Creatures Of The Deep: In search of the sea’s “monsters” and the world they live in
Firefly (US, Canada, UK), 160 pages, 100+ color photos & illustrations, hardcover, oversize: 10 x 12 inches, £27.95 / $40
Prizes and Distinctions
Outstanding Book of the Year Award – American Society of Journalists & Authors, Inc., NY (2002)
Selection, Book-of-the-Month Club, USA
Selected Reviews
“There’s no end to the ocean’s mystery. Earth’s 336-million cubic miles of ocean is richly inhabited, and Creatures of the Deep is a magnificent bestiary of that watery world.” — Popular Science
“Combines dramatic photographs with extraordinary tales of undersea life…Startling facts abound, and Hoyt’s enthusiasm for his subject shows on every page.”
— Publishers Weekly, New York
“Elegant writing…stunning photographs. The cover is like a jack-o-lantern of the deep.” — American Scientist
Reviewed in the Toronto Globe and Mail's Christmas gift book guide — “Best 100 books.”
“This book is a rich underwater feast for your eyes and your mind. Hoyt’s deft interweaving of biological facts and stories of deep-sea exploration will transfix you as surely as the blue marble stare of the vampire squid. A treasure chest...the eerie beauty of life found in the dark ocean will stay with you long after the lid is shut.” — The Good Book Guide, London
“Creatures of the Deep separates monster fact from fiction, with nature writer Erich Hoyt plunging to the depths of the world’s oceans in search of their ogres...includes creatures even more improbable and frightening than Hollywood film directors have ever imagined.” — Geographical, UK
“With good science and history and a clear, fresh voice, Erich Hoyt guides the reader straight down the ocean to the bottom and least known part of Earth” — EO Wilson, Harvard Univ. professor & twice Pulitzer Prize winner
Books by Erich Hoyt