Freakin Fridays!
Freakin Fridays is my own little meme. I’ll be posting about books, movies, and all things scary.
Feel free to join in and do your own Freakin Fridays posts!
Tune in every Friday. Get your scare on!
Let’s have some fun!
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I am fascinated by sharks. All kinds of sharks. I’m not sure why, but I think it’s because of the danger they present along with their beauty.
Yes, sharks are beautiful.
Imagine a great white, weighing in at 2000 lbs. Now image that blown up to 46 – 59 feet long with 7 inch teeth and a mouth you can stand upright in!
That’s your megalodon, the prehistoric cousin of the great white shark.
The popular theory is their diet consisted mainly of whales. Just imagine a shark that big. We wouldn’t be much of an appetizer.
When Commander Jonas Taylor is ordered to make one more dive down into the 36,000 foot Challenger Deep, he knows he shouldn’t be piloting. He’s exhausted, shaky and his motor functions are impaired.
Left with no choice, he dives deep into the abyss.
What he doesn’t know is someone else is down there. They know the megalodons exist and want to bring them up to prove it.
Jonas and his crew dive smack dab into it when they encounter a raging megalodon, hell-bent on taking out it’s annoying competition.
The luminescent white image rushes towards them, growing to tremendous size, with a mouth that could swallow their mini sub whole. Jonas has one chance to make the right decision. The wrong one will land them right in the massive sharks jaws.
Having read the other four books in the Meg series, I was thrilled to see this short prequel. It gives you Jonas’s backstory about his situation at the beginning of the first book. You’ll read how he ended up with a tarnished reputation and ruined career.
You’ll also be meeting Megalodon up close.
I swear, I could almost feel the fear when these men first spotted the meg. I wouldn’t have wanted to be in that sub, no way!
I’ve heard a rumor there may be a movie based on the Meg series, maybe this year. I’ll be first in line.
If you haven’t read the Meg books, this is a great introduction.
For those of you who have, this is an excellent addition to feed your Meg fix.
4 Stars
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To read more about the Meg Series and Steve Alten go HERE.