This is the captivating story of a close encounter between a whale and a woman told from the perspective of both protagonists. For many years humankind has been fascinated by communication between whales and dolphins. A scientific project studying the sounds emitted by blue whales takes an unexpected turn when one of the group of whales which is the subject of the study shows signs of attempting to communicate with Miriam, the project team's statistician. This strange encounter takes on increasingly deeper meanings as the whale saves Miriam when she is swept overboard and speaks to her in a language she does not understand, as she lies in a trance-like state. Miriam's increasing fascination with the whale leads her to actively seek further encounters. The primordial elemental tie between the females of two species so different in genetic terms yet so similar at a psycho-etiological level brings the whale and Miriam to finally achieve a mystic telepathic communication through the mysterious and instinctive bond which links them.