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Aka

Tristan Jones

1981205 pagesabout 3–5 hours
1981
first published
  • 1981Macmillan · 205 pages · ENGISBN 9780025598706
  • 1998Sheridan House · 205 pages · ENGISBN 9781574090260
  • 2010ereads.com · ENGISBN 9780759247666
  • 1983Avon Books · 224 pagesISBN 9780380641963

In a last-ditch stab at fortune and glory, middle-aged adventurer Bill Conan enters a 30,000-mile single-handed round-the-world race. This ultimate test of skill, strength, and endurance leads him across the treacherous Atlantic Ocean's vast expanse, where a sudden change in wind throws him off balance and sends him overboard. Alone in the still, open sea, he struggles to keep from drowning, knowing it is a fight that he will eventually lose.But Conan has stumbled into the migratory path of a bottle-nosed dolphin named Aka and his tribe. In an exhilarating encounter, he senses Conan's plight, communicates with him, and works to keep him afloat and alive.A stirring adventure tale, Aka depicts the ancient history of dolphins, their extraordinary traits and abilities, and their eternal friendship with humans.

How it feels

AtmosphereStormy

How it reads

Plot intensityEventful

When and where

ThemesSurvival
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