Searching for the Fleet

This is a diving universe novel, but Boss plays no part in it. (Throughout the the action in this book, she is offstage diving the boneyard.) The main characters here are “Coop”, the captain of the Ivoire, and “Yash” his chief engineer. In a sense [b:Searching for the Fleet 38750152 Searching for the Fleet (Diving Universe, #7) Kristine Kathryn Rusch https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1519610486s/38750152.jpg 60340184] completes a literary triptych with the first two sections being [b:The Falls 32143712 The Falls (Diving Universe, #5) Kristine Kathryn Rusch https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1474370602s/32143712.jpg 52778527] and [b:The Runabout 34396149 The Runabout (Diving Universe, #6) Kristine Kathryn Rusch https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1496133034s/34396149.jpg 55492830]. (I may need to go back and reread parts of those books.)The story moves slowly at first. Things start with a serious personnel problem. Then Coop and Yash embark on some critical investigative research, during which we get very interesting flashbacks to important earlier points in their careers (nice little tales in themselves). Finally, they take the Ivoire out to find some answers and have quite an adventure. (Cannot really say much more without spoilers.)Good book with a solid finish. Life goals and relationships change – for the better I think. But there are now even more mysteries to be investigated; so, I'm looking forward to the next book in the series.