Casey, O magazine editor-in-chief, travels across the world and into the past to confront the
largest waves the oceans have to offer. This dangerous water includes rogue waves south of Africa,
storm-born giants near Hawaii, and the biggest wave ever recorded, a 1,740 foot-high wall of wave
(taller than one and a third Empire State Buildings) that blasted the Alaska coastline in 1958.
Casey follows big-wave surfers in their often suicidal attempts to tackle monsters made of H2O,
and also interviews scientists exploring the danger that global warning will bring us more and
larger waves. Casey writes compellingly of the threat and beauty of the ocean at its most dangerous.
We get vivid historical reconstructions and her firsthand account of being on a jet-ski watching
surfers risk their lives. Casey also smoothly translates the science of her subject into engaging
prose. This book will fascinate anyone who has even the slightest interest in the oceans that
surround us.

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