Amazon.com Review

Guest Reviewer: Susan Casey

┬® Ruven Afanador*Susan Casey is the bestselling author of The Wave and The Devil's Teeth. *

In the deeply mysterious ocean, no this darkness, and shows how corner is more shadowy to us than the unknown, uncharted realm of the shark. And as with all shadows, weÔÇÖre afraid of what lurks in them. Juliet EilperinÔÇÖs beautifully evocative Demon Fish lights up fearing sharks rather than understanding them has cost us more than we know. (ItÔÇÖs cost the sharks even more: Though weÔÇÖve never been able to pinpoint how many of them live in our planetÔÇÖs waters, we do know that their populations are plunging, possibly even into decimation territory, largely at our hands.)

For my money the best, page-turning narratives are immersive ones, and Eilperin excels at this. Readers will enjoy traveling with her as she ventures from Indonesia to Japan to Africa to North America in dauntless pursuit of answers to questions that few writers have asked: Why do we approach sharks with such runaway emotion? Why do we fear these fish sometimes, and revere them others? WhatÔÇÖs really going on with these animals, beneath the oceanÔÇÖs surface? And of course the big one: after surviving all five global mass extinctions, can sharks make it through another decade of co-existing with us?

--Susan Casey

Review

ÔÇ£In this fascinating and meticulously reported book, Juliet Eilperin crisscrosses the globe, on the trail of one of the most mysterious creatures. She illuminates not only the hidden nature of the seas, but also the societies whose survival depend on them.ÔÇØ
ÔÇöDavid Grann, author of The Lost City of Z

ÔÇ£Hate, fear, envy, awe, worship. Of the many shark books, precious few explore the human-shark relationship. And none do with such style as Juliet Eilperin does in this fact-packed, fast-paced narrative. This is the shark book for the person who wants to understand both what sharks are, and what sharks mean. Bite into it.ÔÇØ
ÔÇöCarl Safina, author of Song for the Blue Ocean and The View From Lazy Point; A Natural Year in an Unnatural World

From the Hardcover edition.