Description:
Now a CW Original Series
The Der Spiegel number #1 blockbuster bestseller about an intelligent life force that takes over the oceans and exacts revenge on mankind!
Whales begin sinking ships. Toxic eyeless crabs poison Long Island's water supply. Around the world, countries are beginning to feel the effects of the ocean's revenge. In this riveting novel, full of twists, turns, and cliffhangers, a team of scientists discovers a strange, intelligent life force called the Yrr that takes form in marine animals in order to wreak havoc on man for his abuses. The Day After Tomorrow meets The Abyss in his gripping, scientifically realist, utterly imaginative thriller. With the compellingly creepy and vivid skill of this author to evoke story, character, and place, Frank Schatzing's book are certain to find a home with fans of Michael Crichton.
Brief description:
Sally-Ann Spencer completed a BA and MPhil at Cambridge University and worked for several years as an editor and literary translator. She is enrolled at Victoria University of Wellington as a PhD student in German literature and translation studies, for which she holds a Victoria PhD scholarship. Her research focuses on recent English translations of German-language novels and on the reception of German-language literature in the English-language context. She has translated a range of contemporary German-language novels, including Sebastian Fitzek's Therapy, Frank Schätzing's eco-thriller The Swarm, Markus Heitz's Dwarves series, and picture books for Gecko Press.