The Speed Abater  (English, Paperback, Blain Christophe)

In search of an enemy submarine during wartime, the destroyer Bellicose carries three novice sailors who descend into the bowels of the monstrous ship to escape seasickness. There they come face to face with the gigantic speed abater, and with one simple mistake catastrophe strikes. Soon it is they that are the hunted, rather than the hunter, in this deeply human and highly unusual tale of suspense from an award-winning new talent.