Peter Benchley s fascination with the sea and its magnificent inhabitants inspired such classic novels as "Jaws" and "The Deep," making him the preeminent author of ocean adventure and suspense. "The" "Girl of the Sea of Cortez" was his most heartfelt, cherished story of the relationship between man and the sea, both those that live in it and those who love it. On an island in the Gulf of California, an intrepid young woman named Paloma carries a special legacy from her father a deep understanding of the sea and a sixth sense about the need to protect it. Every day, Paloma paddles her tiny boat into the ocean and anchors over a seamount a submerged volcanic peak sixty feet underwater that is clustered with spectacular sea animals and a wondrous web of marine life. It is there that an astonishing event takes place, when on one of her dives Paloma is shadowed by a manta ray an animal...
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