Alyssa soon adjusts to island life, and she discovers the gift that she shares with her father for communicating with dolphins, a skill which leads her into a powerful relationship with a wild dolphin which her father, for legitimate scientific reasons, cannot condone.
As Alyssa settles into island life, she develops an extraordinary ability to communicate with dolphins, a skill she inherited from her father, which ultimately draws her into a profound connection with a feral dolphin that her father, due to scientific concerns, cannot support.