{"product_id":"the-kraken-wakes-9780241996232","title":"The Kraken Wakes","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSynopsis:\u003c\/b\u003e Ingenious, horrifying' - Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt 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 a curiosity becomes a global calamity. Helpless, they watch as humanity struggles to survive now that water - one of the compounds upon which life depends - is turned against them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFinally, sea levels begin their inexorable rise . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Kraken Wakes is a brilliant novel of how humankind responds to the threat of its own extinction and, ultimately, asks what we are prepared to do in order to survive.\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eWyndham, John\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat: \u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePagination: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003ePENGUIN CLASSICS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: First published by Michael Joseph 1953. This edition 2008\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBIC: \u003c\/b\u003eFiction \u0026amp; related items\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39892795523207,"sku":"9780241996232","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/3199\/6807\/products\/the-kraken-wakes-book-234.jpg?v=1710421532","url":"https:\/\/thebookhousebroughtyferry.pro\/products\/the-kraken-wakes-9780241996232","provider":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}