IN THE NAME OF SHARKS

British narrator Graham Mack brings listeners into the ocean with François Sarano, who once accompanied Jacques Cousteau on the CALYPSO. Sarano wants to bring humans closer to sharks, if only metaphorically. Mack sternly catalogs the current dire threats to sharks, such as the market for their fins. Switching gears, he makes swimming with sharks seem like a normal, even relaxing, pastime, reinforcing the tranquil beauty of a dive. His voice becomes rougher yet reflective to get at what being an apex predator is like. To deliver Sarano's plea to protect sharks, he narrates slowly and solemnly. Sarano closes with a swim with a shark he calls Lady Mystery. That swim may stick with listeners for a while. J.A.S. © AudioFile 2024, Portland, Maine [Published: MARCH 2024]