The Deep

A Novel

paperback, 416 pages

Published Aug. 16, 2016 by Gallery Books.

ISBN:
978-1-5011-4483-7
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5 stars (1 review)

Goodreads Choice AwardNominee for Best Horror (2015) 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 …

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5 stars

A disturbing trip both to the depths of the ocean and the depths of the human mind. What happens when grief gets into you and the world forgets how to make sense? What does all this lead?... Nowhere good.

If you're in the mood for a haunted house at the bottom of the sea, Event Horizon-y type horror mystery; this is the right kind of medicine for you.