While searching for the cause behind the sinking of several ships, Modo and Octavia sail to the exact coordinates of the attacks. Is it a sea monster? Or something else? They aren't alone in their...

The first volume in ARTHUR SLADE’s Hunchback Assignments series won the prestigious TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award, and the second volume, The Dark Deeps , was a finalist for...

“...an excellent steampunk page-turner. . . . drama – indignity that modulates to breathless fascination – is Governor-General’s Award-winner and master storyteller Slade’s major achievement in this series. At the core of these adventures is a surprisingly tender appeal to adolescent insecurities. . . . This sequel is a pleasure to read and a solid addition to a series that promises to escalate . . . . The real cliffhanger, however, is the fate of Modo’s sweet soul. His vulnerability and his idealism endear the hunchback as a surprisingly complex character, not just another action hero.
– The Globe and Mail