Out of Air

De: Rachel Reiss

Narrado por: Gail Shalan

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.

©2025 Rachel Reiss (P)2025 Macmillan Audio

Reseñas de la Crítica

"The tension is airtight." —Booklist, starred

"A deep-sea adventure that snappily blends mystery and romance with social themes." —Kirkus Review

"Out of Air is a chilling, gripping, intense, eerie, and thrilling page turner! I did not want to put this book down and was sad when it ended." —Open Book Posts

"Steeped in shimmering mystery, Out of Air is an eerie, gripping dive to the sunken treasure that glitters just beyond the threshold of what it means to lose it all." —Ann Fraistat, bestselling author of A Place For Vanishing and What We Harvest

"Reiss's debut takes readers down to the murky depths of friendship with its twisted secrets, hauntingly lush atmosphere, and creeping sense of dread. I held my breath until the final, unsettling page." —Chelsea Ichaso, author of The Summer She Went Missing

An Engaging Story

I listened to this with my teen. We loved the underwater scenes. It got him excited to snorkel this summer.

Appropriate for teens

Cute story for teens with a little adventure, adversity and coming of age. Divers will be disappointed in the language.

Fun Supernatural/Fantasy Adventure Book

I don’t have much to share about this book. It was written really well. There are a few cheesy moments, but I’m here for it. Rachel Reiss writes very well. I literally saw the ocean, the boat, the dock, the cave all of it vividly. Just fyi: this book goes back and forth from the past to the present throughout the book. In my opinion it was done well.

I have dyslexia, so I like to listen to audiobooks, and the narrator, Gail Shalan, did a FANTASTIC job. I would listen to her work again. Also, a good narrator is nice but if the book isn’t written well, that can break it for me. And I felt like both author and narrator did their jobs extremely well. I would also consider reading more of Rachel Reiss’ works. This is definitely a YA book (Teenagers). I felt like this story was very clean. There is a lesbian couple, but it is such a minor detail. It really does not focus on that at all. So for anyone who is super conservative I would still recommend this book. It is very clean. Fun adventure!

Unique and Engaging

Great story. I was hooked from the start and didn’t know where it was going to lead. I also think my 13 year old will love it. Can totally see this as a Netflix series, too

Terrific writing. Could not put it down.

Incredible plotting and great interaction among the characters. Surprises pop up as it races to the ending, which was, in my opinion, perfect.

Overly busy and underdeveloped characters

Interesting beginning (albeit bad diving science with interchangeable use of oxygen and air in terminology and utterly idiotic choice to make a safety stop in an out of air situation). Then it goes downhill. "Poor" kid with expensive hobbies hangs out with rich kids. Evil Demon Cave. Evil spirt possession. Fighting. Abandoned alzheimer's grandma. Parents that come and go in a deus ex machina fashion. Pacing was always urgent-urgent-emergency; the story doesn't build so much as heave from one jump scare to another with constant "EMERGENCY!" tension. As a result, narrator Gail Shalan is doomed to "Apothecary! Apothecary!" overly dramatic scene upon scene, despite her best efforts and obvious talent.

I had to give up after about half the book because I could no longer handle it, even on an long interstate road trip. This appears to be several underdeveloped short stories that were mashed together to make a full length novel/novella. It just doesn't work.

Not my cup of tea

This was not my cup of tea, I should have paid more attention to the description. as a technical diver, I had a hard time getting past the numerous diver/ dive equipment factual errors. The narrator over emphasized all of the emotions associated with the story. I could not finish the title the story was not strong enough to allow me to look past the issues. So, buyer beware, I pre ordered and burned a credit.