Michael Crowl

Undercurrent Michael Crowl

After the great floods, the world's coastal cities survived by building huge domes that kept them safe from the rising waters, but they couldn't protect them from political upheaval. The Wave Party's leader Saxon Cole is trying to wrest control of the government. A deadly explosion in the underwater city of Aquataine causes a mass evacuation to the surface, and the secretive group known as the Undercurrent suspects sabotage. When one of the Undercurrent's senior officers is viciously attacked for what he knows, his nephew, sixteen-year-old Phelan Maxwell, is compelled to act. But even the resourceful Phelan couldn't have expected the adventure he was about to embark on. Ariana Torrent, the confident and smart girl he meets during the evacuation, offers her support. It's a good thing too, because Phelan underestimates just how dangerous Cole's men can be. Set about a hundred years in the future, Phelan will take readers on an adventure through the domes, aided by a few friends and the Undercurrent's network. But Saxon Cole is no idiot. He has a plan to take over the city and control all the commerce and keep the power for himself. When Phelan gets close to the truth, Saxon steps up his efforts to remove him from the scene, and that's when things get downright dangerous. The thrill of the chase from Ready Player One, with a glimpse of Tomorrowland, but a setting that will take you somewhere totally new. "What a fun read. Couldn't put it down, because something lurked around every corner. It felt like a roller coaster ride where the heroes rode in the first car and the villains were breathing down their necks in the the second car. Yet even with all the suspense of tracking down those responsible for his best friend and his father's deaths Phelan manages to maintain humor despite his fears, to rally an army of allies, and to find true friendship and even love." -- Goodreads Reviewer, "Reggie"