under water force Skylar and his friends into action. Dark forces are at work on unimaginable things beneath the waves, but what Skylar discovers makes his distrust of the corporations and the people controlling them grow. What he is forced to do shakes him to his core. When he uncovers the truth beneath the floating islands, will he be able to put the pieces of himself together, or will he and his friends be torn apart forever? Wonder, excitement, and terror await Skylar and his friends on the floating islands.