Ahab's Return

<p><strong>Jeffrey Ford is one of the few writers who uses wonder instead of ink in his pen. - Jonathan Carroll</strong></p><p>A bold and intriguing fabulist novel that reimagines two of the most legendary characters in American literature--Captain Ahab and Ishmael of Herman Melville's <em>Moby-Dick</em>--from the critically acclaimed Edgar and World Fantasy award-winning author of <em>The Girl in the Glass</em> and <em>The Shadow Year.</em></p><p>At the end of a long journey Captain Ahab returns to the mainland to confront the true author of the novel <em>Moby-Dick</em> his former shipmate Ishmael. For Ahab was not pulled into the ocean's depths by a harpoon line and the greatly exaggerated rumors of his untimely death have caused him grievous harm--after hearing about Ahab's demise his wife and child left Nantucket for New York and now Ahab is on a desperate quest to find them.</p><p>Ahab's pursuit leads him to <em>The Gorgon's Mirror</em> the sensationalist tabloid newspaper that employed Ishmael as a copy editor while he wrote the harrowing story of the ill-fated <em>Pequod</em>. In the penny press's office Ahab meets George Harrow who makes a deal with the captain: the newspaperman will help Ahab navigate the city in exchange for the exclusive story of his salvation from the mouth of the great white whale. But their investigation--like Ahab's own story--will take unexpected dangerous and ultimately tragic turns.</p><p>Told with wisdom suspense a modicum of dry humor and horror and a vigorous stretching of the truth <em>Ahab's Return</em> charts an inventive and intriguing voyage involving one of the most memorable characters in classic literature and pays homage to one of the greatest novels ever written.</p>