For millennia, humankind has been fascinated by -- and naturally fearful of -- the awesome power of the sea and the creatures sheltered by its depths. In the past, ocean crossings toward new horizons were not just challenges of the physical elements but a defiance of the perils that the human imagination projects onto the unknown. Now, in The Book of Sea Monsters, the lore of the sea comes rushing forward to reality. From the serpent of Midgard and the biblical Leviathan, through the kraken feared by Scandinavian mariners and the sightings by many respectable and otherwise sober-minded seafarers of the infamous monster of Loch Ness, the sea monster has been accepted through most of history as one of the shockingly real perils of the deep.

These unnatural creatures of the elements are brought to unnerving reality by acclaimed artist Bob Eggleton, along with Nigel Suckling's well-researched text. Exploring the myth, legend, scientific documentation, and fiction inspired by these strange beasts at the edge of imagination, The Book of Sea Monsters will thrill and fascinate all lovers of mythology, legend, and the many secrets of the sea.