Daughter of the Deep

 
　　《Daughter of the Deep》是全球暢銷作品《波西傑克森》作者雷克．萊爾頓最新力作，靈感來自知名經典科幻冒險小說《海底兩萬里》。
 
　　14 歲的Ana Dakkar是著名的 Harding-Pencroft 學院一年級新生，這所五年制高中培養出最優秀的海洋科學家、海軍軍人、航海家以及水底探險家。兩年前 Ana 的父母在一次科學考察中喪生，她唯一剩下的親人只有也就讀同一所學院的哥哥 Dev。
 
　　學期末，Ana 迎來一年級的重頭戲——週末的班級海上試航。Ana 感到有點緊張，因為這將決定她在學院的未來。然而他們才剛啟程，學校就遭到敵對學校 Land Institute攻擊，因試航而離開學校的他們成為唯一的倖存者，但他們只能被迫前往島嶼避難。
 
　　沒想到一路上，Ana 發現原來自己是大名鼎鼎的尼莫船長後裔，也是他傳奇潛艦鸚鵡螺號的繼承人。Ana 因此被推上船長的寶座，她必須學會鸚鵡螺號的秘密才能保護所有人，但她的父母就是在解開鸚鵡螺號祕密時過世，Ana 有辦法在這危機重重的一刻成功贏得勝利嗎？

　　From Rick Riordan, the bestselling author of PERCY JACKSON, comes a brand-new adventure, inspired by Jules Verne's Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.

　　Ana Dakkar is a freshman at Harding-Pencroft Academy, a five-year high school that graduates the best marine scientists, naval warriors, navigators, and underwater explorers in the world.

　　Ana's parents died while on a scientific expedition two years ago, and the only family's she's got left is her older brother, Dev, also a student at HP.

　　At the end of her freshman year, her class will be sent on a top secret weekend trial at sea. She only hopes she has what it'll take to succeed.

　　All her worries are blown out of the water when, on the bus ride to the ship, Ana and her schoolmates witness a terrible tragedy that will change the trajectory of their lives...

　　But wait, there's more!

　　The professor accompanying them informs Ana that they and their rival school, Land Institute, have been fighting a cold war for a hundred and fifty years.

　　But now the heat is on and the freshman are in danger of becoming fish food.

　　In a race against deadly enemies, Ana will make amazing friends and astounding discoveries about her heritage as she puts her leadership skills to the test for the first time.

　　Rick Riordan's trademark humour, fast-paced action, and wide cast of characters are on full display in this undersea adventure.

　　Rick Riordan has now sold an incredible 180 million copies of his books worldwide.

　　'This is the stuff of legends' - The Guardian on Percy Jackson
 

Rick Riordan, dubbed ＂storyteller of the gods＂ by Publishers Weekly, is the author of five #1 New York Times best-selling middle grade series with millions of copies sold throughout the world: Percy Jackson and the Olympians, The Heroes of Olympus, and the Trials of Apollo, based on Greek and Roman mythology; the Kane Chronicles, based on Ancient Egyptian mythology; and Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, based on Norse mythology. Rick collaborated with illustrator John Rocco on two #1 New York Times best-selling collections of Greek myths for the whole family: Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods and Percy Jackson’s Greek Heroes. Rick is also the publisher of an imprint at Disney-Hyperion, Rick Riordan Presents, dedicated to finding other authors of highly entertaining fiction based on world cultures and mythologies. He lives in Boston, Massachusetts with his wife and two sons. Follow him on Twitter at @camphalfblood.