Beneath the Surface

Description

The mist lifted the moment he stepped through. And there was the watertower at the summit. His watertower This was what he had come for. In the award-winning book The Watertower, readers were introduced to the small town of Preston and the old watertower that stands outside the town. It is a place where Bubba and Spiro go to play and swim. But what lurks in the deep waters? Why are the townspeople changing? In Beneath the Surface, Spiro, now a doctor of science, returns to uncover the mystery and to find an explanation for the nightmares that haunt him. What he discovers will change his life forever. Beneath the Surface is the long-awaited sequel to The Watertower, winner of the 1995 CBC Book of the Year Award.

Gary Crew is well known for his rich, multi-layered and intensely suspenseful bestselling novels for young adults, as well as his many picture books for younger readers. A multi-award winning author, Gary was a high school English teacher for eighteen years before turning to university lecturing and full-time writing. He lives in Queensland and his books include The Inner Circle, The House of Tomorrow, Strange Objects, The Watertower, In My Father s Room and Old Ridley. Steven Woolman has always been fascinated by bizarre fantasy and old B-grade black and white science fiction. Steven holds a degree in Design and Illustration from the University of South Australia and now works full-time illustrating children s picture books. His books include Caleb (by Gary Crew), Tagged (by Gary Crew), One Child by Christopher Cheng) and Dreamwalker (by Isobelle Carmody).