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Sci-fi

The Kraken Wakes

by John Wyndham
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Description

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.

What it’s like

ViolenceStandard
HorrorChilling

Details

First published
July 1953
Pages
256
Reading time
About 5 hours
Format
Novel
Audience
Adult
Publisher
Penguin
Language
English
ISBN
9780140010756
Series
Standalone

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