The adventures of Skat continue—an ex-Soviet Navy special forces officer inhabiting the body of a boy native of a tropical island. Now he is a Student, learning the basics of the art of pearl diving—understood in the new caste’s way. But whose diving technique is better: the one taught by military instructors based on twentieth-century knowledge, or those who passed it down from generation to generation over centuries? The book includes musical inserts: Music: “Neon Noir” by Shane Ivers — https://www.silvermansound.com