Beneath the Surface

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.

About the Author

Gary Crew is Professor of Creative Writing at the University of the Sunshine Coast in Queensland. He has won the Children's Book Council of Australia's Book of the Year four times and his readers have come to expect shadowy, surprising, incredible stories that must be read, and read again.

About the Illustrator

Steven Woolman (1969-2004) completed a degree in Design and Illustration at the University of South Australia in 1990 and was always fascinated by bizarre fantasy. For the illustrations in The Watertower, his fifth published book, he used a combination of acrylic paint and chalk and pencil on black paper. 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).