The Whiteness of the Whale: A Novel
Apr 2013 · St. Martin's Press
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In the freezing Antarctic, an anti-whaling expedition takes a violent turn when targeted by a massive creature with a murderous agenda.
After a tragic accident ruins her career, primate behaviorist Dr. Sara Pollard joins anti-whaling activists on a round-the-world racing yacht as their resident scientist. Descendant of a Nantucket captain whose ship was sunk by a rogue whale, Pollard aims to sail from Argentina to the stormy Antarctic Sea. There they'll shadow, harass, and expose the Japanese fleet that continues to kill endangered whales in internationally-declared sanctuaries.
But aboard the Black Anemone, everyone has a secret or something to live down. Her crew—including a narcissistic celebrity, an Afghan War veteran seeking the combat buzz, and an enigmatic, obsessive captain—will face hostile whalers, brutal weather, dangerous ice, near-mutiny, and romantic conflict. And no one is prepared for what Nature herself has in store when they're targeted by a massive creature with a murderous agenda of its own.
Filled with violence, beauty, and magical evocations of life in the most remote waters on Earth, The Whiteness of the Whale is a powerful adventure by master novelist David Poyer.
After a tragic accident ruins her career, primate behaviorist Dr. Sara Pollard joins anti-whaling activists on a round-the-world racing yacht as their resident scientist. Descendant of a Nantucket captain whose ship was sunk by a rogue whale, Pollard aims to sail from Argentina to the stormy Antarctic Sea. There they'll shadow, harass, and expose the Japanese fleet that continues to kill endangered whales in internationally-declared sanctuaries.
But aboard the Black Anemone, everyone has a secret or something to live down. Her crew—including a narcissistic celebrity, an Afghan War veteran seeking the combat buzz, and an enigmatic, obsessive captain—will face hostile whalers, brutal weather, dangerous ice, near-mutiny, and romantic conflict. And no one is prepared for what Nature herself has in store when they're targeted by a massive creature with a murderous agenda of its own.
Filled with violence, beauty, and magical evocations of life in the most remote waters on Earth, The Whiteness of the Whale is a powerful adventure by master novelist David Poyer.
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About the author
DAVID POYER's sea career included service in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, Arctic, Caribbean, and Pacific. He's the author of over thirty novels, including the Dan Lenson maritime military thrillers (Tipping Point, Onslaught, Hunter Killer, etc.). Poyer's work has been required reading in the Literature of the Sea course at the U.S. Naval Academy, along with that of Joseph Conrad and Herman Melville. He lives on the Eastern Shore of Virginia with his wife and daughter, with whom he explores the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic coast in their sloop, Water Spirit.
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