Ishmael, lone survivor of the doomed whaling ship Pequod, falls through a rift in time & space to a future Earth--an Earth of bl ood-sucking vegetation & a blood-red sun, of barren canyons where once the Pacific Ocean roared. Here too there are whales to hunt--but whales that soar through a dark blue sky.Hugo Award-winner Phil ip Jose Farmer has spun a fascinating tale of whaling ships & seamen of the sky in a bizarre future world where there are no seas to sail & no safe harbor to call home.