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Author's note: An updated edition of this book has been republished in three books UNDERCOVER - DARK FIRE DATA, CURIOUSERS and STEAM POWER.
It's Christmas and the school's time machine malfunctions, sending us to 1778 CE where we are press-ganged onto a 20 gun frigate. After it runs aground, we escape and meet the famous James Watt. However, we are still deserters from the Royal Navy and subject to the death penalty.
Back in the present, I am suspected of hacking into CIA computers and Murga is still trying to kidnap me despite Triple Oh's efforts to arrest him. My uncle Dunc (Triple Oh's talking, moon-walking goose) is also on the case.
Author's note: This is the second book in the series so you might like to read Under Cover Goose first. Ziff.
Cover photo - This is the frigate Surprise a replica of the HMS Rose which was nearly identical to HMS Curious.
Cover quotation attributed to Mathew Bolton, James Watt's business partner at the start of the Industrial revolution.
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