Save the whales please : a novel

437 Pages·2009·0.61 MB·English

by  Konrad Karl Gatien

S A V E T H E
W H A L E S

P L E A S E
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S A V E T H E
W H A L E S

P L E A S E
A N O V E L
Konrad Karl Gatien & Sreescanda
CLEARWATER | FL | USA
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S A V E T H E W H A L E S P L E A S E
Copyright © 2009 by Konrad Karl Gatien & Sreescanda Subramonian
All Rights Reserved. Published and printed in the United States of America by Kunati Inc. (USA)
and simultaneously printed and published in Canada by Kunati Inc. (Canada)
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F I R S T E D I T I O N
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Gatien, Konrad Karl.
Save the whales please : a novel / Konrad Karl Gatien & Sreescanda. -- 1st
ed.
p. cm.
Summary: “A rescue adventure in which eco-warriors, led by the US First
Lady, commandeer a pirate whaling vessel to shepherd a herd of endangered
blue whales from the Arctic Ocean to the safety of the Antarctic, pursued
the entire way by illegal Japanese whalers”--Provided by publisher.
ISBN 978-1-60164-165-6
1. Whales--Conservation--Fiction. 2. Blue whale--Fiction. 3.
Whaling--Political aspects--Fiction. 4. Whaling--Japan--Fiction. 5.
Presidents’ spouses--United States--Fiction. 6. Political fiction. I.
Sreescanda. II. Title.
PS3607.A85S28 2009
813’.6--dc22
2009000095
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D E D I C A T I O N
Wenda, who believed when nobody else did; for
that, I will owe her forever.
Janice, who has been there through good times
and bad.
And above all, Mom, of course. She can never be
repaid. Ever.
—Sreescanda
To Mom, who raised me with great love and
taught me the virtues of patience, silence, effort
and courtesy … especially patience.
To Dad, who has always supported my dreams, no
matter how wild.
To my wife and children, who, through their
unfailing love, bring untold joy to my life.
—Konrad
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BOOK ONE
The whale is at the heart of a guerilla war of resistance that
has spread over all the world: it is the symbol of the ecology
movement and emblematic of the fate of all species on the planet.
The battle line has been drawn here. If this amazing animal, the
largest ever to exist on the planet, cannot be saved from the
ruthless exploitation of a handful of men, what chance of survival
have other species?
David Day
The Whale War
Norwegian Sea
The stench of death struck her like a backhanded slap.
Dr. Jan Everett recoiled violently. The pungent odor wrenched
tears from her eyes. Bile rose in her throat. Her legs weakened.
Hundreds of carcasses of minke whales floated in the choppy
waves. A red triangular flag was staked into each kill. The flags
stretched like an undulating sea of headstones. Red LEDs
flickered across this vast cemetery on water, one on each whale,
radio beacons that beeped and flashed to help the killers keep
track if any drifted off.
Jan was no stranger to the slaughter and abuse of wildlife,
having eye-witnessed the clubbing of seals, massacre of wolves,
skinning of foxes, shooting of grizzlies and other vile acts of
cruelty and carnage, yet once again she felt unprepared.
“Jesus,” breathed Dr. Raquel Ruppert, the black woman in
braids and nose ring, who stepped up to the helm beside Jan. “Are
you okay?”
Jan nodded wordlessly. As best friends who could practically
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