thanks for the reply. No its not Cachalot as it is based on Earth and more of a catastrophe type story. Cachalot sounds interesting though, might have to give it a read :-)
Years ago, when I was about 14/15, I read a book that I really enjoyed but I can't remember the name or the author. what I do remember of the book is as follows:
It had a single word title (90% sure)
The title may have started with a "C" (10% sure)
The story started with a discovery of some...