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It started with fireballs raining down from the sky and crashing into the oceans' deeps. Then ships began sinking mysteriously and later 'sea tanks' emerged from the deeps to claim people . . .
For journalists Mike and Phyllis Watson, what at first appears to be…
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Much like the author's better known The Day Of The Triffids, The Kraken Wakes is a story of a global apocalypse told on a small scale. The book is narrated by Michael Watson who, along with his wife Phyllis, is a journalist and feature writer for the English Broadcast Company.
The Watsons are on honeymoon when they see the first signs of what is to come. Strange lights in the sky descend into the depths of the ocean, disappearing without a trace. Soon, though, whatever has arrived begins to make itself felt, first by making ships disappear, then by strange…
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