Steve alten meg vostok steve alten best selling author. On a topsecret dive into the pacific oceans deepest canyon, jonas taylor found himself. Steve alten is a ny times and international bestselling author of the meg. A revised and expanded version of the novel was also released to coincide with the films debut. Read meg a novel of deep terror by steve alten available from rakuten kobo. Eighteen years have passed since angel, the megalodon shark broke free of the tanaka lagoon and returned to the mariana trench. Purgatory there is also a movie set to come out august 10th 2018. Aug 16, 2018 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. Bela and lizzy, the dominant megalodon siblings from angels brood, have. In so far as monster attacks group of people is a genre, its one of my. Some of the critics praised his books as the book of the period that you are going to read. Read the book that inspired the blockbuster movie starring jason statham, li.
In a first for altens meg series, this ends in a cliffhanger, teasing the next book, meg. 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. From there i rapidly finished the trench 1999 and meg. Here weve got new characters, newly named old characters, a nolongeralbino megalodon and an entirely different backstory explaining protagonist jonas taylors ptsd. The most fearsome predators in historyare no longer history. However, the second half of the book is virtually unreadable. Meg author defends movie from seething trailer haters. Love the story of the megalodon so i decide to start off the steve alten meg series and the first book in the series didnt disappoint. It was an exciting ride into the mariana trench where the 60 foot fifty tonne albino monster lurks for its next prey. The books deal with a remnant population of megaladon and other prehistoric marine life leedsichthys, kronosaurus and lipleurodon living in modern times.
Reviewer steve donoghue calls altens latest meg novel meg. But before that this might be your best chance to check out steve altens book that the movie is based on. Meg ebook by steve alten 9781936666218 rakuten kobo. Aug 07, 2017 check out the trailer for steve altens spellbinding meg series, tracking the adventures of jonas taylor as he battles the long thought extinct megalodon. Aug 03, 2016 steve altens meg books are a huge step up in quality and polish compared to the majority of the genre. Steve alten is an american novelist of science fiction and horror novels. 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. New york times bestselling author steve altens meg. Originally brought out through the tsunami books publishing label, this would establish the series, with it being the first in the meg franchise. Best known for his meg series, steven alten is famous for his character development and amazing storytelling abilities. After binge reading the book in one sitting, i think its safe to say im hyped for the future film. He was the sole survivor of the creatures wrath that day.
In 2018, a film adaptation titled the meg, was released. Origins meg series prequel by steve alten nook book. Next century publishing acquires rights to steve altens vostok. His best known work is the meg series, a series about a giant prehistoric shark thought to be extinct. Primal waters continues his thrilling action adventure seriesthe basis for the feature film the meg, starring jason statham as jonas taylor. Steve altens the meg movie tiein novel gets fun poster. As the author himself even declares meg is fiction with a bit of fact sprinkled throughout just to make the unbelievable seen believable. 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. Mar 23, 2015 finally in print for the first time culz paranormal and keegan cool take a look at meg origins by steve alten thanks to the meg special anniversary edition. The average prehistoric meg weighs in at twenty tons and could tear apart a tyrannosaurus rex in seconds. Aug 10, 2018 the meg is loosely based on the first book excuse me, novel of deep terror in the series, with alten cheerfully signing off on the changes to the source material.
Three reasons to read steve altens meg series inconsistent. Finally in print for the first time culz paranormal and keegan cool take a look at meg origins by steve alten thanks to the meg special anniversary edition. Ahead of the release of feature film the meg in august, author steve alten is unleashing the sixth book in his mega shark series that inspired the jon turteltaubdirected film. The series is about meg, a gigantic prehistoric shark from a species known as the megalodon who has somehow survived to this day. The meg 2 is pulling ideas from steven altens other meg books. In the book meg steve alten tells us how many years ago, on a top secret scientific exploatory dive into the pacific oceans deepest canyon, jonas taylor found himself facetoface with an ancient monster too horrifying for his modern mind to contemplate. The year is 1956 and jonas alongside the united states navy are on a topsecret mission deep within the mariana trench. The saga follows jonas taylor, who, in every one of the books finds himself in a situation that involves a megalodon known as angel, her pups, or. His novels are very visual and full of action, leading three of them to be optioned for film domain, meg and the loch. Check out the trailer for steve altens spellbinding meg series, tracking the adventures of jonas taylor as he battles the long thought extinct megalodon.
