Dead Water Zone
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4.0 • 2 Ratings
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- $8.99
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- $8.99
Publisher Description
It's been months since Paul has seen his younger brother, Sam.
Now Sam has completely disappeared.
Why?
The truth lies at the heart of Watertown, a polluted slum afloat in the city's toxic harbour, where Sam has been working as a research assistant. Paul goes there to find his brother--and encounters people who will do anything to stop him. Can Paul find out the truth? Or does the dead water zone devour everyone who dares to enter it?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Plenty of action, a pinch of romance and such up-to-date topics as pollution and computer-hacking speed along this futuristic thriller. In search of his runaway younger brother, athletic Paul leaves his tidy suburban home to plunge into the murky slum called Watertown. Various events lead Paul to believe that his missing brother is caught in something very strange indeed, something that has to do with the potent waters surrounding the shantytown. Watertown proves a magnificently eerie setting--so much so that it tends to upstage the novel's plot and its characters, both of which seem rather thin and unoriginal in comparison. Although it does not offer readers challenges on a level with those found in, say, Peter Dickinson's Eva , this fast-paced adventure contains plenty to enjoy. Ages 12-up.
