📗 Libro en inglés THE MOUNTAIN IN THE SEA

I loved this novel s brain and heart DAVID MITCHELL AUTHOR OF CLOUD ATLAS A first rate speculative thriller by turns fascinating brutal powerful and redemptive JEFF VANDERMEER AUTHOR OF ANNIHILATION There are creatures in the water of Con Dao To the locals they re monsters To the corporate owners of the island an opportunity To the team of three sent to study them a revelation Their minds are unlike ours Their bodies are malleable transformable shifting They can communicate And they want us to leave When pioneering marine biologist Dr Ha Nguyen is offered the chance to travel to the remote Con Dao Archipelago to investigate a highly intelligent dangerous octopus species she doesn t pause long enough to look at the fine print DIANIMA a transnational tech corporation best known for its groundbreaking work in artificial intelligence has purchased the islands evacuated their population and sealed the archipelago off from the world so that Nguyen can focus on her research But the stakes are high the octopuses hold the key to unprecedented breakthroughs in extrahuman intelligence and there are vast fortunes to be made by whoever can take advantage of their advancements And no one has yet asked the octopuses what they think And what th