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Driving the Deep: The Finder Chronicles - Book 2
Publisher: DAW Books, Inc.

Fergus Ferguson is a Finder. When you have something or someone that you really need found - and returned to you - and you can pay his fees... he's your man. He was born on Earth and ran away to Mars when he was young, but since then, he's been far and wide, finding all over the galaxy, dealing with humans and aliens, alike. He's been far, far from Earth way out into the deep, if you will, but he's basically given up on the concept of "home." The closest he's found is staying with some scientist and engineer friends at a shipbuilding facility out near Pluto. As you might imagine, when he finds out that there's been an attack on that facility and that his friends have been abducted, he's off to put his unique set of skills to work finding them, even though he was on Earth, trying to put things right for a long-past betrayal of his brother. And, it's not going to slow him down much that he's gotten into a bit of trouble with an officer of the law on Earth...

His search leads Fergus to infiltrating the underwater research operations on Enceladus, an ice-crusted water moon of Saturn, as a pilot of an underwater transport, in order to gain the access needed to find his friends. As usual, almost nothing goes to plan for Fergus - or Duncan MacInnis, as he called himself in Enceladus - and he finds himself at odds with the local bully, stuck with his predecessor's cat, and in a place that is darker than anywhere he's ever been... like space, but without the stars. He'll need to find some trustworthy friends and find some unconventional solutions if he hopes to rescue his friends... that is, assuming they're still alive. And even the Deep, itself, is a weight on him... drivers usually either quit and walk away or... it ends badly. Working in the deep, dark waters of Enceladus, trapped beneath the ice, dependent on instruments to know where anything is and dependent on others for the ability to leave proves to be more mentally stressing than anything Fergus has faced before.

Of course, after his adventures in Finder, Fergus has a "superpower" of sorts. He can generate jolts of electricity with his body. That could be a neat parlor trick and could be a great tool, but it's not so convenient as one might think, when the vessel that keeps him alive under all of that water could be accidentally fried and the ability seems to want to use itself when he's stressed or under duress. Also, when the ability is useful and he uses it frequently, the thirst it causes can be tiring and debilitating. Ah, water, water everywhere... and all that.

If you haven't read Finder, yet, I highly recommend you start there and then read Driving the Deep, as they would work best when read in chronological order, but I do believe Driving the Deep could be enjoyed on its own, if necessary. Personally, I read both, enjoyed both, and am looking forward to the further adventures of Fergus Ferguson. Highly Recommended.



-Geck0, GameVortex Communications
AKA Robert Perkins
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