Reseña del libro "King of the Blue: Turning the Tide (en Inglés)"
For those who have a passion for the ocean and for all those creatures who live theirlives beneath the waves, the author of 'King of the Blue' will submerge the readerbeneath the sea and away from the reassuring heat of the sun. Plunging into thecool, pitch blackness of a moonless ocean, the strong taste of salt will invade yourevery pore, as your senses blur and your ears echo to an unmistakable sound; asound that makes the hairs upon the back of your neck stand on end!Where you sense no life, there hides a multitude.Where you see no eyes, eyes are upon you.Where you sense no danger, there danger lurks!This is a story of a very special family. But most of all, it is a story of the sea.The dramatic heart of the story is centred on the experiences and adventures of avery special, young whale. His name is Torryn. Delivered into his shaded new worldbeneath the sea, Torryn must quickly learn the art of survival as he swims under theprotection of his loving mother Sorryl, and his tall sailed father the Tor, the leader ofthe pod. As the newest member of his extended underwater family, Torryn swimswide eyed as he feels his every sense flooded by the many exciting and often veryconfusing new scents and images that fill his undersea world.Just weeks old, Torryn suddenly finds himself in a fight for his life!Swimming through a sea as wild and as untamed as the teaming life that lives withinit, he must quickly learn the lessons of survival in a world where sudden death anddanger lurks in every shadow.Our story follows the path of the pod Tor-Gah. The pod swims under the strongleadership of Torryn's imposing father, Torkahn. With his easily recognised sailtowering from his back, Torkahn leads and defends his close knit family with a loveand a wild ferocity that knows no equal beneath the waves. Travelling beneath theconstantly moving surface of the sea, all must answer to Torkahn's deep tone.Growing quickly in both size and ability Torryn is encouraged and supported on hisvoyage of self-discovery and learning by the unique members of his extendedunderwater family. Finding himself alone in a vast and uncompromising sea, Torryntakes new strength from a mystical and a most unexpected figure, as he finds himselfplaying a crucial role in the uncovering of a treacherous plot against his all-powerfulfather. Swimming to face dangers both seen and unseen, he must expose and forceto the surface a daring plot, a threat that comes from within the supposed safetyand security of his own family, and conceived by one who would seek to destroy allthat he holds most dear.Swimming to his father's tone, Torryn comes to learn the importance and the valueof true family unity. Of the telling and the recognising of the truth, and of beingprepared to always do the right thing, and to always come to the defence of thosewho cannot defend themselves.Swimming with Torryn and the members his aquatic family, the reader's imaginationwill be submerged into a breathless new world as seen through eyes of a family whoshare much with humankind. Open your mind. Trade your arms and legs for flippersand fins, as you take a deep breath before submerging beneath the sea, toexperience the true freedom and wild hostility that surrounds you, as you follow inTorryn's wake to share his life and the dangers of swimming with the true Kings ofthe Blue.
