On Yemitzov Five live sea-quilts - mats of greyish tissue that undulate through the shallow coastal waters, some as large as two metres square, sans eyes, ears, legs and teeth, in fact sans most of the things considered as basic essentials to life. Thirty years ago, the survey team said they were dumb animals. Now three squilts save a girl from drowning and Earth must send an expedition to investigate the claims that the beasts are sentient.
Dr Zuzana Aaron-Jones, a marine biologist, is recruited to the team. She's befriended by the enigmatic Mooney, and together they try and prove that squilts are intelligent. If they're right, the colonists must leave their beautiful world, so it would be easier if they were wrong.
Boodie Nantucket, the rescued girl, is sure that squilts are smart and telepathic as well. Nobody believes her - she's just a kid.
And what about the squilts? What are their plans for Zuzana and Mooney, not to mention all of the colonists? Just how dangerous can giant sea-slugs be?

An S-F novella of first contact.

Quote from the British Fantasy Society review -
"From the synopsis it all sounds a bit familiar - the likes of Clarke, Asimov and Bradbury have been there and literally written the book many times over. But Ms Paddock is doing much more than rehashing old themes... once we meet the characters and the story gets going, this is a great read. No Earthly Shore is a short piece: a long short story or compact novella, but it is absolutely cohesive and convincing. Her prose is smooth, stylish, sensual and occasionally beautiful. The characters are convincing and engaging. Importantly her science is spot on... the internal logic of the story is well thought out and completely believable. The sea-quilts themselves are wonderfully brought to life. There is some nice social and political subtext but we're allowed to work it out for ourselves rather than being bludgeoned with it.
If there is a checklist of good writing Jilly Paddock ticks every box, and I'm looking forward to reading more."

• We started tracking this book on September 17, 2012.
• This book was £1.28 when we started tracking it.
• The price of this book has changed 3 times in the past 4,239 days.
• The current price of this book is £1.49 last checked one day ago.
• This book is at its lowest price in the past 90 days.
• This lowest price this book has been offered at in the past six months is £1.28.
• This lowest price this book has been offered at in the past year is FREE.
• The lowest price to date was FREE last reached on September 28, 2012.
• This book has been FREE one time since we started tracking it.
• The highest price to date was £1.49 last reached on January 3, 2015.
• This book has been £1.49 one time since we started tracking it.
• This book is currently at its highest price since we started tracking it.

• Science Fiction & FantasyFantasy

• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Disabled
• Print Length: 62 Pages
• File Size: 202 KB