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The Wave

The Wave

In Pursuit of the Oceans' Greatest Furies

Summary

Some people are drawn towards nature at its most extreme - and it doesn't get more extreme than giant waves.

These deadly waves have a strangely hypnotic pull on two types of person: for scientists and super-surfers, rogue waves are a grail, and they will go to dangerous lengths to hunt them down.

This is a white-knuckle ride with the men who live to catch rogue waves. It zips from Lloyds of London to rusty oil rigs, tropical Tahitian surf shacks to super-computer data labs. Find out what happens when nature confronts nature at her most ferocious.

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  • An enthralling story of... pursuit of the most mesmerizing- and terrifying- freaks of nature ever seen
    Sunday Times

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Susan Casey

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