UNDERJUNGLE: A Novel
August 2023
from Unnamed Press

“Underjungle is poetry, fantasy, love, war, mystery and philosophy. This book will make you think about the ocean in ways you haven’t before, and that might just make you want to protect it. I’ve dived with James, and I'm pleased to see that he has created this fascinating and complex story about the ocean and our deep connection to it.” 
– Jean-Michel Cousteau, Ocean Futures Society

“Luminous, strange, thought-provoking and as profound as the seas, the pelagic brilliance of Underjungle cannot be overstated. This is the brilliant novel Prince Namor would have written had he had more poetry classes.”
– Junot Díaz, author of This is How You Lose Her

“Underjungle is a wondrously beautiful tale told in language that made me feel I was breathing the atmosphere of an exotic and miraculous planet. Of course, I was. But the most amazing this is that, the whole time, I was breathing underwater.”
– Carl Safina, author of Song for the Blue Ocean and Beyond Words

“Strange, beautiful, and brilliant!”
– Sy Montgomery, author of The Soul of an Octopus

“Gorgeously weird and weirdly gorgeous. Underjungle is a mesmerizing dissection of the best and worst of us, set in an undersea world untouched by humanity, so vividly and masterfully drawn that it feels both foreign and familiar. I have never read anything quite like it. Cleverly poetic, sometimes uncomfortable, and occasionally hilarious, but ultimately an ode to the wonder of depths unexplored.”
– Shelby Van Pelt, author of Remarkably Bright Creatures