I have read five of the six meg books and am waiting for number six to arrive any day. Nightstalkers with david taylor in the salish sea, attempting to locate and rescue any surviving megalodon pups before a local fisherman slaughters them. Meg ebook by steve alten 9781936666218 rakuten kobo. A native of philadelphia, he earned a bachelors degree from penn state, a masters from the university of delaware, and a doctorate from temple university. Hells aquarium continues his thrilling action adventure seriesthe basis for the feature film the meg, starring jason statham as jonas taylor. The series is about meg, a gigantic prehistoric shark from a species known as the megalodon who has somehow survived to this day. Ahead of the release of the meg in august, author steve alten is soon unleashing the sixth book in his mega shark series that inspired the jon turteltaubdirected film. I may not have gone so far as to read altens entire series of meg books, but i used to have of a thing for monster and dinosaur novels, whether it. His best known work is the meg series, a series about a giant prehistoric shark thought to be extinct. Already a shark fan thanks to peter benchley, i was intrigued by this huge megalodon, which was my first exposure to prehistoric sharks.
The steve alten books include one of my favorite series called meg. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the meg megalodon book 1. The best of jim lying to dwight the office duration. Meanwhile, jonas is coerced into joining an expedition into the panthalassa sea in search of a prehistoric predatory species. I decided to read the book before i saw the film which i have still not seen. Origins a short story prequel which give life to an event constantly referenced but never explained in full in meg. I am a huge fan of steve alten s meg books and looked forward to the loch, expecting more of the same but with a loch ness monster however, i was hugely disappointed. While the stories focus on angel, the megalodon pup that was captured at the end of book one, in survival, steve alten delves into the major characters and the challenges they faced in being caretakers of the from the bestselling author of the meg series comes an action packed trilogy that takes place during the four year gap between meg book 1 and the trench book 2. The loch series, book 1 audible audiobook unabridged steve alten author, p. Corinne johnston the meg movie is loosely based on steve altens novel meg. The education you learn on scotland is quite amazing as well. Over the years, steve has been inundated with email from teens who hated reading. 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. At first i was like what is this all about, but as the story went on, i found myself looking.
Steve alten became a published author in 1997 with the novel meg. Steve altens meg is the best book ever written for 11. Eighteen years have passed since angel, the megalodon shark broke free of the tanaka lagoon and returned to the mariana trench. Steve alten born august 21, 1959 is the creator and writer of the meg saga. Meg had been optioned as a motion picture before the novel had even been released and since then, author steve alten has continued to build a series that now consists of six novels with a seventh. As a book, meg was basically a michael crichtonjurassic park diss track written by a man with a doctorate in sports management. Steve alten important update anyone who ordered an.
He is best known for his meg series of novels set around the fictitious survival of the megalodon, a giant, prehistoric shark. Origins is free btw there wasnt really very much to this book, it is relatively short and most of the characters are a bit flat and boring. Were still waiting on a trailer for this augusts the meg, an adaptation of the samenamed steve alten novel from 1997. A revised and expanded version of the novel also containing the preque l meg. The meg book series by steve alten includes books meg. I first read steve alten s the trench meg book 2 when i was on holiday in florida in 2000 and never realised it was part of a series until the meg film was announced. A novel of deep terror is a sciencefiction horror novel by steve alten, and was first. Interview with steve alten, author of meg, basis for the meg 2018 the horror show duration. Book six in the bestselling meg series picks up after meg. Or perhaps you need to cheer up a friend or visit a loved in the hospital. From the bestselling author of the meg series comes an action packed trilogy that takes place during the four year gap between meg book 1 and the trench book 2. Buy a cheap copy of the trench book by steve alten. The new trailer for steve alten s book nightstalkers. In 2018, a film adaptation titled the meg, was released.
Alten holds a bachelors degree from the pennsylvania state university, a masters in sports medicine from the university of delaware, and a doctorate in sports. A novel of deep terror kindle edition by steve alten author. These characters are great and loved the crossover that is happening in vostok and meg 5. New york times bestselling author steve alten s meg.
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. A novel of deep terror paperback import, 1997 by steve alten author. Steve alten meg vostok steve alten best selling author. Achetez et telechargez ebook the meg megalodon book 1 english edition. Order of meg books meg is a series of science fictionhorror novels by american novelist steve alten.
While the stories focus on angel, the megalodon pup that was captured at the end of book one, in survival, steve alten delves into the major characters and the challenges they faced in being caretakers of the. Thats the first of i believe, six meg books, seven if. Alten holds a bachelors degree from pennsylvania state university, a masters in sports medicine from the university of delaware and a doctorate in sports administration from temple university. The major literary breakthrough of steve alten s 1997 novel meg. A graphic novel adaptation was also released in 2019 by steve alt en, j. Revised and expanded edition by steve alten, paperback. Read meg a novel of deep terror by steve alten available from rakuten kobo. How about a oneofakind signed bound copy of the meg. The most fearsome predators in historyare no longer history. Steven robert alten born august 21, 1959 is an american sciencefiction author. If you do, search no further steve alten s meg will not disappoint. Steve alten continues the story that began in the want to read. See the complete meg series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. Steve alten teases seventh meg franchise novel, meg.
The meg megalodon book 1 kindle edition by alten, steve. His work has been published in more than 30 countries and is being used in thousands of middle and high school. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. This book is about a prehistoric shark species that has managed to survive within the depths of the mariana trench for over 70 million years. But man s presence in thisunexplored domain releases one of the sharks from its purgatory, and. From the epic beginning of a trex getting its terriblelizard ass handed to itself to the absurd gastronomic defeat of the megalodon, this book keeps the action flowing at a constant rate throughout. Read the book that inspired the blockbuster movie starring jason statham, li bingbing, rainn wilson, ruby rose, winston. In the last 25 years, i have written and published 18 thrillers and a romcom under the pen name l. Since then, alten has written several more books in the meg series, as well as novels and screen plays across a variety of genres and topics. Paleobiologist jonas taylor returns to the marianas trench, where he first faced the primal shark megalodon. Meanwhile, jonas is coerced into joining an expedition into the panthalassa sea in search of a prehistoric predatory species possessing liver enzymes that. On a topsecret dive into the pacific oceans deepest canyon, jonas taylor found himself facetoface with the largest and most ferocious predator in the.
This will be one of the best books you will read, period. Steve alten is an american novelist of science fiction and horror novels. Steve alten is the bestselling author of the meg series, including meg. And then, within 6 months, new meg readers wanted to know where to buy generations and as predicted the book became a collectors item and those megheads who trusted. Steve alten s novel about a jurassic shark has just been made into a motion picture thats doing very well at the box office. Origins was also released to coincide with the films debut.
Celebrating an upcoming anniversary with a meghead spouse. By steve alten in a topsecret dive into the pacific oceans deepest canyon, jonas taylor found himself facetoface with the largest and most ferocious predator in the history of the animal kingdom. Steve alten has 38 books on goodreads with 100682 ratings. A novel of deep terror, the basis for the new jason statham film out this weekend was right on the cover. 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.