Whalefall by Daniel Kraus
\nAn NPR Best Book of 2023 &ldquo\ ;full of cinematic and wild suspense&rdquo\; that &ldquo\;would be great f or fans of Andy Weir&rdquo\; \;(Library Journal \;starred review): Scuba diver Jay Gardiner is swallowed by a sperm whale &mdash\; and only has one hour before his oxygen runs out&hellip\; &ldquo\;Listeners will fe el like they themselves are gasping for air&rdquo\; \;(AudioFile).
\nA \;USA TODAY \;BESTSELLER
Named a Best Book of 2023 by&
nbsp\;Book Riot\, Shelf Awareness\, \;and NPR
The Martian \;meets \;127 Hours \;in this &ldquo\;astoundingly great&rdquo\; ( Gillian Flynn\, #1 \;New York Times \;bestselling author) and scie ntifically accurate thriller about a scuba diver who&rsquo\;s been swallow ed by an eighty-foot\, sixty-ton sperm whale and has only one hour to esca pe before his oxygen runs out.
\nJay Gardiner has given himself a fo ol's errand&mdash\;to find the remains of his deceased father in the Pacif ic Ocean off the coast of California. 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 the previous year.
\nThe dive begins well eno ugh\, but the sudden appearance of a giant squid puts Jay in very real jeo pardy\, made infinitely worse by the arrival of a sperm whale looking to f eed. Suddenly\, Jay is caught in the squid's tentacles and drawn into the whale's mouth where he is pulled into the first of its four stomachs. He q uickly realizes he has only one hour before his oxygen tanks run out - one hour to defeat his demons and escape the belly of a whale.
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