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Megalodón / The Trench

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Una desafortunada misión a la zona abisal del océano Pacífico libera a una Charcharodon Megalodon, el depredador más temible que el planeta haya visto y que se creía extinta desde hacía varios millones de años.

El tiburón de más de 20 metros de largo y 20 toneladas de peso, desata una monstruosa cacería devorando todo lo que se cruza a su paso mientras que los científicos a cargo de la misión y el ejército le dan caza, los primeros para capturarlo vivo y los segundos para acabar con la amenaza que representa.

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Master of suspense Steve Alten always takes readers to the edge with his non-stop, adrenaline-charged novels. Now, in The Trench , Alten shows just how deep fear can run when you don’t know what lurks beneath the surface…

Its appetite is ravenous. Its teeth, scalpel-sharp. For the first time, the captive twenty-ton Megalodon shark has tasted human blood, and it wants more… On the other side of the world, in the silent depths of the ocean, lies the Marianas Trench, where the Megalodon has spawned since the dawn of time. Paleobiologist Jonas Taylor once dared to enter this perilous cavern. He alone faced a Megalodon shark and cut its heart out. Now, as the body count rises and the horror of a monster’s attack grips the California coast, Jonas must begin the hunt again, and return to the waking nightmare of…

352 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Published November 21, 2023

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Steve Alten

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Steve Alten grew up in Philadelphia, earning his Bachelors degree in Physical Education at Penn State University, a Masters Degree in Sports Medicine from the University of Delaware, and a Doctorate of Education at Temple University. Struggling to support his family of five, he decided to pen a novel he had been thinking about for years. Working late nights and on weekends, he eventually finished MEG; A Novel of Deep Terror. Steve sold his car to pay for editing fees. On September (Friday) the 13th, 1996, Steve lost his general manager’s job at a wholesale meat plant. Four days later his agent had a two-book, seven figure deal with Bantam Doubleday.

MEG would go on to become the book of the 1996 Frankfurt book fair, where it eventually sold to more than a twenty countries. MEG hit every major best-seller list, including #19 on the New York Times list (#7 audio), and became a popular radio series in Japan.

Steve’s second release, The TRENCH (Meg sequel) was published by Kensington/Pinnacle in 1999 where it also hit best-seller status. His next novel, DOMAIN and its sequel, RESURRECTION were published by St. Martin’s Press/Tor Books and were runaway best-sellers in Spain, Mexico, Germany, and Italy, with the rights selling to more than a dozen countries.

Steve’s fourth novel, GOLIATH, received rave reviews and was a big hit in Germany. It is being considered for a TV series. MEG: Primal Waters was published in the summer of 2004. A year later his seventh novel, The LOCH, hit stores — a modern-day thriller about the Loch Ness Monster. Steve’s eighth novel, The SHELL GAME, is about the end of oil and the next 9/11 event. The book was another NY Times best-seller, but the stress of penning this real-life story affected Steve’s health, and three months after he finished the manuscript he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease. Steve’s ninth novel, MEG: Hell’s Aquarium, is considered to be the best of the best-selling MEG series. Steve says his best novel is GRIM REAPER: End of Days. The story, a modern-day Dante’s Inferno, takes place in New York when a man-made plague strikes Manhattan.

Steve’s novels are action-packed and very visual. He has optioned DOMAIN, MEG and The LOCH to film producers. Steve has written six original screenplays. His comedy, HARLEM SHUFFLE was a semi-finalist in the LA screenwriting contest, his comedy MINTZ MEATS was selected as a finalist at the Philadelphia film festival as was his psychological thriller, STRANGLEHOLD. Steve’s reality series, HOUSE OF BABEL won at Scriptapalooza. He has also created a TV Drama, PAPA JOHN, based on his years coaching basketball with Hall of Fame coach John Chaney.

