a 1949 novel by mika waltari part 2 of 2 telling of the adventures of a young finnish man mikael karvajalka in 16th century europe it tells the story how mikael turns from christianity to islam and rises to a high state in the court of suleiman the magnificent there are many actual historical events in this book but how mikael gets involved in them is fictitious venus acton is a champion swimmer shes captain of the school swim team and she especially loves to swim in the sea every weekend her dad takes her out so she can dive and explore on one particular saturday when she is deep underwater something happens which changes her life forever enabling her to do things she never thought possible to solve problems she hadnt even known existed the exciting adventures of venus aqueous are recommended for readers aged 8 and up book one includes the first four episodes of the popular comic from violets vegn ecomics