Young
Jonah Padgett, fascinated by the romance of the open sea, signs on to
the whaler
Absalom, under the command of Captain Solomon. Upon rounding
the Horn, the crew hears stories of a whale said to be as big as a
mountain with skin as black as a bible, and in command of a harem of a
hundred females. Captain Solomon wagers that his crew will be the one to
make its fortune hunting down the elusive, so-called King Jim. But when
the
Absalom signs on the native called Koro as a harpooner, the ship finds itself
beleaguered by inexplicable disappearances and horrific death, which
pits shipmate against shipmate for fear of their lives. While trying to
clear Koro of suspicion, Jonah soon finds himself adrift in a
fantastical world filled with dolphin-like merfolk and nightmarish
were-sharks, endangered equally by inhuman creatures from the ocean’s
depths and human fear and superstition, his very life at the mercy of
something as old and mysterious as the sea itself.
In Celebration of Halloween, Biting Dog Publications is making
ABSALOM'S WAKE Parts 1-3 Available
FOR FREE on the
Kindle.
ABSALOM'S WAKE Part 5: THE OCEAN BORN is now available on
Kindle.
