# Whalefall - Hardcover

by **Daniel Kraus** (Author)

**_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. 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 quickly 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.

Suspenseful and cinematic, _Whalefall_ is an "astoundingly great" (Gillian Flynn, _New York Times_ bestselling author) thriller about a young man who has given up on life...only to find a reason to live in the most dangerous and unlikely of places.

### Author Biography

Daniel Kraus is the _New York Times_ bestselling author of more than a dozen novels and graphic novels. He coauthored _The Living Dead_ with legendary filmmaker George A. Romero. With Guillermo del Toro, he coauthored _The Shape of Water_, based on the same idea the two created for the Oscar-winning film. Also with del Toro, Kraus coauthored _Trollhunters_, which was adapted into the Emmy-winning Netflix series. He has won two Odyssey Awards (for _Rotters_ and _Scowler_), and _The Death and Life of Zebulon Finch_ was named one of _Entertainment Weekly_'s Top 10 Books of the Year. His books have been Library Guild selections, YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults picks, Bram Stoker finalists, and more. His work has been translated into over twenty languages. Daniel lives with his wife in Chicago. Visit him at DanielKraus.com.

**Number of Pages:** 336

**Publication Date:** August 08, 2023

## Details

- **Price:** 27.99 USD
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- **Type:** Books
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