Why readers love The Meg 'Two words: Jurassic shark.' LA Times 'An adrenaline-pumping thriller. A high-stakes, fast-paced adventure thriller, perfect for anyone who loves disaster movies or authors like Matthew Reilly and Michael Crichton. depths of the ocean, lies the Mariana Trench, where the Megalodon has spawned since the dawn of time. See search resultsfor this author Steve Alten(Author) 4. And this time, it's not just the sharks he has to watch out for. (The Trench) by: Steve Alten Paperback by Steve Alten (Author) Visit Amazons Steve Alten page Find all the books, read about the author and more. Drawn into a web of deceit and lies, plagued by nightmares of his own death, Taylor must once again face frightening monsters of unimaginable power. Based on the 1997 novel by Steve Alten, the film featured Statham as a rescue diver who encounters a colossal long-lost megalodon, a prehistoric shark: The Meg. Deeply in debt, Taylor has turned to an eccentric billionaire to help keep the institute afloat, but it doesn't come without a price.

But Meg's spawn is now grown to a monstrous size and she's ready to breed. Four years after the incident at the Mariana Trench that unleashed a pregnant Megalodon, Meg, the giant prehistoric great white shark, is dead, and Jonas Taylor now houses her one surviving offspring at the Tanaka Institute. For the first time, the captive 20-ton Megalodon shark has tasted human blood - and it wants more. SOON TO BE A HOLLYWOOD BLOCKBUSTER STARRING JASON STATHAM. Master of suspense Steve Alten always takes readers to the edge with his non-stop, adrenaline-charged novels.

The Trench by Steve Alten