Sea Change

by James Powlik

Hardcover, 1999

Status

Available

Publication

New York : Delacorte Press, 1999.

Description

BENEATH THE CALM SURFACE A DEADLY TERROR AWAITS. In the cold waters of the Pacific Northwest, two fishermen are the first to feel the heat. Then a young girl, playing innocently by the seashore--before dying an agonizing death. Now the media have a story. Reporters, scientists, and government officials are descending on the coastline, searching for a killer in the water. Renegade oceanographer Brock Garner is at the center of the storm. He wants to know why he's finding dead zones in the Pacific...and why his best friend's heart stopped after he examined ravaged sea lions on a beach. Dr. Ellie Bridges, on duty when the little girl died, has questions of her own. Thrown together in the chaos, Brock and Ellie are about to uncover some disturbing truths: about a catastrophe of unimaginable proportions that is growing. Gathering strength. And moving--unless they can stop it--south toward a new victim. Seattle. SEA CHANGE "EXCITING...WILL KEEP READERS OUT OF THE WATER AND ON THE BEACH, READING THEIR EYES OUT."… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member breic2
It is readable if you are willing to suspend disbelief. The ending is very bad, though, just over the top.
LibraryThing member krysteria
Not a bad book. Had a lot of scientific stuff that was a tad above me, but it was all explained pretty well. Even plankton seemed interesting. What I really liked was all the coastal descriptions, waterways, all that sort of thing. You can almost smell the salt air when you read this book.

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totally awesome book. The characters were good, but not great. The thing that makes this book a little above average is the supporting characters. Zubov especially. His character is funny as hell and always has a good line, like the one about "off the rack mini-submersibles!"

On a scale of 1 to 10, it would be about a 7. It's good enough to keep you reading til you finish it. And the enemy is a pretty new, interesting thing.
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Local notes

Novel set in the Pacific Northwest

Barcode

7073
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