Saturday, February 10, 2007
The Swarm - A Novel of the Deep
I've recently read the above novel by Frank Schatzing.
First off, it is a sci-fi book, so some of the details are purely fiction. But it contains large numbers of true facts and details in regards to our ecosystem, especially about the oceans. Oceans cover about 3 quarters (71%) of the Earth's surface, and nearly half of the world's marine waters are over 3,000 meters deep. Most of them still remain unexplorable. Who knows what can be found in the depths?
Anyway, the story talks about a global ecological disaster, which are brought about by the acts of man. And the world brings together a large group of scientists and engineers from a variety of backgrounds and areas, in order to solve the mysteries that may cause the destruction of mankind.
Here's a synopsis of the novel :
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Off the Peruvian coast a fisherman drowns, dragged to his death by a mysterious underwater current. He is not alone. Over the coming weeks, thousands like him will die each day - killed at sea, killed on beaches, killed by oceans that no longer behave in a way that mankind can predict.
These deaths are not coincidence - and from the moment an enormous unidentifiable form flashes across the radar of two North Sea scientists, it is clear they are being caused by a natural force more complex and more devastating than anything science is able to comprehend. Beheath the waves, something is wreaking havoc on the global ecosystem, bringing the world to the brink of destruction. It is ecological disaster on an unprecedented scale - disaster that some are determined to prevent, but others are determined to exploit in their pursuit of power.
Epic, intense and frighteningly real, Frank Schatzing's international bestseller THE SWARM is a thrilling cautionary tale for our age - a timely warning of the vulnerability of our existense in a fragile world.
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Highly recommended.
I've recently read the above novel by Frank Schatzing.
First off, it is a sci-fi book, so some of the details are purely fiction. But it contains large numbers of true facts and details in regards to our ecosystem, especially about the oceans. Oceans cover about 3 quarters (71%) of the Earth's surface, and nearly half of the world's marine waters are over 3,000 meters deep. Most of them still remain unexplorable. Who knows what can be found in the depths?
Anyway, the story talks about a global ecological disaster, which are brought about by the acts of man. And the world brings together a large group of scientists and engineers from a variety of backgrounds and areas, in order to solve the mysteries that may cause the destruction of mankind.
Here's a synopsis of the novel :
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Off the Peruvian coast a fisherman drowns, dragged to his death by a mysterious underwater current. He is not alone. Over the coming weeks, thousands like him will die each day - killed at sea, killed on beaches, killed by oceans that no longer behave in a way that mankind can predict.
These deaths are not coincidence - and from the moment an enormous unidentifiable form flashes across the radar of two North Sea scientists, it is clear they are being caused by a natural force more complex and more devastating than anything science is able to comprehend. Beheath the waves, something is wreaking havoc on the global ecosystem, bringing the world to the brink of destruction. It is ecological disaster on an unprecedented scale - disaster that some are determined to prevent, but others are determined to exploit in their pursuit of power.
Epic, intense and frighteningly real, Frank Schatzing's international bestseller THE SWARM is a thrilling cautionary tale for our age - a timely warning of the vulnerability of our existense in a fragile world.
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Highly recommended.
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