" Scales's great gift is for transmuting our awe at the wonders of the deep sea into a kind of quiet rage that they could soon be no more . She urges us to err on the side of preservation: no deep-sea mining, fishing, oil drilling or extraction of any kind. The deep, she argues, is too vulnerable, and too crucial to the working of the planet to blindly ransack."-- New York Times Book Review on The Brilliant Abyss "[A] beguiling journey into the ocean's deep, a wondrous landscape full of mystery and adventure . Scales offers crisp, engaging prose , linking everything together in an accessible, entertaining manner.'" -- Kirkus Reviews starred review of The Brilliant Abyss "A sprawling, ambitious underwater journey studded with fascinating tidbits ." -- New York Times Book Review on The Eye of the Shoal "A fascinating journey into the strange and captivating world of mollusks. Carefully researched and entertaining throughout .

Relentlessly interesting ." -- Science on Spirals in Time "With the soul of a poet and a talent for finding the most intriguing trivia about familiar seaside sights, marine biologist Scales turns the mundane into the magical ." -- Discover on Spirals in Time.