Desperate government officials are looking for a cure for 'Gets, a terrible plague afflicting people of every age all over the world. In their quest, they have built a research lab, called Trieste, eight miles deep at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean where cell- regenerating glutinous matter, dubbed ambrosia, has been discovered. One of the three scientists, Dr. Clayton Nelson, in the undersea lab sends a message that he desperately needs his brother Luke's assistance, then all communication is lost.

Veterinarian Luke Nelson never really got along with his older brother Clayton, a brilliant and obsessive scientist, so why is Clayton asking for his help now? Whatever the reason, Luke feels obligated to answer the summons, especially since nothing has been heard from the three scientists for several days.

Luke boards Trieste after a nerve-wracking descent into the deepest, darkest realm of the ocean, and soon finds himself in a living nightmare. With one scientist dead and another locked in his personal lab, Clayton makes it clear he does not need Luke for anything and would never have sent for him. Clayton is so intent on finding a way to harness the ambrosia that he is totally disconnected from everything else. Almost immediately, Luke starts experiencing horridly vivid nightmares as he flips in and out of memories of his past. Is he experiencing delusions or fabrications of his feverish brain? As one gruesome catastrophe after another occurs, Luke is convinced something evil in the ocean's depth is manipulating the humans and the undersea facility is doomed.

Nick Cutter's THE DEEP will have readers holding their breath with each new disturbing element added to the progression of the gruesome storyline. Even if you are not claustrophobic, you will feel the walls closing in as the terror mounts to a staggering crescendo. Horror fans will relish this psychological thriller laden with terrifying scenes of carnage. THE DEEP is definitely not for the squeamish.