Also on the course is Muriel who is the same age and also a navy cadet. Andrew has fallen in love with her and is very anxious to impress her, but lacks experience with girls.
Fourteen-year-old Navy Cadet Andrew Collins enrolls in a SCUBA diving course on the Great Barrier Reef to impress Muriel, the girl of his dreams. There’s only one problem: Andrew is terrified of diving, not to mention the sharks, eels, and every other dangerous critter inhabiting the Coral Sea.
Despite his fears, Andrew inadvertently stumbles onto an old family mystery: the mysterious disappearance of his grandfather, lost at sea many years before. The deeper they delve into the mystery the deeper they are caught in a deadly web of lies and danger.
Andrew must face some agonizing choices and do battle with his worst nightmares.
Read along and find out what happens to Andrew and Muriel in this rip-roaring adventure on the high seas.
Christopher Cummings is a Vietnam veteran, teacher, parent, traveller, Officer of Cadets, and author of 35 books. Bushwalking, history and travel have added depth to his experiences. He grew up in Cairns and Cape York Peninsula, experiencing many adventures in the North Queensland bush and at sea in his father’s ships, adventures he has woven into his books.