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Meg

A Novel of Deep Terror

  • 1997 first published
  • 361 pages
  • ★ 4.2 (9 ratings)
  • 12 editions

Meg is a 1997 horror novel by Steve Alten. Much of the action takes place in Pacific Ocean. It deals with sharks, carcharocles megalodon, reality television programs and deep diving.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.2 out of 5 from 9 ratings, and 60 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 12 editions.

At about 361 pages, most readers finish it in 6–7 hours.

About Meg

From book jacket: On a top-secret dive into the Pacific Ocean's deepest canyon, Jonas Taylor found himself face-to-face with the largest and most ferocious predator in the history of the animal kingdom. The sole survivor of the mission, Taylor is haunted by what he's sure he saw but still can't prove exists--Carcharodon megalodon, the massive mother of the great white shark. The average prehistoric Meg weighs in at twenty tons and could tear apart a Tyrannosaurus rex in seconds. Written off as a crackpot suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, Taylor refuses to forget the depths that nearly cost him his life. With a Ph.D. in paleontology under his belt, Taylor spends years theorizing, lecturing, and writing about the possibility that Meg still feeds at the deepest levels of the sea. But it takes an old friend in need to get him to return to the water, and a hotshot female submarine pilot to dare him back into a high-tech miniature sub. Diving deeper than he ever has before, Taylor will face terror like he's never imagined, and what he finds could turn the tides bloody red until the end of time.
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Subjects

  • Sharks
  • Carcharocles megalodon
  • Reality television programs
  • Deep diving
  • American Suspense fiction
  • Sea monsters
  • Paleontologists
  • Galleons
  • Horror tales
  • Horror fiction
  • Horror
  • Pacific area
  • Sea stories
  • Megalodontacea

Quick answers

Who wrote Meg?

Meg was written by Steve Alten and first published in 1997.

What genre is Meg?

It is usually shelved as Horror.

How long is Meg?

The median edition has 361 pages, about 6–7 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Meg?

Readers who like it often enjoy Skeleton Crew, Novels (Congo / Eaters of the Dead / Sphere) and The Green Mile.

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