Meg
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Steve Alten
Seven years ago, and seven miles below the surface of the Pacific Ocean, Dr. Jonas Taylor encountered something that changed the course of his life. Once a Navy deep-sea submersible pilot, now a marine paleontologist, Taylor is convinced that a remnant population of Carcharodon megalodon — prehistoric sharks growing up to 70 feet long, that subsisted on whales — lurks at the bottom of the Mariana Trench. When offered the opportunity to return to those crushing depths in search of the Megs, Taylor leaps at the chance… but the quest for scientific knowledge (and personal vindication) becomes a desperate fight for survival, when the most vicious predator that the earth has ever known is freed to once-again hunt the surface.
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"I love the idea and the science behind this one. It seems possible and not so wiled that it is ridiculous. If a meg was still alive, the Mariana trench would be the perfect spot. The science behind water temp, why no one had seen it, and how it got out of the trench, is all something that could believably happen. "
Felicia Allen
"It was compelling and intriguing."
Maverick Campbell
"Meg was a really fun and exciting read! I am looking forward to the release of it's movie counterpart in August! It was essentially Jaws but on crack. Instead of a Great White shark, we are presented with it's much larger ancestor known as a Megalodon. Jonas Taylor is a deep sea diver for the US Navy and was sent to the Mariana Trench to help scientist dredge the floor of the trench for valuable manganese nodules encapsulating ancient fossils. During a deep sea dive in the Mariana Trench, Jonas swears he sees a giant albino shark coming towards his deep sea vessel and makes a dangerous decision that has dire consequences. He is dishonorably discharged from the Navy and sent to a psychiatric ward for observation destroying any credibility he might have. Seven years later, Jonas is now a marine biologist who specializing in Megalodon, the much larger and more fearsome ancestor of the Great White shark. Most people, including his rising star news anchor wife Maggie, this he is crazy and discredit his belief that the Megalodon still exists in the Mariana Trench. He is proven right when a group of scientists unwittingly lure to the surface an albino Megalodon of monstrous proportions and now it is very, very hungry. <br/><br/>It is clear that this book and it's content were well researched and the author painstakingly created a fun and exciting read about a prehistoric shark that at one point did exist but made it plausible that somewhere in the deepest reaches of our oceans, that this monster could still exist today. This book was just as scary as Jaws but doubly so since the shark described is much bigger. Highly recommended to fans of Jurassic Park, Jaws and other big monster books."
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Allison Freeman
"Thia book shaped my journey into reading. It launches you into a world full of scifi, murder, legends, myths, and love so flawlessly! Steve has since become one of my all time favorite authors. "
Maddy Mays
"It's quite different than the movie but both are so fun! "
Amber Roberts