10 Adrift. Bereft. Together.

What shall I say about the volume just BEFORE my SECOND-FAVORITE title? That it's number ten in the series, fills in the space between nine and eleven (between breakfast and elevenses), takes the Expedition one step further, lost as it is and adrift on a sea of whatever-seas-are-made-of? Is that ENOUGH? It's all there is, because I'm in a HURRY to get to DUDLEY, a beacon in the dark if ever there was one ...