Out of Air, Rachel Reiss
Out of Air, Rachel Reiss
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Out of Air

Author: Rachel Reiss

Narrator: Gail Shalan

Unabridged: 7 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/13/2025


Synopsis

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.

About Rachel Reiss

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.

About Gail Shalan

Gail Shalan (she/her) is a NYC-based storyteller on screen, stage, behind the mic, and with puppets.A 2024 two-time Audie Award winner ( Best Young Adult and Best Middle Grade), as well as a multiple Earphones Award winner, praised by The New York Times, Library Journal, Vulture Magazine, Booklist, and Audiofile, she’s narrated 200+ titles.Gail has performed on stage at The Bristol Old Vic, Cherry Lane Theatre, St. Ann’s Warehouse, and other various theater spaces across the US and UK.Her work as both an actor and a puppeteer was featured in the award-winning short film Coyote Girl (BostonIFF Best Short).Known for her dexterity with character and dialects, her tangibly emotional reads, and her deep respect for the text, Gail is passionate about stories that center generational healing and mental health, that navigate the sticky spaces between childhood and adulthood, and stories that ask who am “I”? Who are “we”? And what swells in the space between us, what dwells in the space within us? For that’s where the greatest discoveries and curiosities lie.For more follow her on socials @grshalan and check out www.gailshalan.com


Reviews

Goodreads review by Norma ~ The Sisters on April 29, 2025

Out of Air by Rachel Reiss Expected Publication: May 13, 2025 Genre: YA Horror / Supernatural Thriller Format: Digital ARC Haunting, immersive and transformative! The deeper they dove, the darker things became. I think the cover for Out of Air is absolutely stunning—so attractive and striking—and I love......more

Goodreads review by Southern Lady Reads on January 09, 2025

If you enjoyed Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield or the Outer Banks show - you might really like this! An underwater thriller with a bit of a horror twist is exactly what I needed during the snow-pocalypse of Kentucky 2025! Things I Loved: - Out of Air showcases what it's really like to see w......more

Goodreads review by nika.ex.libris on February 18, 2025

First of all, thank you NetGalley for the ARC! It's my first time reading about divers, and it's so atmospheric! Five friends, an underwater cave, treasure, and an unexplainable illness •1 pov •Love and friendship •Secrets •The underwater world I was intrigued from beginning to end, and I wish it had more......more

Goodreads review by anna ౨ৎ on May 16, 2025

This book that promised me Outer Banks vibes with scuba-diving teens chasing treasure but ended up feeling more like an underwater The Descent with a side of teenage angst. I cracked open this thriller expecting sun-soaked drama, salty friendships, and a treasure hunt to make John B proud. Instead,......more

Goodreads review by Cassie on May 08, 2025

I don’t read a lot of contemporary YA fiction, but I can never resist an underwater horror novel. There’s nothing creepier to me than the unknown depths of the ocean, and Rachel Reiss definitely plays into that idea in Out of Air. In this aquatic thriller, a group of friends takes a graduation trip......more


Quotes

"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

"Mesmerizing and unique with a lightning-fast pace." —Allie Reynolds, author of Shiver

“This book is like a deep dive into the ocean —dark, unpredictable, and full of thrills. I’ve never read anything like it.” —Molly Morris, author of Annie LeBlanc is Not Dead Yet

"Like the ocean, this book is at once both beautiful and terrifying: the romance shimmers, the mystery deepens, the suspense threatens to pull you deep under. A read you won’t want to surface from." —Harriet Reuter Hapgood, author of The Square Root of Summer

"Gripping, compelling, and fantastic, Out of Air submerges you in an underwater thriller that will take your breath away. I couldn't put it down!" —Sarah Beth Durst, author of instant New York Times bestseller The Spellshop