Strasser, Todd,

The beast of Cretacea / Todd Strasser. - First edition. - 414 pages ; 24 cm.

Aboard the Pequod, seventeen-year-old Ishmael arrives on the planet Cretacea to hunt down great ocean-dwelling beasts to harvest and send back to the resource-depleted Earth. But the ship's captain, Ahab, who lost his leg to the Great Terrafin years ago, is obsessed with hunting down the beast. The classic tale of Moby Dick as set in the future.

ISBN: 0763669016 9780763669010

LCCN: 2015936912

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Life on other planets
Teenage boys
Ship captains
Marine animals
Revenge
Sea stories.
Science fiction.

Dewey Class. No.: [Fic]