Beneath the Surface' (ISBN 9780733619328) is a children's picture book by the author Gary Crew and illustrated by Steven Woolman. It is a sequel to The Watertower. It was published in 2004, 10 years after its prequel.
It is about Dr Spiros Trotter, aka Spike from The Watertower, who is a hydrologist. He returns to Preston to test the water in the mysterious watertower on the hill. The words in the book describe Spike's actions, while the pictures on each page skip all around the world.
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