Captain Ray Brunner cherishes the salt-crusted silence of the open water, a sanctuary from the world. But his sanctuary is violated when a group of rowdy, entitled college students step aboard his whale-watching vessel, the Jersey Blue. Their only interest in the ocean is as a backdrop for their drunken escapades, and their disrespect for the sea is a palpable insult.
A single, reckless act of drunken arrogance shatters the ocean's peace. A monstrous thud echoes through the hull as the students' carelessness leads to a senseless and unforgivable tragedy—the death of a baby whale.
Their drunken laughter is short-lived. The calf’s mother, a colossal and ancient leviathan, has witnessed their crime. She is not just grieving; she is hunting.
Cast adrift in a flimsy life raft by a captain who delivers his own grim justice, the students find themselves stranded in the vast, unforgiving embrace of the Atlantic. They are playthings in a terrifying game of psychological torment, herded by a creature of profound intelligence and chilling patience. As their numbers dwindle one by one, they must confront the horrifying the sea itself demands a reckoning, and the price for their transgression is their lives.
DEEP Revenge of the WHALE is a gripping eco-horror and psychological suspense novel. If you enjoy the chilling oceanic dread of Jaws and the relentless suspense of modern survival thrillers, you will be captivated by this dark tale of nature's brutal and calculating vengeance.