For such a short and simple book, it packs a pretty big horrifying punch. Through the stories of six ocean creatures, Bryn Barnard tells the larger tale of the changing ocean and in so doing makes it abundantly clear that the entire planet lies in the balance. Of course, it's not all doom and gloom. The jellyfish and blue algae will win out. Too bad for the rest of us, though. The final, most chilling thought that the reader is left with is that it may already be too late. Hundreds or thousands of years too late. Yikes.

Beautiful and chilling. Awful and amazing.