Whalefall

A Novel

De: Daniel Kraus

Narrado por: Kirby Heyborne

Soon to be a major motion picture from 20th Century Studios

A USA TODAY BESTSELLER

From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Angel Down comes a 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 “powerfully humane” (Owen King, 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.

Reseñas de la Crítica

"Narrator Kirby Heyborne embodies the gruesomeness and terror and beauty in Daniel Kraus’s story. Listeners will feel its intensity in the pit of their stomachs. Teenage scuba diver Jay Gardiner is consumed by guilt as he seeks to find the remains of his father, who died by suicide, in the Pacific Ocean. As Jay searches the ocean’s depths, he is swallowed by a sperm whale. As the story switches between key moments in Jay’s past and the rapidly decreasing air in his tanks, listeners will feel like they themselves are gasping for air. Heyborne’s performance robustly expands Kraus’s tale, and it is divine."

Who knew catharsis could be this fascinating?

First of all, excellent narration and performance.

Whalefall is a hard science lite horror journey about catharsis and and grief and both are done exceptionally well.

To avoid spoilers, I don’t want to say too much more but it’s a gripping and compelling journey you won’t want to stop playing once you start.

Great holistic story

The beginning of the book was hard to trudge through. But from about the 2/3rd way to the end was fantastic!

Great story

Great story with rich character development. However, i didn't like how it was read.

Great writing and narration - perfect together.

Holy carp. Daniel Kraus pulled this one off. Not only that but he freakin' killed it.

I was fortunate enough to go see Daniel with Mary Roach in San Francisco. Just so happened to be on my birthday. He did a brief presentation on the origin and research involved for this book and it was just as fascinating as the book itself and gave me an even deeper appreciation for the brilliance that is Whalefall.

Kraus. Killin’ it. Go buy and read it.

“Being born is scary no matter how many times you do it.”

wow.

just, wow!!! intense, emotional... I loved this so so much. I want more about the aftermath, but at the same time its a perfect ending.