“Move over Melville! Outta the way, Ahab! In the world of obsessed whalers, Gus Openshaw and his crew of misfits (and that’s being kind) are second to none as they chase a rogue whale across the Seven Seas – pursued by lawyers, pirates, several navies, and a tribe of Caribbean whale worshippers. Keith Thomson (author of the side-splitting novel Pirates of Pensacola) has done it again with this hilarious adventure of a bad-luck captain single-mindedly chasing the whale dubbed “the Blubbery Bastard” to exact revenge for the loss of his wife, son and arm. Gus Openshaw’s Whale-Killing Journal beats the classic Moby-Dick on every count – it’s a lot shorter, has more amazing adventures, is far less likely to be assigned as school reading, and is much, much funnier.”

— John “Ol’ Chumbucket” Baur, Founder of the International Talk Like a Pirate Day