The play of light and shadow, sea and sky; tropical breezes and the
chill breath of arctic ice mountains; the mystery of Leviathan, greatest
of all God's creatures, of endless undersea caverns, of krill beds
stretching miles in all directions and hundreds of fathoms deep, of the
Ice at the End of the World, of the haunting song of the humpback whale.
These are the elements woven into a tapestry of wonder and enchantment
by Robert Siegel... Here is the story of Hruna the humpback whale, from
birth marked for greatness by his size and courage. As days of carefree
frolicking give way to adolescence, Hruna prepares for the Lonely
Cruise, the rite of passage into adulthood, by visiting the Great Whale
who lives on the ocean floor. There he learns the myth of origins and
receives his true name in preparation for the swift adventures and
narrow escapes that propel him into the ultimate challenge of leading
his pod of whales in a desperate fight for survival.