The Deep: A Novel

The Deep: A Novel

From the acclaimed author of <i>The Troop</i>-a book that is “utterly terrifying" (Clive Barker). “Fans of unflinching bleakness and all-out horror will love this novel….Each new shock is freshly disturbing." (<i>Publishers Weekly</i>, starred review)<br /><br />A strange plague called the ‘Gets is decimating humanity on a global scale. It causes people to forget-small things at first, like where they left their keys, then the not-so-small things, like how to drive or the letters of the alphabet. Their bodies forget how to function involuntarily. There is no cure.<br /> <br /> But far below the surface of the Pacific Ocean, a universal healer hailed as “ambrosia" has been discovered. In order to study this phenomenon, a special research lab has been built eight miles under the sea's surface. But when the station goes incommunicado, a brave few descend through the lightless fathoms in hopes of unraveling the mysteries lurking at those crushing depths…and perhaps to encounter an evil blacker than anything one could possibly imagine.