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Sounding
Sounding
Author: Hank Searls
Sounding takes us into the extraordinary mind and emotions of the magnificent sperm whale, an aging bull roaming the waters of the Atlantic. Troubled and separated from his herd, the whale wants to fulfill his one obsessive desire -- to communicate with the human race and learn why they can be both vicious hunters and frolicking playmat...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780345325266
ISBN-10: 0345325265
Publication Date: 9/12/1985
Pages: 288
Edition: Reissue
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Publisher: Ballantine Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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This was a really great book. I was very surprised.
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SOUNDING takes us into the mind and emotions of the magnificant sperm whale, an aging bull roaming the waters of the Atlantic. Troubled and separated from his herd, the whale wats to fulfill his one obsessive desire....to communicate with the hamane race and learn why they can be both vicious hunters and frolicking playmates.

Far away, on a doomed Rusian nuclear submarine, Lt. Peter Rostov, the sonar officer and a classiocal musician, is spending what heh's sure are his last days listening to the beautiful "sounding" of the whale.

In an amazing climax to this unique novel man and whale come together...and a magnificant destiny is fulfilled.
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Fascinating take on the possible viewpoint of an intelligent marine creature, the sperm whale--largest-brained creature the world has known.
By the author of the popular thrillers, OVERBOARD, JAWS 2, FIREWIND, and PENTAGON.


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