Cradle

About “Cradle”

This 1988 novel by Arthur C. Clarke and Gentry Lee begins in 1994 when a missile mysteriously disappears off the coast of Florida during military testing. Investigating a link between the disappearance and unusual whale sightings, journalist Carol Dawson finds an enigmatic artifact that may not be of earthly origin, one that leads to a bigger discovery deep beneath the ocean's surface that could change the face of humanity.