The Kraken Wakes

by Wyndham, John

It started with fireballs raining down from the sky and crashing into the oceans' deeps. Then ships began sinking mysteriously and later 'sea tanks' emerged from the deeps to claim people . . .For journalists Mike and Phyllis Watson, what at first appears to be a curiosity becomes a global calamity. Helpless, they watch as humanity struggles to survive now that water – one of the compounds upon which life depends – is turned against them. Finally, sea levels begin their inexorable rise . . .The Kraken Wakes is a brilliant novel of how humankind responds to the threat of its own extinction and, ultimately, asks what we are prepared to do in order to survive.

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The Kraken Wakes, Wyndham, John. Published by Penguin, London, 2008. Card covers. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 239pp. In fine condition without marks, tears or folds. The Kraken Wakes is a science fiction novel by British writer John Wyndham (1903-1969), first published in the UK by Michael Joseph in 1953; released the same year in the US by Ballantine under… Read more about this item
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SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1994* Publisher: Wordsworth Classics.* Binding and cover condition: Soft card covers. No bumps or rubs. Very slight shelf wear to corners. No creases to spine or hinge. Seems un-read. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations or inscriptions, no… Read more about this item
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