If you thought the movie and or the novel jaws was scary i can promise you this is a beast of a different kind and hella scary. I decided to read the book before i saw the film which i have still not seen. An american author of multiple genres, the writer steve alten is well known for his unique and compelling method of storytelling, as he manages to engage his readers on a most fundamental level, immediately grabbing their attention and not letting go. Steve alten felt so disheartened by the negative feedback of the meg trailer that he took to social media to pen a lengthy. Heavens lake purchased in 2019 are guaranteed to be personally signed.
Steve alten born august 21, 1959 is the creator and writer of the meg saga. In the last 25 years, i have written and published 18 thrillers and a romcom under the pen name l. Order of meg books meg is a series of science fictionhorror novels by american novelist steve alten. An avid amateur oceanographer, alten studied megalodons for over ten years before publishing his first novel in 1997, in which the massive sharks were revealed to. Although its size, strength, intelligent, and probably its ferocity are frequently exaggerated in the books. Steve alten continues the story that began in the want to read. Purgatory there is also a movie set to come out august 10th 2018. It was an exciting ride into the mariana trench where the 60 foot fifty tonne albino monster lurks for its next prey. Hells aquarium continues his thrilling action adventure seriesthe basis for the feature film the meg, starring jason statham as jonas taylor. Steve, thank you so much for taking the time to talk to us at filmgoblin today. Interview with steve alten, author of meg, basis for the. Steven robert alten born august 21, 1959 is an american sciencefiction author. Inspired by alten s experiences with hall of famer john chaney, the series is receiving serious interest.
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. His novels are very visual and full of action, leading three of them to be optioned for film domain, meg and the loch. 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. Alten is the founder and director of adoptanauthor, a nationwide secondary school reading program promoting works from. Origins by steve alten, erik hollander august 16, 2011. The third meg book, primal waters which is the book i started the series with, was published five years later, in 2004. Steven robert alten born august 21, 1959 is an american science fiction author. Jonas taylor was the greatest deep sea pilot in the world, until a terrible accident during one of his dives into the mariana trench.
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. Meg is short for megalodon, the name of an actual, oversized, prehistoric shark. Alten holds a bachelors degree from the pennsylvania state university, a masters in sports medicine from the university of delaware. Apr 03, 2018 as you can see on, i also pushed back the last day to pre order a hardback of meg. A crossover between the loch and the meg series, in which scientists traveling to mysterious. A novel of deep terror is a sciencefiction horror novel by steve alten, and. Read meg a novel of deep terror by steve alten available from rakuten kobo. Meg saga the meg saga is a novel series by steve alten that includes meg, the trench, meg. Best known for his meg series, steven alten is famous for his character development and amazing storytelling abilities. Steve alten also went on to say that the first treatment that he received for the meg when it was at new line gave him anxiety. Read the book that inspired the blockbuster movie starring jason statham, li bingbing, rainn wilson, ruby rose, winston. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. Some of the critics praised his books as the book of the period that you are going to read. However, the second half of the book is virtually unreadable.
The most fearsome predators in historyare no longer history. 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. Generations, steve alten new york times bestselling author continues his terrifying series. 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 next book in the meg series, the trench, was published in 1999, and it became a bestseller in its own right as well. These limited collector edition hardbacks on sale now. Primal waters was the very first book i have ever read by this thriller author, but it certainly was not my last. Steve alten is the bestselling author of the meg series which was the basis for the feature film the meg, starring jason statham the domain trilogy, and standalone supernatural thrillers such as the omega project and goliath. Meg in this fifth installment of steve alten s new york times bestselling meg series the basis for the feature film the meg, starring jason statham as jonas taylornighstalkers picks up where meg. Discover the steve alten books for his meg series and his standalone novels. Meg ebook by steve alten 9781936666218 rakuten kobo. His work has been published in more than thirty countries and is being used in thousands of middle and high school curricula as part of adoptanauthor, a free teen reading program used nationwide to encourage reluctant readers. But while investors gawk at the prehistoric creature, any even more dangerous creature is beginning to stir. The steve alten books include one of my favorite series called meg. 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. The transport vessel tonga is carrying a liopleurodon to the city of gold. Book six in the bestselling meg series picks up after meg. A new loch sequel brings zachary wallace to a mysterious lake situated in a crater atop a caldera in south chinanorth korea after a series of monster sightings.
Generations, the 6th book in the bestselling meg series, author steve alten wrote a scene that takes place in a recording studio on a yacht. 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. He is best known for his meg series of novels set around the fictitious survival of the megalodon, a giant, prehistoric shark. Steve alten is an american novelist of science fiction and horror novels. Steve alten is the new york times and internationally bestselling author of more than twenty novels, including the loch, meg, and the domain trilogy. The story, a modernday dantes inferno, takes place in new york when a manmade plague strikes manhattan. Meg author defends movie from seething trailer haters. 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. Good luck with the lead up to the meg hitting screens and we hope you enjoy every second of the premier.
