The S.O.S. Boys Mystery Book Series are fast-paced adventure stories starring fifteen-year-old friends, Rick, Greg, and Topher. The S.O.S. Boys, along with Rick's Irish Setter, Aaron, solve mysteries in and around the San Juan Islands of Washington. The FBI and Coast Guard named them, S.O.S. Boys, because the boys use Morse code to communicate with each other while solving mysteries and to protect the boys' identities.
Rick, Greg, and Topher are lifelong friends who live in Bellingham and Orcas Island. After working many odd jobs for over two years, the boys combined their savings together to purchase a sixteen-foot boat with an outboard motor. They planned to use the boat to travel back and forth from Bellingham to Orcas Island and earn money crab fishing.
Mystery or Mischief: As Markie prepares his ship to return to the Markarian Galaxy, some unexplained events are beginning to occur in and around Orcas Island. The boys and Markie try to determine if it is related to the Russian scientist who is researching the local hydrothermal vents; or, are they due to an alien creature who has arrived on Orcas Island. Are the boys and the inhabitants in the area in danger from an alien? Read to find out if the alien is friend or foe and if Markie must return to the Markarian Galaxy.