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Twelve-thousand feet beneath the Atlantic Ocean . . . scientists are excavating the most extraordinary undersea discovery ever made. But is it the greatest archaeological find in historyor the most terrifying?
Former naval doctor Peter Crane is urgently summoned to a remote oil platform in the North Atlantic to help diagnose a bizarre medical condition spreading through the rig. But when he arrives, Crane learns that the real trouble lies far belowon “Deep Storm,” a stunningly advanced science research facility built two miles beneath the surface on the ocean floor. The topsecret structure has been designed for one purpose: to excavate a recently discovered undersea site that may hold the answers to a mystery steeped in centuries of myth and speculation.
Sworn to secrecy, Dr. Crane descends to Deep Storm. A year earlier, he is told, routine drilling uncovered the remains of mankinds most sophisticated ancient civilization: the legendary Atlantis. But now that the site is being excavated, a series of disturbing illnesses has begun to affect the operation. Scientists and technicians are experiencing a bizarre array of symptomsfrom simple fatigue to violent psychotic episodes. As Crane is indoctrinated into the strange world of Deep Storm and commences his investigation, he begins to suspect that the covert facility conceals something more complicated than a medical mystery.The discovery of Atlantis might, in fact, be a cover for something far more sinister . . . and deadly.
Like Lincoln Childs spectacular bestsellers coauthored with Douglas Preston (The Book of the Dead, Relic), Deep Storm melds scientific detail and gripping adventure in a superbly imagined, chillingly real journey into unknown territory. Child is a master of suspense, and Deep Storm is his most ambitious novel to date.
Synopsis
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - In this explosive thriller, one of the most incredible and frightening discoveries mankind has ever faced is about to surface.
On an oil platform in the middle of the North Atlantic, a terrifying series of illnesses is spreading through the crew. When expert naval doctor Peter Crane is flown in, he finds his real destination is not the platform itself but Deep Storm: a top secret aquatic science facility, two miles below on the ocean floor. And as Crane soon learns, the covert operation he finds there is concealing something far more sinister than a medical mystery--and much more deadly.
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Deep Storm“Fast paced. . . . Page-turning action.” —The Denver Post
“Clever. . . . A sci-fi mystery thriller.” —San Jose Mercury News
“His characters are first-rate, as is his writing.”—The Washington Post Book World
“Thrilling and tantalizing. . . . A fascinating riddle . . . exhilarating.”
——VINCE FLYNN, New York Times bestselling author of Protect and Defend
“Harrowing and brilliantly conceived.”
——CLIVE CUSSLER, #1 New York Times bestselling author
“A slick, savvy, intelligent thriller with a scary, sticks-in-your-brain climax.”
——STEVE BERRY, New York Times bestselling author of The Templar Legacy
“His characters are first-rate, as is his writing.”—The Washington Post Book World
“Imaginative and filled with wonder. Lovers of deep-sea adventure . . . will want to plunge into this one.”—Booklist
“The genius-touched Child writes paragraphs of polymathic detail... Terrific writing.”—Kirkus (starred review)
“Child delivers a well-crafted and literate science fiction thriller.”—Publishers Weekly