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A gripping adventure-thriller about environmental catastrophe, in
the tradition of Michael Crichton.
The author
Long ago a sensitive and unpublished poet called
Mike Stocks banged his despairing head against the wall harder than
usual, and morphed into Mike Croft. Mike Croft was tougher than
a Gregg's donut dropped behind the counter in 1958, and he set to
work on some hard-bitten commercial fiction, Down Deep...
The blurb
In the dead of night, a huge whale enigmatically
strands itself on Brighton Beach. Soon whales are impeding shipping,
travelling up the Thames to the heart of London, and aggressively
stranding themselves in incredible numbers on crowded beaches...
Amidst public hysteria, controversial marine
biologist Roddy Ormond suspects the whales are communicating a terrible
warning. When he tries to investigate with journalist Kate Gunning,
the clues point to a scandal involving a ruthless shipping magnate
and cynical government figures. Roddy and Kate are soon in grave
danger. But what is the secret they must uncover? And can the code
of the whales' language be cracked? The answers are deep in the
ocean, where catastrophe lies.
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