Dark secrets and dangerous exploits swirl around the pursuit of the beast, and Ishmael must do his best to survive-if he can. But there may be more to Captain Ahab’s obsession. It’s rumored that the ship’s captain, Ahab, lost his leg to the beast years ago, and that he’s now consumed by revenge. Even though easy prey abounds, time and again the chase boat crews are ordered to ignore it in order to pursue the elusive Great Terrafin. He’s here to work, risking his life to hunt down great ocean-dwelling beasts to harvest and send back to the resource-depleted Earth. But Ishmael isn’t on Cretacea to marvel at the fresh air, sunshine, and endless blue ocean. When seventeen-year-old Ishmael wakes up from stasis aboard the Pequod, he is amazed by how different this planet is from the dirty, dying, Shroud-covered Earth he left behind. Starbuck joins the cast of characters, also Starbuck, Fedallah, Queequeg, with mad Captain Ahab at the helm (you need a crazy captain), plus a wise old. Master storyteller Todd Strasser reimagines the classic tale of Moby Dick as set in the future-and takes readers on an epic sci-fi adventure. He’s shunted Ishmael and buddies from the Pequod off-world, a workplace that still has water, unlike the baked earth left behind.
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