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The Swarm: A Novel of the Deep - Frank Schätzing

Description: ISBN 0340895241 / Genre: Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Author: Frank Schätzing / Edition: New edition / Paperback / 896 Pages / Book is published ... more

The Swarm: A Novel of the Deep - Frank Schätzing ... 2007-02-22 by Hodder Paperbacks

Newest Review: ... fishermen and ships, huge jelly-fish become more aggressive and fatal, weird species are appearing. The two main characters, ... more

... Sigur Johanson, a marine biologist and professor at a Norway University, and Dr Leon Anawak, an Inuit who tries to forget his origins and works with whales at Vancouver, are among the first to observe the strange phenomena, and later work with an international team of scientists to try and find a solution. The book also has a plethora of secondary characters, namely Tina Land, who works for the oil company 'Statoil', the student Alicia Delaware, the activist Jack 'Greywolf' O'Bannon, Dr Gerhard Brohmann, Major Sal...more

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The Swarm: A Novel of the Deep - Frank Schätzing: There's something fishy here: The Swarm by Frank Schätzing (439 words)
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F. Schätzing (2006) The Swarm [English translation from German by Sally-Ann Spencer]. Hodder Paperbacks. pp.ix + 881. ISBN 978-0-340-8952-5 Type: Fiction / Sci-Fi Publisher's price: £8.99 but I got it cheaper from Amazon. This book is considered one of Germany's biggest modern best-sellers and it has sold over 2 million copies in its original German (Der Schwarm). It has received praise by - among others - Der Spiegel, Financial Times, Stern and notably a Biology Professor at UCL. * Plot: Something is going terribly wrong with sea creatures. Normally peaceful species are attacking fishermen and ships, huge jelly-fish ... Read the complete review