The reader will find Ty, the main character, underwater at
his family's subsea farm. He is an inquisitive character
with a penchant for trouble; he's searching around in the
first couple of chapters and runs into a town...underwater,
its residents forced to a watery grave.
The finding is a huge mystery; Ty knows he must attempt to
solve it. However, he gets in a lot of danger for his
troubles-dragging his topsider friend, Gemma, with him.
Ty's parents can't help him; they've been abducted by the
very township they planned to sell their harvest from their
subsea farm to! Ty and Gemma are in a race against the
clock to solve this mystery and avoid the evil sea
creatures, Seaguard officers, outlaws, and "serfs."
Ty is a fun character to read about. He is always doing
something relatively exciting; the reader will not be
bored. Gemma is the calmer, serene character; she is a
perfect foil for Ty, who tends to listen to his impulses.
They balance each other out just enough to make this
mystery succeed. The events are very fast-paced and there
are plenty of "close-call" scenes. The plot is highly
intriguing and should interest any teen/young adult who
enjoys mysteries with a few twists thrown in.
The sequel to the acclaimed subsea adventure DARK LIFE.Ty
has always known that the ocean is a dangerous place. Every
time he swims beyond the borders of his family's subsea
farm, he's prepared to face all manner of aquatic
predators-sharks, squid, killer whales . . .What Ty isn't
prepared to find in the deep is an entire township chained
to a sunken submarine, its inhabitants condemned to an icy
underwater grave. It's only the first clue to a mystery that
has claimed hundreds of lives and stands to claim two more
-- lives very precious to Ty and his Topsider ally, Gemma.
Now in a desperate race against the clock, Ty and Gemma find
themselves in conflict with outlaws, Seaguard officers, and
the savage, trident-wielding surfs -- plus a menagerie of
the most deadly creatures the ocean has to offer.Kat Falls
brings to life the mysteries, marvels, and monsters of the
deep in this fast-paced and inventive action-adventure.