Reef of Death

Reef of Death is a 1998 young adult novel by Paul Zindel published by HarperCollins and Hyperion and is the fifth book of "The Zone Unknown" series. Set in Australia, it is an adventure story with elements of horror.

Reef of Death
First edition cover
AuthorPaul Zindel
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SeriesThe Zone Unknown
GenreYoung adult fiction
PublisherHarperCollins
Publication date
1998
Media typePrint Hardcover/Paperback
Pages192 pp
ISBN0-7868-1309-1
Preceded byRats 
Followed byNight of the Bat 

Plot

In the story, 17-year-old Peter Collins McPhee (nicknamed P.C. because he loves playing computer games) is called by his Uncle Cliff to solve a mystery in Australia. The brother of a young Aboriginal girl named Maruul has gone suddenly missing while searching for their tribe's treasure, told of in a riddle. She says there was a terrible screeching sound, and a boat came near just as her brother disappeared.

P.C. finds that there is a killer creature living in the depths of the reef. The creature attacks and kills his uncle. The two kids go to Wally Wallygong, an Aboriginal fishing shop owner, who explains the riddle. Afterwards, they all go to the reef location of the creature and pretend to be attacked by snakes. The strange ship that has been passing by takes them on board. They attempt to escape and are almost killed.

They find out that the captain of the ship, a geologist, has had the treasure—an encarved opal wall—all along, and was making the screeching noise mechanically, which signalled the creature to attack. She also plans to destroy the treasure. P.C. tricks the creature into eating the captain, and Maruul returns to her village with the treasure. The village buys long-needed resources with the treasure.[1]

gollark: 72%.
gollark: They're on cooldown. I'll discuss it tomorrow when they'll be off cooldown.
gollark: I got some shadow walkers. Can they fetch a few reds on the Hub?
gollark: Though *they'll* probably make the biomes all empty, which isn't great.
gollark: _should probably grab loads of the new holidays_

References
  1. Reef of Death, © Paul Zindel, Hyperion.


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