In the Wet Author:Nevil Shute "In the Wet" is a novel of courageous urgency by the best-selling author of "On the Beach." Woven into the richly dramatic background of Australia today, during the rainy season called "the wet", is a story of tomorrow -- where the tensely moving love of an Australian flyer for an English girl has to take second place to a loyalty of the future... more » that threatens to engulf their love and their lives.« less