"In August 2019, on the eve of the G7 summit, a whale becomes stranded on the beach at Hondarribia. Is it a cry from nature in the form of an awkward uninvited guest at a party for the rich? Or a ploy by anti-establishment groups, accusing the governments of ecocide? In either case, forty tons of animal carcass represent a public health risk. It is imperative to investigate the reasons behind the whale’s death and find those responsible. Meanwhile, a chorus of anonymous voices sail the same ocean five centuries earlier, during the start of the great whale hunt. A novel about the dramatic state of our oceans which explores new environmental concerns and makes us face up to the deep contradictions in our ethics and our politics.”