Kristen Simmons,critically acclaimed author of Article 5 and Metaltownbrings her trademark actionromanceand frightening prescience to Pacificaa science fiction tale of high seas adventure. Blue skies. Green grass. Clear ocean water. An island paradise like the ones that existed before the Melt. A lucky five hundred lottery winners will be the first to gothe first to leave their polluteddilapidated homes behind and start a new life. It sounds perfect. Like a dream. The only problem? Marin Carey spent her childhood on those seas and knows thereΓÇÖs no island paradise out there. SheΓÇÖs corsario royaltya pirate like her father and his father before himand she knows a con when she sees one. So where are the First Five Hundred really going? \