penestral

This time, the penestral was struck just behind one crystal-like eye the size of a telescope mirror.

For Love of Mother-Not Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1983

A distant crump reached the surface as the harpoon's delayed charge went off inside the guts of the penestral.

For Love of Mother-Not Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1983

Flinx inspected what he could see of the penestral while the jet boat headed back toward the southern shore.

For Love of Mother-Not Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1983

An instant later a geyser erupted bebind them as the penestral tried to swallow the sky.

For Love of Mother-Not Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1983

As the boat swung back toward the penestral, Flinx heard the gun go off again.

For Love of Mother-Not Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1983

Lauren had moored the inflated penestral to a buoy nearby.

For Love of Mother-Not Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1983

For a third time, the penestral struck, snapping in frustration at the spot where the jet boat had been only seconds earlier.

For Love of Mother-Not Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1983

The lodge's share of profit from the disposal of the penestral ought to defray all the operating expenses.

For Love of Mother-Not Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1983

A muffled explosion sounded from the stern, and a moment later its echo reached him as the harpoon struck the penestral just beneath one of the winglike fins that shielded its gills.

For Love of Mother-Not Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1983

A distant crump reached the surface as the harpoon's delayed charge went off inside the guts of the penestral.

For Love of Mother-Not Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1983