The Wave
From Susan Casey, bestselling author of The Devil’s Teeth, an astonishing book about colossal, ship-swallowing rogue waves and the surfers who seek them out.
For centuries, mariners have spun tales of gargantuan waves, feet high or taller. Until recently scientists dismissed these stories—waves that high would seem to violate the laws of physics. But in the past few decades, as a startling number of ships vanished and new evidence has emerged, oceanographers realized something scary was brewing in the planet’s waters. They found their proof in February , when a British research vessel was trapped in a vortex of impossibly mammoth waves in the North Sea—including several that topped feet.
As scientists scramble to understand this phenomenon, others view the giant waves as the ultimate challenge. These are extreme surfers who fly around the world trying to ride the ocean’s most destructive monsters. The pioneer of extreme surfing is the legendary Laird Hamilton, who, with a group of friends in Hawaii, figured out how to board suicidally large waves of 70 and 80 feet. Casey follows this unique tribe of people as they seek to conquer the holy grail of their sp
About Susan
Susan Casey is the author of the “The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks, and Giants of the Ocean,” and “The Devil’s Teeth: A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America’s Great White Sharks.” Both books are New York Times bestsellers, with “The Wave” named one of ’s Most Notable Books. Her latest book, “Voices in the Ocean: A Journey Into the Wild and Haunting World of Dolphins,” was published by Knopf Doubleday in August , and became a New York Times bestseller in its first week on sale. Voices was also chosen as one of Amazon’s Best Books of
“The Devil’s Teeth” was also a San Francisco Chronicle bestseller, a San Francisco Public Library Book Club Selection, a BookSense bestseller, a Barnes & Noble Discover Selection, a Library Journal Best Book of , a NPR Summer Reading Selection, and a Hudson News Best Book of Outside magazine included it in “The New Adventure Library: The 32 Best of the 21st Century’s Books, Movies, and Videos.” Apple featured The Devil’s Teeth on its list of ten “iEssentials” in the Adventure and Travel category.
“The Wave” was also a Hudson News Best Book for , an Indies Choice Award winner, and was featured on
Susan Casey, "Uncovering the Ocean's Deepest Secrets"
about SUSAN CASEY
Susan Casey is the author of four New York Times bestsellers: The Devil’s Teeth: A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America’s Great White Sharks; The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks, and Giants of the Ocean; Voices in the Ocean: A Journey Into the Wild and Haunting World of Dolphins; and The Underworld: Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean. Casey’s immersive reporting, scientific research, and evocative prose have made her books classics of adventure writing.
Casey is the former editor-in-chief of O, The Oprah Magazine, and also served as the development editor for Time Inc., editor-in-chief of Sports Illustrated Women, editor at large for Time Inc., and creative director of Outside magazine. She is a National Magazine Award-winning journalist whose work has been featured in The Best American Science and Nature Writing, and The Best American Magazine Writing anthologies, and has appeared in Vanity Fair, Esquire, Sports Illustrated, Fortune, Time, Outside,
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