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"Makes the shark from "Jaws" look like a pet goldfish . . ." USA Weekend Straight from the cutting edge of science and the logs of ancient mariners comes an immense horror -- a creature that rises up from the well of an ocean gone mad with an insatiable hunger and an endless lust to kill. One... read more

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  • Whip Darling: A down-and-out deep-sea expert who doesn't know where he'll get his next meal...or whether it will get him first.
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Ocean

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It hovered in the ink-dark water, waiting.

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This book is in Call An Exterminator!. (community list)

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  1. Peter Benchley (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Random House
Country: United States
Publication Date: June 12, 1991
ISBN: 978-0679403555
Page Count: 350

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