Historical Fiction
Absalom's Wake
2018·136 pages
A young man joins a whaling ship, bound by a mysterious amulet and dark sea horrors.
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A young man joins a whaling ship, bound by a mysterious amulet and dark sea horrors.
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Upon the death of his beloved Uncle Calvin, a young Jonah Padgett makes his way to Sag Harbor with nothing but a letter of introduction and a strange amulet shaped like a dolphin. He signs on to the whaler Absalom, under the command of his uncle's old friend, Captain Solomon. Upon rounding the Horn, the crew hears stories of a sperm whale said to be as big as a mountain with skin as black as a bible, and in command of a harem of a hundred females. Captain Solomon wagers that his crew will be the...
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Horrific deaths, disappearances, and attacks by were-sharks and other sea creatures
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Mentions of bibles and shipboard superstition
Magic & witchcraft
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Dolphin-like merfolk and were-sharks as central fantastical elements
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