Author | Roland Smith |
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Cover artist | Phil Falco |
Language | English |
Series | Marty and Grace |
Genre | Fantasy, Adventure, Science Fiction |
Publisher | Scholastic |
Publication date | October 2009 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | |
Pages | 319 (first edition, paperback) |
ISBN | 978-0-545-16688-1 |
OCLC | 310398669 |
Preceded by | Cryptid Hunters |
Followed by | Chupacabra |
Tentacles is a 2009 young adult science fiction novel by Roland Smith and the sequel to Cryptid Hunters.[1][2][3][4] School Library Journal describes it as "a high-octane page-turner".[5]
Tentacles begins as the protagonists from Cryptid Hunters board the Coelacanth, a presumably haunted ship, on a voyage led by Dr. Wolfe to capture a giant squid alive. During the voyage, there are Mokele-mbembe eggs (which Marty and Grace had found in the Congo in Cryptid Hunters) incubating in a laboratory restricted to most of the crew. Unbeknownst to Wolfe, Blackwood's thug, Butch is on board stealing the Mokele Mbembe eggs and Grace for his boss. The book culminates in a showdown/feud between Blackwood and Wolfe, ending in Ted Bronson, Wolfe's partner's, successful capture of a squid, though Blackwood, thinking Wolfe and the rest of the crew to be dead, escapes with the hatchlings, and Grace. Unbeknownst to Wolfe, Grace tricked Blackwood into taking her, with the dragonspy hidden on her, allowing her to be one step ahead of Blackwood.
In September 2013 Roland Smith released the third Marty and Grace book, Chupacabra,[14] and in September 2014, the fourth book, Mutation.[15]