Peter Crane is between research projects when he gets an
unusual request -- join a top-secret team (and sign his life
away without knowing anything about the project) because
they are having some medical problems that fall within his
specialty. When he finds out the team is working in a deep
undersea site with a state-of-the-art structure surrounding
them, he understands how his skills might be utilized. A
former Navy doctor, Peter has worked on subs and
understands illnesses that can occur because of various
undersea conditions.
But Peter is in no way prepared for the aura of secrecy
that surrounds everyone at the station, and he can't find a
commonality in the illnesses that are occurring. Some
people are being affected psychologically, others
emotionally and still others are physically ill. As he
delves deeper, and eventually is let in on the big secret,
he's overwhelmed by the task before them. Initially told
that they have discovered Atlantis, he begins to suspect
the true answer might be something that could threaten the
whole world.
Child's usual concise, tension-building style and his
terrific attention to technological details make this
scientific thriller shine. I am one of this author's
biggest fans for the books he co-authors with Douglas
Preston, and I've just begun to read the books he's
written by himself. This is a well-plotted thriller that
feels real -- which is a very scary thing. I recommend all
of Child's books!
Former naval doctor Peter Crane is urgently summoned to a
remote oil platform in the north Atlantic, to help diagnose
a bizarre medical condition spreading through the rig. But
when he arrives, Crane learns that the real trouble lies
far below—on ”Deep Storm,“ a stunningly advanced science
research facility built two miles beneath the surface on
the ocean floor. The top-secret structure has been designed
for one purpose: to excavate a recently discovered undersea
site that may hold the answers to a mystery steeped in
centuries of myth and speculation.
Sworn to secrecy, Peter Crane descends to Deep Storm. A
year earlier, he is told, routine drilling uncovered the
remains of mankind’s most sophisticated ancient
civilization: the legendary Atlantis. But now that the site
is being excavated, a series of disturbing illnesses has
begun to affect the operation. Scientists and technicians
are experiencing a bizarre array of symptoms—from fatigue
to paralysis to violent psychotic episodes. As Crane is
indoctrinated into the strange world of Deep Storm, he
attempts to discover the cause . . . but he begins to
suspect that the covert facility conceals something far
more complicated than a medical mystery. The discovery of
Atlantis might, in fact, be a cover for something far more
sinister . . . and deadly.
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