The Reef
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3.9 • 65 Ratings
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- $8.99
Publisher Description
From Australia's favourite storyteller with new novel The Endless Sky coming December 2025.
Beneath the calm aqua waters of the Great Barrier Reef, there is an on-going war of survival. It is a war of survival among the creatures, the life-forms and the coral that make up the reef. It is so threatened it could disappear within 30 years. Above the reef on a small coral cay - Branch Island - two communities come together in an uneasy alliance: a tourist resort and a scientific research station.
Ambitious Blair Towse is appointed assistant manager of the resort with his university graduate wife Jennifer, who finds herself isolated, lonely and forced to confront her childhood fear of the sea. On the surface, the island is all you could wish for: a lush resort, a naturalist's dream, a diver's delight. But Jennifer begins to discover the island holds secrets and dangers.
She befriends an old beachcomber who introduces her to the small band of marine scientists and students at the research station. When world famous oceanographer Maria Belitas arrives, Jennifer learns to see the world - above and below the sea - very differently. Maria teaches her to come to terms with the phobias of her widowed mother as well as her own disintegrating marriage.
But no one - not even investigative journalist Tony Adams - could have prepared Jennifer for the shocking revelations of what is really happening on Branch Island. Or the dramatic confrontation between her mother and her mentor when a family secret rocks and changes Jennifer's life.
Customer Reviews
Tears of the moon
Fantastic read, real eye opener
The Reef
I became completely absorbed in this most amazing story. The place, situations, and characters were great to meet and I felt a bit lost when the story came to an end.
Australia is such a wonderful and diverse country and there is so much beauty that can be written into a book.
The information about the Great Barrier Reef was most interesting and I feel I have learnt a lot about the damage that is being done to it by our abuse. The research that is underway to establish what is happening, and how there is a critical need to slow this abuse.
Apart from the obvious tourist attraction for our economy, the fact that it holds so many secrets that can be used in medicine are all reasons we should be made aware of its imminent destruction.
And all through this amazing information is woven a great story that has kept me enthralled all through the book.
An excellent read, well done!
Loved this book...
This was such a great read, couldn't put it down ;)