The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks, and Giants of the Ocean

A New York Times Notable Book
A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year

In her astonishing new book Susan Casey captures colossal, ship-swallowing waves, and the surfers and scientists who seek them out.

For legendary surfer Laird Hamilton, hundred foot waves represent the ultimate challenge. As Susan Casey travels the globe, hunting these monsters of the ocean with Hamilton's crew, she witnesses first-hand the life or death stakes, the glory, and the mystery of impossibly mammoth waves. Yet for the scientists who study them, these waves represent something truly scary brewing in the planet's waters. With inexorable verve, The Wave brilliantly portrays human beings confronting nature at its most ferocious.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Anchor Books
Published: 05/31/2011
ISBN: 9780767928854
Pages: 408
Weight: 0.93lbs
Size: 7.91h x 5.26w x 0.91d

Review Citations: Entertainment Weekly 06/03/2011 pg. 77
New York Times Book Review 06/19/2011 pg. 28
People Weekly 07/11/2011 pg. 45
Entertainment Weekly 07/24/2015 pg. 62