It’s been eighteen months since the traumatic events of The Collapsing Wave, where the Enceladons escaped the clutches of the American military intent on exterminating the peaceful alien creatures.
Lennox and Vonnie have been lying low in the Scottish Highlands, Ava has been caring for her young daughter Chloe, and Heather is adjusting to her new life with Sandy and the other Enceladons in the Arctic Ocean, off the coast of Greenland. But fate is about to bring them together again for one last battle.
When Lennox and Vonnie are visited by Karl Jensen, a Norwegian billionaire intent on making contact with the Encelaldons again, they are wary of subjecting the aliens to further dangers. But when word arrives that Ava’s daughter has suffered an attack and might die without urgent help, they reluctantly make the trip to Greenland, where they enlist the vital help of local woman Niviaq.
It’s not long before they’re drawn into a complex web of lies, deceit and death. What is Karl’s company really up to? Why are sea creatures attacking boats? Why is Sandy acting so strangely, and why are polar bears getting involved?
Profound, ambitious and immensely moving, The Transcendent Tide is the epic conclusion to the Enceladons Trilogy – a final showdown between the best and worst of humanity, the animal kingdom and the Enceladons. The future of life on earth will be changed forever, but not everyone will survive to see it…
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Hi and welcome to my review of The Transcendent Tide!
I’ve been a huge fan of Doug Johnstone’s books, especially his two series, for years now, and my expectations for this final instalment in the Enceladons trilogy were ridiculously high. It more than met those expectations, it turned out to be everything I had wanted it to be!
It goes without saying that you can’t read The Transcendent Tide without having read its predecessors. The story has been building up, the characters have been developing, the plot that started with The Space Between Us and thickened in The Collapsing Wave now reaches its satisfying, and also quite epic, conclusion. (Although the door has definitely been left open a crack, and I do wonder whether this is actually the final curtain…)
If you’ve read the first two books, I just know you’ll be dying to read this one, and right you are, odds are you’ll love it just as much as the others. If you haven’t started this trilogy yet, this is the time to do it! Seriously! Even if you think sci-fi and aliens aren’t your bag, honestly, it’s not what I tend to go for either, but this is one series you! must! not! miss! Like I said when I reviewed The Collapsing Wave: leave it to Doug Johnstone to make you feel all warm and fuzzy about an octopus-like alien and all its cephalopod-like friends.
With The Transcendent Tide, Doug Johnstone once again showcases the very best of mankind, and the very worst, which is a realistic, simultaneously heart-breaking and heart-warming juxtaposition. And not just humankind, the animal kingdom plays a part as well, this time around.
The Transcendent Tide is the gripping, thought-provoking and nail-bitingly suspenseful conclusion to a magnificent trilogy that I truly can’t recommend enough.
The Transcendent Tide is out in paperback and digital formats on 14 August. Preorder it directly from Orenda Books here.
Massive thanks to Orenda Books for the DRC. All opinions are my own.
Fab review, glad it lived up to your expectations!
Thanks Nicki 💜
I absolutely loved the first two books, so I definitely can’t wait to get my hands on a copy of this one! I’m glad it lived up to expectations for you. <3
Thank you, I hope you love it too!