FINS combines elements of the typical shark horror story with modern science, in a unique, humorous, shark-friendly manner. Fins turns on the theme of the reprehensible practice of finning. Sentient sharks, led by a matriarch, target logical victims. The sharks involved are intelligent, compassionate, maternal, and goal-oriented, in league with a female scientist and an African-American tech wizard, all battling malevolent white guys.
Profits from FINS: A Novel of Relentless Satire will be donated to shark conservation.
FINS won the 2023/24 Reader Views Silver Prize for humor. FINS took first place among the fiction entrants; judges called it “hilariously dark…[with] outlandish in-your-face humor… unlike any shark book previously written.” Available from Amazon, etc
"A hilarious story from a master storyteller... If you watch 'Jaws' or 'SharkNado' but cheer for the sharks, ‘FINS’ is for you!" David Shiffman, PhD, Author of Why Sharks Matter.
“Gruesome and funny in the same scuba breath…rampant with science, corporate intrigue, and outright gore.” JoeAnn Hart, author of Highwire Act & Other Tales of Survival
“…an ingenious work of biting satire… Great characters and a plot line that never drags.” Frederic Martini, PhD, author of Betrayed and Hounded.
“… a wonderfully frenzied tale of killer finless sharks and the misfit crew of people out to protect them.” Katherine Maslenikov, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture
“…Helfman connects science with fiction to produce a humorous, thrilling shark adventure with a great conservation message.” Gregory Skomal, PhD, author of The Shark Handbook and Chasing Shadows.