Hells aquarium the moby dick of giant killer shark novels. Generations in this fifth installment of the new york times bestselling meg series, nighstalkers picks up where meg. The first installment in the meg book series, and it features the protagonist jonas taylor. The novel, along with its sequels, follows the underwater adventures of a navy deepsea diver named jonas taylor. Hells aquarium 2009 and eagerly await the next book in the series. 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 administration from temple university. Steve alten became a published author in 1997 with the novel meg. Now what i want to say is that the meg books and his sequels are awesome. Now the main character of steve alten megalodon came in to picture. The novel starts with the period named as late cretaceous. I honestly intended to end the series with book 6, meg. I am sending this august newsletter early because i have 2 early august book signings i wanted you to know about, as well as the opportunity to be immortalized in meg. Deviating from the usual monsterdanger fare it suddenly becomes a dreadful conspiracy theory rant with added aliens.
Although noone could accuse steve alten of high literature, the loch and the meg series were fun and vostok started in a similar vein. The meg saga is a novel series by steve alten that includes meg, the trench, meg. Steven robert alten born august 21, 1959 is an american sciencefiction author. Steve alten is the new york times and internationally bestselling author of more than twenty novels, including the meg series and others, as well as standalone works. I really enjoyed meg, author steve altens breakout bestselling novel, and with my fascination regarding the mysteries behind the loch ness monster, i had to pick this one up too. Next century publishing acquires rights to steve altens. This is a thread about steve alten who wrote about the meg series and other books. May 30, 2018 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.
The sole survivor of the mission, taylor is haunted by what hes sure he saw but still cant prove exists carcharodon megalodon, the massive mother of the great white shark. The famous meg series starts with adventures of deep sea diver named jonas taylor. Hells aquarium continues his thrilling action adventure seriesthe basis for the feature film the meg, starring jason statham as jonas taylor. Night stalkers is the upcoming book in the meg saga. While the main storyline is quite exciting, alten wedges large chun. The meg book series by steve alten includes books meg.
Released on in 1997 in july it would setup the core premise of the series, whilst also introducing all of the characters for the first time too. Excited that another meg book is coming, and given altens battle with parkinsons, who knows how many more well get in the series. A revised and expanded version of the novel also containing the prequel meg. Origins was also released to coincide with the films debut. On the shoreline, tyrannosaurus attacked shantungosaurus. If you want a series that will be entertaining and actionpacked, filled with all of the prehistoric shark violence you could wish for, this is the series to go for. I may not have gone so far as to read altens entire series of meg books. Steve alten felt so disheartened by the negative feedback of the meg. 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. A novel of deep terror is a sciencefiction horror novel by steve alten, and was first published in july 1997. Origins by steve alten, erik hollander august 16, 2011. The author, steve alten takes great delight in this creature feature and it shows.
He is best known for his meg series of novels set around the fictitious survival of the megalodon, a giant, prehistoric shark. See the complete meg series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. His books have been published in more than thirty countries. Steve alten continues the story that began in the want to read.
Here are five monsters from the bonkers book series wed love to see if the franchise continues. Generations, and had another epiphany ab o ut a new ending. It came out at october 2016 at the latest, 2017, around the same time as supposedly the movie. Order of meg books meg is a series of science fictionhorror novels by american novelist steve alten.
Hells aquarium book 4 was going to be the end, but i came up with a new twist that opened up literally a new world of monsters. Meg bantamdoubleday would become the book of the 1996 frankfurt book fair, where it eventually sold to more than twenty countries and became a popular radio series in japan. A graphic novel adaptation was also released in 2019 by steve alten, j. While fighting in the mud, they got entrapped in that. The first movie offer from hollywood pics disney was followed by a bidding war among the six biggest publishing houses, followed weeks later by meg becoming the hot book at the frankfurt book fair.