Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #52241 in Books
• Published on: 1973-06-28
• Binding: Paperback
• 240 pages

Synopsis
Ships are sinking for no apparent reason, carrying hundreds to a dark underwater grave. Strange fireballs race through the sky above the deepest trenches of the oceans. Something is about to show itself, something terrible and alien, a force capable of causing global catastrophe.

Customer Reviews

room for improvement
if you buy this only read the first 5-6 pages then go to just over halfway through the book and read from there, first half was tedious and not really central to the story, the ending was much better and really enjoyed the global warming senario, most topical...

My 100-word book review
Fans of Frank Schätzing's novel The Swarm might be interested to know that the 2004 bestseller had a 1953 precursor in John Wyndham's The Kraken Wakes, another novel featuring humanity under threat from mysterious forces operating beneath the sea. Ignore the middle-class twittering of the two main characters and, instead, enjoy Wyndham's relentless build-up of tension, punctuated by some truly chilling moments, as inhuman entities escalate their attacks. The Kraken Wakes is a personal favourite of mine, from way back, and has much that is relevant today, including such topics as international inertia in the face of abrupt climate change.

Not a Wyndham Classic
Poor, considering its Wyndham. Can't help but compare to Chrysalids & Triffids (classics). Some political statements are very repetitive. Some good story points (few & far between). Book is hard to read & not worth the effort (no sense of magnetism within his words, bland & tedious).