Amazing creatures in an impressive way

This novel shows how one might be able to break the cycle of loneliness and isolation with just a gentle touch from another living creature. Tova Salivan works as a night cleaner inside the Suiil Gulf Aquarium since the death of her husband from a terminal illness. Her immersion in this exhausting work helps her forget painful memories of an incident that happened thirty years ago, when her only son disappeared under mysterious circumstances on a boat in the middle of the sea. She meets Marcellus, a smart octopus who knows more than humans might imagine, at the aquarium. A special friendship develops between them, pushing the giant octopus to do the impossible to help her uncover the mystery of her son's disappearance and what happened to him that night before it is too late!