num_pages: 316
description: A fantastic Steampunk adventure in the deepsTransforming his appearance and stealing secret documents from the French is all in a days work for fourteen-year-old Modo a British secret agent. But his latest missionto uncover the underwater mystery of something called the Ictneoseems impossible. There are rumors of a sea monster and a fish as big as a ship. French spies are after it and Mr. Socrates Modos master wants to find it first. Modo and his fellow secret agent Octavia begin their mission in New York City then take a steamship across the North Atlantic. During the voyage Modo uncovers an astounding secret. The Dark Deeps the second book in Arthur Slades Hunchback Assignments series is set in a fascinating Steampunk Victorian world. Modos underwater adventures and his encounters with the young French spy Colette Brunet the fearless Captain Monturiol and the dreaded Clockwork Guild guarantee a gripping read filled with danger suspense and brilliant inventions.
language: English
title: The Dark Deeps
publisher: Wendy Lamb Books