This book isn't your standard BBC TV episode. Its dark, very dark, even scary at times, but very entertaining all the time.
The "Drowned" in the title are the crew of a Royal Navy ship, who all seem to die when their ship is mysteriously destroyed. However when the wreck is towed back to London the ghosts of the dead start appearing pleading with the relatives to come and save them. Aliens , ghosts and monster are all over the place, its exciting, witty and well written,