The release date for the English version of 'The Soul of an Octopus' by
Sy Montgomery is May 2015. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
Real immersion journalism has been undertaken by popular biologist Sy Montgomery in his quest for the lone, wild, carnivorous octopus. She has made friends with octopuses who have very distinct personalities, including the inquiring Kali, the gentle Athena, the forceful Octavia, and the happy Karma, from aquarium tanks in New England to the reefs in French Polynesia and the Gulf of Mexico. Every species demonstrates her cunning in different ways: she may shoot water to bounce balls, escape from cages like an orangutan, and deceive her mates repeatedly with various "sleights of hand" in order to get food.
While chimps, dogs, and birds have long been acknowledged as intelligent animals, scientists are now studying how octopuses solve puzzles and attempting to understand the significance of the animal's color-changing behaviors. Montgomery captures the developing admiration of this mollusk while telling a unique love story, demonstrating her "joyful passion for these intelligent and fascinating creatures" (Library Journal Editors’ Spring Pick). The Soul of an Octopus illustrates what octopuses may teach us about the meeting of two very different brains. It is at turns hilarious, fascinating, moving, and deep.