The new year brings the all the joys and near-drownings of young love in THE CASE OF THE FIRE INSIDE, the latest volume of BAD MACHINERY! Sonny meets a mysterious new girl who seems to have climbed out of the sea itself, while Mildred falls for the bad boy of Saturday detention. But can either of them succeed in the face of jealous exes, overprotective fathers, and the persistent tide of DESTINY?What is a "selkie"? Is a Morton's toe fatal? And can Dark Rotuss truly save the galaxy?