Herman Melville (1819–1891) is a classic author whose works are in the public domain.

A man's quiet refusal to participate in the machine of Wall Street capitalism becomes an act of radical resistance that will make you question the invisible rules you've internalized about work and compliance.

Melville's obsessive, shape-shifting masterpiece blurs the line between adventure novel and philosophical treatise, following Captain Ahab's monomaniacal pursuit across a whale-filled ocean. Beneath the thrilling surface lies a meditation on ambition, nature's indifference, and the darkness lurking in human determination.