 It's the distant future a group of human scientists are exploring the deep ocean floor on a faraway ice planet Where they have discovered a primitive society of intelligent crustaceans But the expedition is being monitored by yet another group of aliens called the Sholan who are technologically superior to humans and Are very concerned that the humans are going to ruin the environment or otherwise interfere with the so-called Ilmatarans and of course accidents and misunderstandings happen and that's Where the plot of the book comes from this was a very enjoyable read it held my attention all the way through the first chapter I found very surprising, but this is not hard science fiction. This is Star Trek stuff the aliens although they have strange bodies and methods of communication they behave exactly like humans You can support 30 second sci-fi and my other projects by becoming a patron There is a link in the description below and visit the 30 second sci-fi tumbler That's my headquarters in addition to my videos. I publish links and updates there every day