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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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Sexual content
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Violence & gore
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Were-shark body horror, horrific deaths, sea-monster attacks, mass shipboard slaughter
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Religious content
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Brief biblical allusions and sailor superstition
Magic & witchcraft
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Merfolk, were-sharks, mystical amulet, and ancient sea powers drive the plot
Occult / demonology
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Lovecraftian ancient sea entities and mythic ocean forces
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Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Whaling animal kills; crew peril, suspicion, and cruel deaths at sea
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