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.
From the acclaimed author of The Troop—which
Stephen
King raved “scared the hell out of me and I couldn’t put
it
down…old-school horror at its best”—comes this utterly
terrifying novel where The Abyss meets The
Shining.
A strange plague called the ’Gets is decimating humanity
on
a global scale. It causes people to forget—small things at
first, like where they left their keys…then the not-so-
small things like how to drive, or the letters of the
alphabet. Then their bodies forget how to function
involuntarily…and there is no cure. But now, far below the
surface of the Pacific Ocean, deep in the Marianas Trench,
an heretofore unknown substance hailed as “ambrosia” has
been discovered—a universal healer, from initial reports.
It may just be the key to a universal cure. In order to
study this phenomenon, a special research lab, the
Trieste,
has been built eight miles under the sea’s surface. But
now
the station is incommunicado, and it’s up to a brave few
to
descend through the lightless fathoms in hopes of
unraveling the mysteries lurking at those crushing depths…
and perhaps to encounter an evil blacker than anything one
could possibly imagine.
Part horror, part psychological nightmare, The Deep
is a novel that fans of Stephen King and Clive Barker
won’t
want to miss—especially if you’re afraid of the dark.
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