Out of Air

· Macmillan Young Listeners · Narrated by Gail Shalan
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Wilder Girls meets Outer Banks where a group of scuba diving friends stumbles across lost treasure, a legendary cave, and a new type of power... that comes at a price.

The deeper you go, the darker you fall.


Phoebe “Phibs” Ray is never more at home than when she’s underwater. On a dive six months ago, she and her four closest friends discovered a handful of ancient gold coins, rocketing them into social media fame. Now, their final summer together after high school, they’re taking one last trip to a distant Australian island to do what they love most – scuba dive.

While diving a local reef, Phibs discovers a spectacular underwater sea cave, rumored to be a lost cave with a buried treasure. But when Phibs and her best friend Gabe surface from the cave, they notice that they're undergoing strange changes. Oozing gashes that don’t heal. Haunting whispers in their heads... Something has latched onto them, lurking beneath their skin, transforming them from the inside out.

When treasure hunters arrive, desperate to find the location of the cave and hold Phibs’ group for ransom, she’ll do anything to keep her friends safe. In the process she learns that, of all the dreadful creatures of the sea, she might be the most terrifying of them all.

A Macmillan Audio production from Wednesday Books.

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2.0
1 review
Darcia Helle
August 18, 2025
I started out really enjoying this book. But. Oh, why does there have to be a but? We get lots of teen drama. I know it’s a YA book, but Phoebe, the MC, was just so annoying. She constantly referred to herself as an outsider, simply because of her financial status, despite the fact that her friend group had clearly accepted her. She whined a lot, which got on my nerves. Then the plot took all sorts of weird turns that didn’t work for me. And finally, we were left with loose threads and issues that weren’t explained. I felt the narrator leaned a little too heavily into Phoebe’s dramatic tone. I mean, she got it right, but it only reinforced my need to get away from Phoebe. In fairness, this book is intended for a YA audience, which I absolutely am not. *Thanks to Macmillan Audio for the free audiobook download.*
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About the author

RACHEL REISS is an experienced scuba diver who has explored marine reefs around the world. She’s been published in national outlets including The Los Angeles Times, Us Weekly, Yahoo!, Access Hollywood, and Huffington Post. She currently lives in Southern California with her family and her rambunctious dog, Ozzy.

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