Eye of the Shoal: A Fishwatcher's Guide to Life, the Ocean and Everything

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Review ------ Scales's genuine appreciation and awe for fish are contagious. She continually entices the reader by introducing exciting aspects of fish in each chapter. (Science) A delightful book that provides a welcome invitation to enter the amazing world of fish. (New Scientist) An engaging and informative bouillabaisse. (The Economist) A sprawling, ambitious underwater journey studded with fascinating tidbits. (New York Times Book Review) This aquarium of a book is an eloquent reminder of how remarkable [fish] are. (Natural History) Enthralling and thought-provoking (Countryman) Helen Scales invites us to dive below the waterline as she reveals the hidden but glorious lives of fish going about their rather fascinating business. (Coast) Eye of the Shoal is a book brimming with wonders. Shimmering colours, otherworldly abilities, and compelling dramas flood every page, as the masterful Helen Scales brings us eye-to-eye with the world of fishes - creatures who are at once thrillingly strange and startlingly ubiquitous. Whether you snorkel or scuba, whether you meet fish in a tank or on TV, this book is new portal to see our blue planet with new eyes, one that will make you love our world and its creatures all the more. (Sy Montgomery, author of The Soul of an Octopus) Eye of the Shoal is like a beautiful glass bottomed boat that reveals this mysterious realm with joyful passion and perfect clarity. You couldn't have a more knowledgable guide on board than Helen. (Dallas Campbell, science broadcaster and author) Eye of the Shoal is an absorbing account of the least understood area of our planet. Helen brings the depths to life, not only with wondrous accounts from her extensive travels, but also by introducing us to some magnificently improbable characters (both human and piscine), and by astonishing us with mind-blowing facts on every page. (James Harkin, QI's Head Elf and presenter on the award-winning podcast 'No Such Thing as a Fish') Book Description ---------------- Warm-blooded writing on cold-blooded creatures - the beautiful, mesmerising and complex world of fish