It was the apex predator of all time, the most fearsome creature that ever lived a 70foot, 70,000 pound great white shark. His best known work is the meg series, a series about a giant prehistoric shark thought to be extinct. Steve alten is the new york times and international bestselling author of more than a dozen novels, including the meg series about carcharodon megalodon, the seventyfoot, 100,000 pound prehistoric cousin of the great white shark. Jaws the book was actually a pretty awful read, but it made a great movie after spielberg reworked the material. Did anyone else notice the odd amount of 7s there were in this book. In the last 25 years, i have written and published 18 thrillers and a romcom under the pen name l. Remembering vividly when jaws premiered in 1975 and then reading the book written by peter benchley on which it was based i decided to give meg a look. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read meg. Primal waters continues his thrilling action adventure seriesthe basis for the feature film the meg, starring jason statham as jonas taylor. The novel, along with its sequels, follows the underwater adventures of a navy deepsea diver named jonas taylor. Originally steve alten started his writing career to run his family expenses. In steve alten s new york times bestselling meg series, deep sea diver and paleontologist jonas taylor discovers a species long thought extinct.
The story chronicles exarmy ranger gunnar wolfe escaping from being falsely imprisoned after attempting to wipe data from a computer on efforts to construct a new futuristic type of military submarine called goliath. Steve alten s third meg novel primal waters came out this week and what should have been the jaws type franchise of the 21st century seems to be in perpetual turnaround due to these mediocre low budget films beating it to production. Alten holds a bachelor s degree from the pennsylvania state university, a master s in sports medicine from the university of delaware, and a doctorate in sports administration from temple. Steve altens novel about a jurassic shark has just been made into a motion picture thats doing very well at the box office. His novels are very visual and full of action, leading three of them to be optioned for film domain, meg and the loch. Having enjoyed steve altens meg series but not enjoyed his domain series i was a little wary when started out on goliath as i had it in my head that alten was a one trick pony. Remembering vividly when jaws premiered in 1975 and then reading the book. A very entertaining book about a sixtyfoot shark going on a. Steven robert alten born august 21, 1959 is an american sciencefiction author.
Meg series by steve alten meet your next favorite book. Though there was much less megaladon action compared to previous books, this one. Adoptanauthor is a free nationwide nonprofit program designed to excite young adults about reading and writing through the use of bestselling thrillers, heroic nonfiction stories, motivational books and direct contact with the authors via personal appearances, classroom phone calls, emails, and interactive websites. Luckily goliath turned out to be a solid page turner that had plenty of intrigue and interesting characters to hold your attention. Mayan fear, steve alten s third book in the mayan prophecy series, is a doomsday rollercoaster ride of adventure that follows immanuel gabriel to the end of the world and back again for one last. He is best known for his meg series of novels set around the fictitious survival of the megalodon, a giant, prehistoric shark. He is best known for his meg series of novels set around the fictitious survival. Steve alten s third meg novel primal waters came out this week and what should have been the jaws type franchise of the 21st century seems to be in perpetual turnaround due to these mediocre low.
Hells aquarium book trailer book trailer loch ness monster trailer. Megalodon is better than most of the other shark movies out there,red water,dark waters, and the bottom of the. Author steve altens complete list of books and series in order, with the latest releases, covers, descriptions and availability. In 2018, a film adaptation titled the meg, was released. New york times bestselling author steve alten s meg. Read the book that inspired the blockbuster movie starring jason statham, li bingbing, rainn wilson, ruby rose, winston chao, and cliff curtis. Interessante geschichte zum thema ki im modernen seekrieg. The book revolves around one man who has at his disposal the most powerful submarine in the world and intends to use it to force the world into nuclear disarmament and peace. Goliath ebook by steve alten rakuten kobo book club books, book lists, my. Megalodons are prehistoric predators that resemble great white sharks, but are as big as tyrannosaurus rexes.
There is a lot going on in this book picking up right after meg nightstalkers. In this thrilling sequel to steve altens scifi thriller, meg. Goliath by steve alten meet your next favorite book. Working day and night he completed his famous meg novels. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Corinne johnston the meg movie is loosely based on steve altens novel meg. His work has been published in more than 30 countries and is being used in thousands of middle and high school curriculum as part of adoptanauthor, a free teen. The meg trailer pits jason statham against a mega shark megalodon. In 1996, his meg series became famous in the frankfurt book fair. He had to sell his car for publishing a book named as deep terror. A novel of deep terror is a sciencefiction horror novel by steve alten, and was first published in july 1997. Steve alten is an american novelist of science fiction and horror novels. Mayan fear, steve alten s third book in the mayan prophecy series, is a doomsday rollercoaster ride of adventure that follows immanuel gabriel to the end of the world and back again for one last shot at salvation. Megalodons are prehistoric predators that resemble great.
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