In The Edge of the Sea Rachel Carson introduces us to the 'strange and beautiful place' where the sea meets the land. She explores a tide pool an inaccessible cave and watches a lone crab on the shore at midnight. From these and other encounters she offers us not just a scientifically accurate study of the ecology of the seashore but also a hauntingly beautiful account of the fragile balance of life found at the edge of the sea.. The Edge of the Sea like all her writing sounds a prophetic alarm