SeaQuest DSV: Fire Below

SeaQuest DSV #2

by Matthew Costello

mass market paperback book

Genres: Science Fiction, Media Tie In, Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy, Tv, Adventure

233 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1994

Reviews

[RumBelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is the most suspenseful. The only thing I didn't like about it was the way the Nathan Bridger character was written. He was nothing like how Roy Schieder portrayed him, and I preferred the TV incarnation. Other wise a fantastic book, science and history and action all in one.

[Joe · Rating 4 out of 5]

Last year I was excited to find out that there were several SeaQuest DSV books! I was a huge fan of the show but had no idea. I immediately picked the two up I'd found at a used book store. "SeaQuest DSV: Fire Below" was super interesting. It essentially read like two separate episodes of the show. The first part was pretty straight forward and I could have totally seen it being an episode. Premise: An underwater resort was taken over by terrorists demanding ransom, SeaQuest shows up, saves the day. Fun to read, but nothing insane.

The second part was straight up cuckoo bananas. Premise: The SeaQuest had to shuttle a scientist to an underwater research site where they'd discovered a new kind of underwater worm...who can control any living things mind!!! Or, to be precise, the organism living inside the worm can, but I digress. This had very fun horror movie vibes and I was digging it!

Of additional interest are the additional characters in the book. The book was written before the show was actually produced so there were some characters that were supposed to be in the show and were cut. My favorite was a doctor who because of numerous skin and organ transplants could never leave the ship or he would start to decompose! Awesome!

[Katie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I found this book in the clearance area of a bookstore. I loved the show when it was on tv and was deeply in love with Lucas played by Jonathan Brandis. So, I bought the book without a second thought.
There were two parts to the book and the second part is the stuff of my nightmares.
While not the most entertaining, I enjoyed reading this book today if only for the nostalgia of watching the tv show in the 90s.

[Dustin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Decent book. It felt much like a two-part episode of seaQuest DSV. The ending was rushed and kinda felt like the author may have meant to pen a followup book to this. Worth reading though, if you're a seaQuest fan.

[Taaya · Rating 2 out of 5]

Just couldn't hold my interest. I'm not really a fan of thriller-like plots. I was always a fan of seaQuest for the more Star Trek below the sea feels - and they don't seem to work on paper, lacking the actual crew.

[Sascha Vennemann · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wasn't expecting two "adventures" in one book ... but both go well with the shows' first season, fitting the kind of stories they came up with for the first "SeaQuest". The transition from one story to the next came a little out of the blue, and "Part II" took quite a while to get a grip on, but once the pace went up, it got me again. Perfect, if you liked the show and are still longing for an extra episode.

[Cynthia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very intense but also very true to the SeaQuest story.

[Bill · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not too much original, here.

[Sheila Myers · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another exciting sequel to the original book.