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The Dolphin Code is a sci-fi novel written by Joe Boudreault and published by WiDo Publishing on January 13, 2018.

THE PLOT: The main story is speculative fiction and it centers around the adventures and experiences of a young boy living in a Newfoundland outport village in the common era. The main character, Corey Sheppard, is autistic and when he accompanies his parents to sea, he starts to perceive information buried in the dolphin songs he hears which are mesmerizing to him. His uncle, Max Wheeler, an amateur oceanographer, begins to study the phenomenon carefully, documenting his nephew's encounters and trying to find the mystery behind the recordings he makes of both the dolphins and the larger whales. After the tragic deaths of his parents, Corey withdraws completely, and Wheeler is stymied. But he gradually weans the boy back into an interest with the sea. Corey's grandfather, Josiah Sheppard, becomes one of his teachers. The two men hire a specialist to tutor the boy at home. The first barrier, between autism and normal people, seems to be overcome. With photos and sound recordings, Max and Corey begin to build up a catalog of behaviors and patterns with the dolphins. And Corey, expressing his experiences in a nearly incomprehensible dialogue of mutters, is also recorded by Wheeler. Over the course of a few years, as Corey grows up, and they have more encounters at sea, Wheeler begins to realize that something special is happening between the dolphins and his nephew. Wheeler is on the cusp of a phenomenal discovery: the dolphins are not just a species of sea mammals, they are the carriers of higher technology which is constrained within the holograms of their extended songs. And they wish to give this technology to humans.

Wanting to know what is going on here Wheeler begins to ask for advice from his contacts at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute in Falmouth (WHOI), Massachusetts. He suspects, as impossible as it appears to him, that there is buried information in the dolphin audio. Having observed Corey's special tutoring up front, Wheeler suspects that the boy sees icons and images within the spectrograms of the dolphin songs themselves. It is an ability springing from Corey's crossed senses. With a visit to WHOI, Max, Josiah and Corey go through a series of tests by the experts, and the information which Wheeler has gathered begins to be validated. As a consequence, the Sheppards, along with Wheeler and the professional oceanographers, are plunged into the realm of what appears to be a buried civilization beneath the oceans. Finally, the debate of what the dolphins are up to rears its head. By accident, a DNA examination of blood springs another surprise: the spectrograms of the dolphin songs, layer upon layer, strangely resemble human blood patterns in a DNA chart. With this as a guideline, an ocean of information pours forth. And what at first appears to be a warning about the condition of the seas, from the dolphins to the humans, suddenly morphs into a whole new program. The researchers arrive at a critical point where the hidden technology exponentially increases. The self-improving software programs lay it out in startling clarity before their astonished eyes. The code has been broken. The dolphins have been waiting for centuries for such an opportunity, and they present their request. And the request points off-world. IMPACT: One of the main themes in the novel is inter-species communications, both between the boy and his elders and between dolphins and humans. The question is asked: how can special gifts of perception help give us more knowledge which we as humans desperately need? What is it that the dolphins want, and how can they bridge this communication gap? With the high-tech help of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute in Falmouth, Massachusetts, the world of marine biology and oceanography finds itself on the verge of something uniquely new and exciting: breaking the language code of the dolphins. The author also uses the story to portray the condition of the world's oceans and the historical relationship between the two species. Marine ecology and the polluted seas are reaching a critical tipping point, especially for the dolphins themselves. How much is each side willing to learn, and how much trust is needed to take the next steps that come out of this incredible revelation? For the reader, the answer may surprise them. The novel is available both in print and ebook format, from the publisher and from Amazon.com.

Product details File Size: 3982 KB Print Length: 298 pages Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited Publisher: WiDo Publishing (January 13, 2018) Publication Date: January 13, 2018 Sold by: Amazon Digital Services LLC Language: English ASIN: B078ZZP822 Text-to-Speech: Enabled X-Ray: Not Enabled Word Wise: Enabled Lending: Not Enabled Screen Reader: Supported Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled LINKS: https://widopublishing.com/the-dolphin-code-by-joe-boudreault/ https://www.amazon.com/Dolphin-Code-Joe-Boudreault-ebook/dp/B078ZZP822/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1539197734&sr=8-1&keywords=the+dolphin+code