Kill Depth

by Steve Metcalf

After a sinkhole opens in the Antarctic Ocean just off the Ross Ice Shelf a team is sent to investigate and map the uncharted depths. Unfortunately, the adventure is derailed when the team is forced to fend off monstrous sea-life like giant spider crabs, suicidal octopi and a pod of raging-mad killer whales. The coup de grace, though, is the giant eel-like monster that destroys two of the team's exploratory submersibles before trying to take a bite out of the hovering underwater complex itself ... threatening to sink it to the bottom of the 30,000-foot-deep chasm.

139 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 29, 2024

About the author

Steve Metcalf has published numerous books and has had two short screenplays produced. He has successfully completed the National Novel Writing Month competition in 2012 and 2013. A writer of literary fiction, as opposed to writing in one genre, Steve has published a book about the videogame industry, two time travel stories, three horror stories and a fantasy-adventure that blurs the lines between pirate history and modern-day treasure hunters.

Like many writers, Steve has a drawer full of completed projects that might never see the light of day - including two finished novels, seven feature length screenplays and six episodes of a sitcom called "Doctor Joystick."

Reviews

[wayne peters · Rating 5 out of 5]

Review of this book.

Different but totally realistic. We are discovering new ocean species all the time. The book was enjoyable and entertaining at the same time. The author knows how to write a good book. Keep up the good work!!

[Deb Starzl · Rating 5 out of 5]

Monster goo

Fully enjoy plot!! I Love sea monsters 🥰 Headed to the next book. Need more monsters with a great hunter

[Gen · Rating 2 out of 5]

Lots of potential but falls short

Decent characters but very one dimensional. Good monsters with lots of potential. Almost seems like more of an outline story waiting to be fleshed out than a complete work.

[Terry and dog · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really got into anticipation mode right away. The build up of the story was so good. Maybe I'm a lamewad but I was very excited to find out what would happen. If you read a lot of underwater horror, I expect you will be familiar with some of the things that occur, not all, but it was put together in a great way. I liked the characters, no you don't get to know them in depth, but that's okay. I think the last bit went a tad fast, I would have liked to draw it out little with more details. I definitely didn't see everything coming and I'm always happy to have something unexpected come at you out of the blue. Good story.