On the heels of the release of alten s third meg novel, primal waters, steve optioned meg to new line cinema, which will release the movie in summer 2007. 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. Steve s second release, the trench meg sequel was published by kensingtonpinnacle in 1999 where it also hit bestseller status. For many readers, the steve alten meg series is the most popular and bestknown of all. Meg is a series of science fictionhorror novels by american novelist steve alten. The meg 2 is pulling ideas from steven alten s other meg books. New york times bestselling author steve alten s meg. The author made it clear that he put a lot time and effort into. Primal waters continues his thrilling action adventure seriesthe. Although noone could accuse steve alten of high literature, the loch and the meg series were fun and vostok started in a similar vein. Struggling to support his family of five, he decided to pen a novel he had been thinking about for years. The flagship series of novels by florida author steve alten except the flagship is actually a really, really big threatening shark.
A native of philadelphia, he earned a bachelors degree from penn state, a masters from the university of. A series filled with excitement and action, this is one of the best in its genre, as alten definitely knows what hes doing in one of his most confident franchises to date. The next book in the meg series, the trench, was published in 1999, and it became a. An impossibility is being taken to the middle east. Steve alten is a wellestablished author who is widely known for his science fiction novels. Steve alten born 1959 grew up in philadelphia, earning his bachelors degree in physical education at penn state university, a masters degree in sports medicine from the university of delaware, and a doctorate of education at temple university. Hells aquarium continues his thrilling action adventure series the basis for the feature film the meg, starring jason statham as jonas taylor. Steve alten teases seventh meg franchise novel, meg. New york times bestselling author steve altens meg.
He is also the founder and director of americas nationwide adoptanauthor reading initiative. After completing his bachelors degree in sports medicine from the university of delaware, alten joined temple university where he earned a doctorate in education. His best known work is the meg series, a series about a giant prehistoric shark thought to be extinct. Buy steve alten ebooks to read online or download in pdf or epub on your pc, tablet or mobile device. 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. Generations hardback will not be sold in stores, it must be preordered at with the movie trailers out in theaters and the manuscript still being readied, i decided to push back the pre order deadline. Meanwhile, jonas is coerced into joining an expedition into the panthalassa sea in search of a prehistoric predatory species. Origins meg series prequel by steve alten nook book.
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. The comic will feature navy deep sea submersible pilot, jonas taylor as he finds himself facetoface with the largest and most ferocious predator in the history of the animal kingdom. Clearly having a lot of fun with the concept and the characters, its easy to see why each release was met with so much enthusiasm from the general public. Origins is the prequel to the first book of steve alten s meg series currently about six books strongabout a prehistoric megalodon shark that escapes its natural habitat of several hundred thousand miles underwater into shallow feeding grounds. Primal waters was the very first book i have ever read by this thriller.
He is also founder and director of adoptanauthor, a secondary school reading program used by thousands of teachers in the u. In steve altens new york times bestselling meg series, deep sea diver and. When he learned high school teachers were actually using his novels in the classroom, steve launched adoptanauthor, a nationwide nonprofit program designed to encourage students to read. The average prehistoric meg weighs in at twenty tons and could tear apart a tyrannosaurus rex in seconds. On march 3, 2016, reported that director jon turteltaub national treasure has since been in talks to helm the movie adaptation of steve alten s meg. Steve alten books mystery series, book lists, mystery. Cecil was lucky enough to sit down with his favorite author, steve alten, for a skype interview. Deviating from the usual monsterdanger fare it suddenly becomes a dreadful conspiracy theory rant. Steve alten is the new york times bestselling author of meg. Written off as a crackpot suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder, taylor refuses to forget the depths that nearly cost him his life. Steve alten is a ny times and international bestselling author of the meg. Jul 24, 2015 cecil was lucky enough to sit down with his favorite author, steve alten, for a skype interview. The series is about meg, a gigantic prehistoric shark from a species known as the megalodon who has somehow survived to this day.
A novel of deep terror 1997 revised and expanded edition. As that date approaches and i receive word as to the launch date of the meg movie trailer, that cutoff may move back a week or so. Hells aquarium, is considered to be the best of the bestselling meg series. He is also founder and director of adoptanauthor, a secondary school reading program used by. Steve alten meg vostok steve alten best selling author. Nightstalkers with david taylor in the salish sea, attempting to locate and rescue any surviving megalodon pups before a local fisherman slaughters them. I have always loved the meg series by steve alten and this is probably my 5th or 6th time reading each one. Soon to be a major motion picture and based off new york times bestselling author steve alten s novel meg.