A deep sea fracking operation in the Arctic Ocean breaks through into a world hidden for 15-million years, an undersea cavern from the Pliocene Epoch of the Cenozoic Era. Among the prehistoric terrors unleashed is a giant megalodon, a shark so efficient it had no need to change for 20-million years. Asa Iverson was the only survivor from the Global Kulik incident. Now, the nightmares haunt him. Did he see a colossal shark long thought extinct, or was it a hypothermia-induced hallucination? Now, he’s back in the Arctic to see for himself, and the deadliest predator the world has ever known is headed in his direction.
I was so excited to read this. I haven't found any meg books anywhere near as good as Meg. I was enjoying it until I read 180 feet. Megalodon was the biggest damn shark on the planet. 50-60 feet. But noooo that's never enough. I know it's fiction but Jesus why can't you just leave it at a plausible size. Why is a 60 foot shark not enough. 180 feet is ridiculous and not needed fiction or not. I don't care if that sounds stupid to you but it ruined it for me. All down hill for me from there. I know that won't bother most people but doubling the size of an already massive shark is stupid and not necessary.
This book was a thrilling story from beginning to the end. I liked the characters and was rooting for them to all come through in one piece. But a big shocker some of them don't. The idea of a shark bigger than a great white will have my attention. Some of these stories are usually the same, but this one is a bit different the main character, Asa, would rather be someplace else. However you don't always get what you want. Would suggest if you do read this one be sure not to have a cold because my co!d medicine kept putting me to sleep as I read and I know that this was not a dull book. It had several moments of are you people nuts to keep it lively so dive in for an enjoyable story.
I wanted a quick read, tried this because why not. To my surprise it turned out to be a really interesting, plausible story line. The details of oil rigs, drill ships, blow outs etc were spot on. It was exciting - what will happen next. The characters were well fleshed out and believable. The us navy folks acted as you would expect. And big mumma megalodon was a bitch! Surprising to be able to pack so much into so few pages. Enjoy.
Very well written creature thriller about an undersea cavern that is accidentally opened because of deep sea oil drilling in the Arctic. The action kept the story moving along at a brisk pace with not only an overwhelming amount of megalodon but also some killer crustaceans.