DRUMHELLER, Alberta - s4story -- On World Ocean Day, author and filmmaker Lawrence Nault releases Fingerprints In The Water, the third installment in the Draconim series—an urgent novel about microplastic pollution, ecological truth-telling, and the fierce clarity of youth.

To mark the release, Lawrence has also created a narrated short film—not a traditional book trailer, but a literary campaign-style video—blending vivid narration with evocative imagery to highlight the crisis that inspired the novel. The film draws connections between the fictional world of dragon-bonded teens and the very real threats facing our oceans today.

"It began with the air... Then came the fires... And now, the water."

— Opening lines of the video

The story centers on Kai, a Cape Breton teen whose bond with an ancient dragon reveals the scale of humanity's pollution—microplastics, ghost gear, chemical runoff—hiding in plain sight. But Kai isn't alone. A growing network of young people, some with dragons, others with nothing but determination, rise in defense of their world.

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*"Fingerprints In The Water is fiction, but the crisis is not. Our oceans are choking. And those inheriting this world are no longer waiting for permission."

The video, premiering June 8 on YouTube, serves as both introduction and invocation for this year's World Ocean Day theme: Catalyzing Action for Our Ocean and Climate.

Watch the World Ocean Day Video

Premiere Date: June 8, 2025
Title: Fingerprints In The Water – World Ocean Day Feature
Duration: ~4 minutes
Link: https://youtu.be/DrB9yhuDjYo?si=l4BN6HSQWXCNgEoq



About the Book

Part contemporary fantasy, part eco-parable, Fingerprints In The Water is a YA novel that asks: What happens when truth can no longer be ignored, and action no longer delayed? With poetic prose and grounded hope, the novel explores intergenerational silence, ecological grief, and the unbreakable strength of youth solidarity.

As a bonus for World Ocean Day, the book includes a real-world water testing activity—offering a gateway into W.A.V.E. 4000 (Water Awareness Via Education), an open-source citizen science framework inspired by the novel.

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W.A.V.E. 4000: When Fiction Leads to Action

What began as a fictional initiative within the book has evolved into a global, adaptable curriculum for environmental education and water stewardship. W.A.V.E. 4000 equips students from Grades 1 to 12 to test local waterways for plastic pollution. Each stage encourages hands-on science, civic action, and ecological empathy.

The W.A.V.E. 4000 framework—available freely online with no commercial restrictions.
Project Plan: https://fingerprints.lawrencenault.me/guides/WAVE_4000.pdf

For review copies, interviews, educational resources, or to join the W.A.V.E. 4000 movement:

Lawrence Nault
Email: Lawrence@LawrenceNault.me
Website: https://lawrencenault.me/
Socials: Threads @mountainhermitauthor