Wyndham, John
The Kraken Wakes
- ISBN 13:
- 9780141032993
- author:
- Wyndham, John
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Penguin
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2008
- Pages:
- 240
- Dimensions:
- 19.8 x 12.9 x 1.5 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Modern fiction
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Fireballs raining down from the sky and crashing into the oceans' deeps marked the beginning of a catastrophic chain of events. Ships started sinking mysteriously, and later, 'sea tanks' emerged from the depths to claim people. For journalists Mike and Phyllis Watson, what initially appeared as a curiosity became a global calamity. As water, a crucial component of life, turned against humanity, they watched in helplessness as the world struggled to survive. The rise of sea levels was the final, inexorable step in a sequence of events that threatened the very existence of human life. The Kraken Wakes is a thought-provoking novel that explores how humanity responds to the threat of extinction and the measures it takes to survive. This novel poses a haunting question: what are we prepared to do to ensure our survival in the face of such a catastrophic threat?
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