A legendary American novel by Herman Melville. Narrated by Ishmael, the story follows the voyage of the whaling ship Pequod under the command of the obsessive Captain Ahab. Driven by an all-consuming desire for revenge against Moby Dick, the great white whale that cost him his leg, Ahab leads his crew on a perilous journey across the world's oceans. The novel explores obsession, fate, revenge, humanity's relationship with nature, and the limits of knowledge.