Shark Fin Soup
A Novel
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Publisher Description
Christian Roberts, a handsome, young Floridian, has retired from horse racing and sets off with his wife, Allie, to cruise the Caribbean on his new sloop. Tragedy strikes, ending the dream vacation, and Christian becomes the prime suspect in a murder.Shattered and guilt ridden, Christian believes his actions caused the death, and suicide lurks in his thoughts, a way to end his pain, but he can't act on the impulse, at least not yet. He must honor a dying request, Save the sharks. Do it for me.Every year, one-hundred million sharks are killed for their fins that are used in a Chinese soup, a symbol of wealth in Asia. Within the next ten years, one-third of all shark species will be extinct, and without these ocean predators, the reefs will decline.Christian embraces the impossible task of stopping the shark slaughter. Under the alias of Captain Nemo, he becomes an eco-terrorist while a suspicious FBI agent dogs his every move. Will Christian be caught and imprisoned? Will the fin traders kill him? Could despair win out, causing him to take his own life? Or will Christian succeed and save the sharks?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Christian Roberts, the handsome hero of Klaus's debut, Secretariat Reborn, returns in an uneven encore that finds the 27-year-old Floridian exploring the Bahamas on his luxurious sloop, Catalina, with his wife, Allie, at his side. Tragedy ensues when Christian confronts fishermen who are illegally killing sharks. They respond with a shotgun blast that kills Allie, whose dying wish is that Christian "save the sharks." Suspected of her murder by FBI agent Dave Wheeler, Christian descends into a haze of alcohol, drugs, and depression, from which he eventually emerges resolved to save the world's shark population, currently threatened by the Chinese demand for shark-fin soup. Helped by such unlikely allies as mob boss Vince Florio and Washington Post reporter Trish Stevenson, Christian evolves into an increasingly violent crusader known as Captain Nemo. Klaus makes a passionate case for ending the mass slaughter of sharks, but Christian's terror tactics are unlikely to win many people over to her cause.
