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The Martian meets 127 Hours in this "powerfully humane" (Owen King, New York Times bestselling author) and scientifically accurate thriller about a scuba diver who's been swallowed by an eighty-foot, sixty-ton sperm whale and has only one hour to escape before his oxygen runs out.. Jay Gardiner has given himself a fool's errand - to find the remains of his deceased father in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Monastery Beach. He knows it's a long shot, but Jay feels it's the only way for him to lift the weight of guilt he has carried since his dad's death by suicide the previous year. The dive begins well enough, but the sudden appearance of a giant squid puts Jay in very real jeopardy, made infinitely worse by the arrival of a sperm whale looking to feed.
About the Author
Daniel Kraus has landed on Entertainment Weekly's Top 10 Books of 2015 (THE DEATH AND LIFE OF ZEBULON FINCH) , won two Odyssey Awards (for both ROTTERS and SCOWLER) , and has been a Library Guild selection, YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults, Bram Stoker finalist, and more. He has coauthored two novels with Guillermo del Toro: TROLLHUNTERS, which was adapted in the Emmy-winning Netflix series, and THE SHAPE OF WATER, the movie version of which hits theaters in December. Kraus's work has been translated into over 15 languages. Visit him at danielkraus.com.
