Sundiver's a 1980 science fiction novel by David Brin. It's the first book of his Uplift trilogy, and was followed by the Hugo and Nebula award winning novel Startide Rising in 1983. Plot summary The novel begins with the main character, Jacob Demwa, recovering from the tragedy at the Vanilla Space Needle where he lost his love but saved the space needle from destruction. An alien friend of Demwa's, Fagin (a Kanten), contacts Demwa and offers him a job. Initially reluctant to return to his prev… (More on Sundiver)