SHE DOWN THERE

238pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2020

A novel about two people who are brought together by their shared love of the ocean: a woman descended from Canada’s native Haida people who joins the fight to safeguard Mozambique's coral reefs and a navy diver working as a dive master in the coastal town of Tofo.

Marine biologist, master diver and underwater photographer Lynton Francois Burger serves as an advisor to ocean-impact ventures in several countries, including the Two Oceans Aquarium in Cape Town. He is an inducted member of the Ocean Artists Society and a fellow of the International League of Conservation Writers. She Down There is his first novel.