Jeff Dowsing

It's the summer of '88 and Australia is buoyed with optimism fuelled by the Bicentennial celebrations. But for teenager Jack McIvor, forces of nature have plunged his life into turmoil. Yet between waves of discontent, a crashing cover drive and the alluring prospect of one Katrina Jensen provide Jack at least two reasons to fight the tide.

Meanwhile - in between negotiating his own demons - Jack's father Mick attempts to alleviate a neighbour's escalating domestic dispute. Will he find redemption or will another threat subject them to heartache once more?

Set to an evocative urban backing track whilst blending action, drama, romance, crime, colloquial humour and nostalgia, Undercurrents is a rollicking, multi-layered coming of age tale that explores courage, heroism, love and loss in its various forms.