Journey to Hell to Catch Monstrous Creatures to Stock the World’s Largest Aquarium
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water …think again …unless you want to become an afterthought on the food chain! Carcharodon Megalodon (MEG for short) was a 70-foot, 70,000 pound Great White shark, a monster that could eat the shark in JAWS and still have room for dessert! The most fearsome creature that ever lived is still lurking in the depths of the ocean and has no natural enemy – it is the predator of all predators. Steve Alten, renowned NY Times best-selling author, takes us on a heart-stopping thrill ride of adventure in his latest novel, MEG – Hell’s Aquarium (Variance Publishing). Make sure you are strapped in and ready for the journey of your life!
This amazing story begins in the western portion of the sixty million square miles that make up the Pacific Ocean. Hidden deep beneath the surface is the Philippine Sea Plate – home to the nightmarish species of sea creatures believed to be extinct! Jonas Taylor had been the best deep-sea submersible pilot in the Navy until his last dive in these waters when he panicked and launched the Navy’s vessel into a rapid emergency ascent that cost the lives of two scientists on board. No one believed Jonas’ claim of seeing a monster shark with a head bigger than the entire sub. His career over, his confidence shot, Jonas sets out to prove the giant does exist. Jonas ultimately finds the giant and has to kill it but captures one of its surviving pups and brings it home.
The Tanaka Oceanographic Institute in Monterey, California, is home to the now 76 foot, 100,000 pound Carcharodon Megalodon that has returned to the lagoon to give birth to five female pups that are already proving too aggressive to keep in one pen. A Dubai royal prince, building the world’s largest aquarium, wants to buy two of her ‘runts,’ if Jonas’ son David will be their trainer. Jonas reluctantly agrees and David sets off to Dubai – never realizing his recruitment was for another purpose. The prince knows that under the Philippine Sea Plate is a lost purgatory for the most terrifying sea monsters in history – and he wants them in his new aquarium! To get a taste of what is to come, watch the trailer below or at: www.youtube.com/ascotmediagroup
MEG: Hell’s Aquarium, the fourth installment of Alten’s best-selling MEG series, proves to be the greatest yet with a major motion picture already in the works. Visit this imaginative author at his website: www.stevealten.com.
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Noteworthy past accomplishments of this acclaimed author in the previous three MEG novels include being on numerous best-seller lists, published in over twenty countries, and reaching best-seller status in France, Germany, Spain and Mexico, as well as becoming a popular radio series in Japan.
