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The Kraken Wakes

by John Wyndham · 1953

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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.

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aliens and first contactaliens and first contactMore like thisLess of thisscience fictionscience fictionMore like thisLess of thispost-apocalypticpost-apocalypticMore like thisLess of thishorrorhorrorMore like thisLess of thisdystopiadystopiaMore like thisLess of this
Setting
BritishBritishMore like thisLess of thisEnglandEnglandMore like thisLess of this
Mood
intrigueintrigueMore like thisLess of thisdarkdarkMore like thisLess of thisintenseintenseMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 240 pages

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