Saffron
Book One of The Neptune Chronicles
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Publisher Description
"Saffron" tells the story of Jamie Edmondson, a passionate environmentalist and diver whose restless heart is tested when he’s called to investigate strange marine mammal sightings off California’s Big Sur region and discovers a race of underwater humans.
“Saffron” is a powerful story built around the strong emotional hook of the destruction of the world’s oceans. When the Neptunes (as humans call them) surface, Jamie realizes that their race is slowly dying and their youth are born deformed due to extreme ocean pollution. The Neptunes develop a sincere bond with their human friends, hoping things will change, until they realize that they are going to be exploited by political and corporate powers.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Diver Jamie Edmondson gets a call from a rich eccentric to investigate rumors of strange creatures off the shore of present-day California. After discovering a race of undersea humanoids, Jamie fights to keep them out of the hands of the government in the first book of a series that features a great premise but falters in execution. While the imagination and wonder of finding the telepathic Neptunes balances out some of the bad dialogue (such as Jamie's unironic exclamation of "You fiend!"), Warren (Stairway of the Gods) falls quickly into relying on caricatures of evil government agents and noble employees within a corrupt system. Most egregious is the lack of agency for Jamie's hot actress girlfriend, Mercy, who exists primarily to be kidnapped, and the completely unnecessary sexual assault of a young Neptune to prove how evil the government is. This missed opportunity sinks under the weight of its faults. (BookLife)
