As Necro repeatedly proves to be both smarter and more powerful than Vega Jane, things generally go badly for the rebels, who end up losing their hidden refuge, many of their best fighters, and even the final battle. The rebellion against an evil archmage and his bowler-topped minions wends its way to a climax.ĭispatching five baddies on the first two pages alone, wand-waving villain-exterminator Vega Jane gathers a motley army of fellow magicals, ghosts, and muggles-sorry, “Wugmorts”-for a final assault on Necro and his natty Maladons. Alas, despite Ty's frequent brushes with moral complexity-perhaps the laws protecting the settlement help make things so bad for the surfs they have few ethical choices perhaps sometimes he needs to look 'at the consequences down the line' for society instead of at his own immediate need-the ultimate resolution is all too simple. Ty and his erstwhile girlfriend Gemma also learn a lot more about the politics of the settlements than they ever expected. While Ty searches for his parents, he finds signs that something bigger than the kidnapping of his parents is afoot: An entire township has sunk to the bottom of the ocean, its population left to die. Were the cynics right? Drift township kidnaps Ty's parents and steals their crop of seaweed.

The other settlers think Ty's parents are crazy for their willingness to do business with 'surfs'-the unwanted surfeit population who sail the oceans in floating townships and are notorious for raids, crime and untrustworthy behavior. Ty, the underwater settler from Dark Life (2010), has to rescue his harvest, his parents and a slew of ragged surfs in this breakneck adventure.

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