When it comes to authors whose names superbly reflect the subject matter of their expertise, it is difficult to imagine too many that can best Dr. Helen Scales in marine biology. From the very first book from her pen that I read – “Spirals in Time; The Secret Life and Curious Afterlife of Seashells” – to the previous one she wrote that I went racing off to a bookshop to find upon completing “Spirals” – “Poseidon’s Steed; the Story of Seahorses, from Myth to Reality” – I have found her writing thoroughly entrancing in style and intellectually inspiring in content.
