The Deep

by Nick Cutter

Blurb

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. Their bodies forget how to function involuntarily. There is no cure.

But now, far below the surface of the Pacific Ocean, deep in the Mariana Trench, a heretofore-unknown substance hailed as “ambrosia”—a universal healer, from initial reports—has been discovered. It may just be the key to eradicating the ‘Gets.

In order to study this phenomenon, a special research lab, the Trieste, has been built eight miles under the sea’s surface. But when the station goes incommunicado, a brave few 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.

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ian.1

Ian.1

A mysterious epidemic ravaging mankind? A strange substance that might hold the key to human survival at the bottom of the ocean? Unrestricted mad science gone even madder? What started off with so much promise just becomes a never-ending ratcheting of tension, and when the cord finally snaps it reveals a nonsensical Machiavellian plot that makes less and less sense the more you really think about it.

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easnow

Easnow

Nick crams every horror trope imaginable into one novel, but I'm a sucker for deep sea claustrophobic madness.

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