Over the years, Steve has been inundated with e-mail from teens who hated reading …until they read his novels. When he learned high school teachers were actually using his books in the classroom (MEG had been rated #1 book for reluctant readers) Steve launched Adopt-An-Author, a nationwide non-profit program designed to encourage students to read. Teachers who register for the program (it’s free) receive giant shark posters, free curriculum materials, student-author correspondence, an interactive website, and classroom conference calls/visits with the author. To date, over 10,000 teachers have registered, and the success rate in getting teens to read has been unprecedented. Steve now spends half his work week working with high schools. For more information click on www.AdoptAnAuthor.com

As an author, Steve has two goals. First, to continue to work hard to become a better storyteller and create exciting page turning thrillers. Second, to remain accessible to his readers. Steve reads and answers all e-mails, uses the names and descriptions of his loyal fans as characters in all his novels, and even hires readers as editors, depending on their particular expertise.

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41 reviews
January 30, 2025
Un libro bastante entretenido para ser de tiburón. Ameno, de capítulos cortos. No esperaba mucho y me ha sorprendido ya que cambian muchísimas cosas con respecto a la película.
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January 5, 2024
Puntuación: 3.5 estrellas de 5

He tenido esta novela en la mira desde hace ya un buen tiempo, y aproveché que encontré un ejemplar traducido al español para leerlo esta nueva temporada de verano. La experiencia fue bastante buena, pero con sus puntos negativos.

La historia se centra en Jonas Taylor, un paleontólogo quien, luego de una desafortunada misión en la fosa de las marianas, presencia la liberación involuntaria de un descomunal megalodón que se encontraba en las profundidades abismales del océano. Luego, Jonas se une a la misión para capturarlo con vida antes que los Marines le den caza.

Lo que más me llamó la atención fue la premisa, que me hizo recordar mucho a novelas como “Jaws” (Tiburón) e “Into the Drowning Deep”. Un enorme tiburón prehistórico que sale a la superficie y desata el caos es un tema que tiene potencial para ser genial y mucho que aprovechar.

Para ser sincera, la novela me encantó, es violenta, sangrienta, y está llena de acción y momentos de tensión pura y dura. Sin embargo, hubo dos detalles que me malograron un poco la experiencia de lectura: los personajes femeninos absolutamente insoportables y el romance innecesario y sacado del fundillo del autor. Fueron estas dos cosas las que redujeron el puntaje a 3.5 en vez de 4.5.

Mi personaje favorito fue sin duda el protagonista, Jonas Taylor. Me gustó mucho su desarrollo a lo largo de la novela, además de su profesionalismo, su capacidad de enfocarse y el dominio de sí mismo para no pisar el palito sino hasta que ya no pudo soportarlo más. Además, no se me escapó la clara referencia del nombre al personaje bíblico.

En el otro lado de la moneda está Terry Tanaka, quien tiene un claro problema de estupidez, y cree que todo lo que le niegan se debe a que es mujer, incapaz de pensar siquiera que pueda deberse a otros motivos. Una cosa que realmente me molestó es que, mágicamente, como a mitad de novela, toda participación de Terry desapareció, y reapareció solo para cuando al autor se le ocurrió que quería meter romance en la historia. Esto me lleva a pensar que, o el autor no sabía desarrollar personajes femeninos cuando escribió esta novela, o no sabía cómo lograr agraciar a los lectores con un personaje absolutamente insoportable para poder ponerlo en situaciones románticas con el protagonista más adelante.

Otra piedra en mi zapato fue el personaje de Maggie, cuyo final no me dejó nada satisfecha. Me caía tan mal que yo esperaba destrucción de reputación pública y repudio, no que se convierta en un mártir.

Dicho todo lo anterior, creo que las escenas de acción centradas en el meg, su búsqueda y captura, fueron extremadamente satisfactorias; definitivamente salvaron la historia para mí.

En resumen, si puedes obviar el romance, esta es una historia llena de acción, violencia, gore y momentos puramente adrenalínicos que me gustó bastante. Recomendable.
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249 reviews
February 21, 2025
Cuando lo vi me Dio curiosidad de compararlo con la peli. La peli es mejor definitivamente. Todos Los personajes de Este libro son detestables, El mejor es El Tiburon que solo esta haciendo lo suyo, pero se nots que fue escrito por un hombre, con solo decir que 10 segundos luego de que uno de Los personajes perdiera a su esposa, ya solo pensaba en la chiquilla que ademas le doblaba la edad, puaj. Dos Estrella's porque se deja leer.
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