Of course, Jonas is lured back into the water, back into the deepest part of the Mariana Trench, and yet again is confronted by a Megalodon, actually two. In spite of the more “soap opera” aspects of the book, which fortunately are held to a minimum, the story is full of “pulse-pounding action,” and, as far as I can tell not being a shark, ship, or submarine expert, seems to be full of pretty accurate and well-researched material. His ambitious, career-minded wife has written him off as a failure and is having an affair with his millionaire best friend. Our hero is paleontologist Jonas Taylor, a former deep-sea diver and marine biologist who, after a brief encounter with a Meg fifteen years before, and having caused an accident that caused the death of two Naval personnel, has never been able to get into the water again. One of those “I can’t put it down” novels. Not to sound cliché, but it is a real page turner. I doubt I’ll go see the movie, but curious, I found the first novel (in a series of five) at my local public library. Yes, it’s about a shark, but an extinct species called Megalodon, something about the size of a school bus, but a lot meaner. It’s based on a 1997 novel written by Steve Alten called Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror. Cover art for the 1997 novel, “Meg: A Story of Deep Terror” by Steve AltenĪ few days ago, I came across something about a movie due in theaters in a few weeks called The Meg starring Jason Statham, Li Bingbing, and Rainn Wilson.
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