SECRETS OF STONE AND SEA

Are you strong enough to battle the sea?

Impulsive twin Kai, whose name means sea, and contemplative twin Peter, whose name means rock, leave Ohio to visit their retired history professor grandmother in Seaspire, Massachusetts, along with their father and older sister—their Greek American archaeologist mom is away on a Mediterranean dig. The boys unwittingly perform an ancient ritual that unleashes a terrifying ancient sea god that will ascend to its full power during the next full moon, only a week away, and use its might to attack and flood the land. Armed with this knowledge and Kai’s new ability to read every language in existence thanks to his connection with the creature, the family sets out to save the land. Thankfully, hints of the creature remain in myth, oral tradition, and literature, and they are able to work together to uncover seven seals that may be the key to stopping the creature—or will they unlock something worse? Readers with an interest in codes and ciphers will be impressed with the clues embedded in the story and the layers of sea versus land allusions as the hints and secrets are revealed, but they may be distracted by the characters’ interactions. The family members act and respond more like people in a book who are working toward predetermined plot points than a real family caught in the crosshairs of a primordial god. All characters are coded White.

Like the sea: sometimes choppy, sometimes smooth sailing.