Dead Water Zone

‘Lately Paul had caught himself thinking about Sam in the past tense. It had been months since they’d last seen each other, and they hadn’t parted on the best of terms. A silent, awkward handshake.’
Now Sam, Paul’s younger brother, has disappeared. Why? The truth lies at the heart of Watertown, a polluted, crime-ridden slum afloat in the city’s harbour, where Sam has been working as a scientific research assistant. Paul goes there to find his brother—and encounters people who will stop at nothing to deter him in his quest. Can he and his unlikely new friends overcome them—or will the sinister secrets of the dead water zone overpower everyone who dares to enter it?