title: The Drowning World: An Aquantis Novel (Volume 1)
author:  Brenda Peterson 
description: <b>&quot;This underwater world is so believable and vivid and fascinating. It's a page-turner. Irresistible!&quot;</b><div></div><div>&#xA0; &#xA0; &#xA0; &#xA0; &#xA0; &#xA0; &#xA0; &#xA0;--Sy Montgomery, bestselling author&#xA0;<i>The Good, Good Pig</i></div><div><i></i></div><div><i></i></div><div><i></i></div><div><i></i></div><div><i></i></div><div><i></i></div><div></div><br /><br /><div><b>&quot;The merpeople and their resplendent undersea setting are so full and rich. Amazing and haunting,&#xA0;<i>The Drowning World&#xA0;</i>exceeds the grasp of&#xA0;<i>The Golden Compass</i>&#xA0;in its themes and imaginative reach. A wonderful novel.&quot;&#xA0;</b></div><div>&#xA0; &#xA0; &#xA0; &#xA0; &#xA0; &#xA0; &#xA0; &#xA0;--Marion Copeland, book critic&#xA0;<i>Nature in Legend and Story</i></div><div><i></i></div><div><i></i></div><div><i></i></div><div></div><br /><br /><div><i>&quot;<b>The Drowning World&#xA0;</b></i><b>is a rollicking good tale of shape-shifting, time travel, mermaids, the secret world of Aquantis, and other dreams of Peterson's glorious imagination--all set against the backdrop of powerful forces--the fate of the seas, human turmoil, young love, and what everyone feels at some point in their life: The sense of being an alien in an alien land. Its pull is oceanic--it quickly lures you deep beneath its waves while time evaporates.&quot;</b></div><div>&#xA0; &#xA0; &#xA0; &#xA0; &#xA0; &#xA0; &#xA0; &#xA0; --Diane Ackerman,&#xA0;<i>The Zookeeper's Wife</i></div>
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  # Destined to Drown
  
  
  ### Flames of the Sea - Book 1
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Nadia Heaton
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Copyright © 2019 by Nadia Heaton and Southern Heat Publishing
  
  
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  ### Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Nadia Heaton
  
  
  [Destined to Drown](part0003.html#2RHM0-b30bf0e02f184bac976ebe1035e49cba)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 1](part0004.html#3Q280-b30bf0e02f184bac976ebe1035e49cba)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 2](part0005.html#4OIQ0-b30bf0e02f184bac976ebe1035e49cba)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 3](part0006.html#5N3C0-b30bf0e02f184bac976ebe1035e49cba)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 4](part0007.html#6LJU0-b30bf0