Orca

By Arthur Herzog

Categories: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Science Fiction & Fantasy

Orca (1977) is a thriller by Arthur Herzog, published alongside the film of the same year, about a fisherman hunted by a killer whale. Captain Nolan, a fisherman off the coast of Newfoundland, sets out to capture a killer whale for an aquarium but kills a pregnant female instead. Her mate begins a campaign of revenge against Nolan and the fishing town, and Nolan is drawn out to sea for a final confrontation.

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• Quentin Tarantino: “But one of the really good ones is the novelization from the movie Orca... the novelization was written by Arthur Herzog. He wrote a fantastic novelization.”