Seven years earlier, while piloting a Navy submersible in the Mariana Trench, Jonas thought he saw a 'Meg' and, in his panic, rushed the sub to the surface, causing the death of two civilians aboard from 'pressurization problems.' After spending three months in a mental hospital, he was dishonorably discharged from the Navy. Paleobiologist Jonas Taylor believes that Carcharodon megalodon, a gigantic ancestor of the great white shark, still exists. This reissue of bestseller Alten's 1997 Meg novel, the first in the series, shows how the original hasn't aged well. Offered the opportunity to return to those crushing depths in search of the Megs, Taylor leaps at the chance.but his quest for scientific knowledge (and personal vindication) becomes a desperate fight for survival, when the most vicious predator the earth has ever known is freed to once again hunt the surface.Īt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied. Once a Navy deep-sea submersible pilot, now a marine paleontologist, Taylor is convinced that a remnant population of Carcharodon megalodon-prehistoric sharks growing up to 70 feet long, that subsisted on whales-lurks at the bottom of the Mariana Trench. Jonas Taylor encountered something that changed the course of his life. Seven years ago and seven miles below the surface of the Pacific Ocean, Dr. MEG: A Novel of Deep Terror is the book that launched New York Times bestselling author Steve Alten's franchise and inspired an international blockbuster starring Jason Statham.

Meg a novel of deep terror