This is not a book for everyone. It is Patrick Ness's retelling of the Moby Dick story from the perspective of the whales. Whales are hunters of men just as men are hunters of whales. There is an endless war between the two. Bathsheba is the third apprentice for Captain Alexandra. They are on the hunt for the infamous devil Toby Wick. Along the way they capture a man named Demetrius and Bathsheba becomes a bit too friendly with him. In her conversations with him, she comes to realize not all men are the monsters whales believe them to be. At the same time Demetrius realizes not all whales are monsters. The battle with Toby Wick makes Bathsheba realize that devils are not born but created by the rumors and innuendos and stories told by everyone. Does it take a monster to defeat a monster? Can you create a devil just by thinking one up? Is prophecy just a way to justify our actions? 

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