He is best known for his meg series of novels set around the fictitious survival of the megalodon, a giant, prehistoric shark. His novels are very visual and full of action, leading three of them to be optioned for film domain, meg and the loch. Night stalkers to time with the release of the film. A prehistoric shark surfaces off california and proceeds to wreak havoc. Nightstalkers with david taylor in the salish sea, attempting to locate and rescue any surviving megalodon pups before a local fisherman slaughters them. The book on which the movie the meg is based includes pat burrell breaking barry bonds home run record as it turns out, the book version of jason stathams upcoming movie the meg is a fantasy.
I may not have gone so far as to read altens entire series of meg books, but i used to have of a thing for monster and dinosaur novels, whether. On a topsecret dive into the pacific oceans deepest canyon, jonas. The average prehistoric meg weighs in at twenty tons and could tear apart a tyrannosaurus rex in seconds. Based on the book series by steve alten, the meg saw jason statham and a team of unlucky oceanographers as they fought to contain not one, but two giant prehistoric sharks that were accidentally released. 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.
Meg is short for megalodon, the name of an actual, oversized, prehistoric shark. The meg introduces audiences to the megalodon, the worlds biggest shark that ever lived, once thought extinct but now its resurfaced to battle jason statham. The meg trailer makes sharknado look like a day on sesame street. Indiewires shark expert takes a bite out of the meg. A novel of deep terror is a sciencefiction horror novel by steve alten. Check out the trailer for steve altens spellbinding meg series, tracking the adventures of jonas taylor as he battles the long thought extinct megalodon. Megs are fearsome and extremely massive prehistoric sharks who terrorize anything that stands in their way. Complete order of steve alten books in publication order and chronological order. Carcharodon megalodon, the massive mother of the great white shark. 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. A novel of deep terror is a science fiction novel by.
Mega shark versus giant octopus 2009, directed by ace hannah a pseudonym for jack perez. Steve alten is an american novelist of science fiction and horror novels. See the complete meg series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. The book was another ny times bestseller, but the stress of penning this reallife story affected steves health, and three months after he finished the manuscript he was diagnosed with parkinsons disease. The sharks had managed to avoid both extinction and evolution because theyd been trapped in a warmer portion of the mariana trench, due to. In the novel named the trench, the author describes about the marriage of jason. Primal waters continues his thrilling action adventure seriesthe basis for the feature film the meg, starring jason statham as jonas taylor. The flagship series of novels by florida author steve alten except the flagship is actually a really, really big threatening shark.
The meg is loosely based on the first book excuse me, novel of deep terror in the. The new megashark movie the meg will legit make you. Thats the first of i believe, six meg books, seven if he continues on and finishes purgatory meg. Released on in 1997 in july it would setup the core premise of the series, whilst also introducing all of the characters for the first time too. The book on which the movie the meg is based includes. Meg is a series of science fictionhorror novels by american novelist steve alten. 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. Book awards book club selections books by author books by series coming soon kids books new releases teens books this months biggest new releases. Steve alten meg vostok steve alten best selling author. It was the apex predator of all time, the most fearsome creature that ever lived a 70foot, 70,000 pound great white shark. The meg trailer makes sharknado look like a day on sesame. The team resolves to go out and first track the meg and then kill it with poison, with suyin in a sharkproof tank. Steven robert alten born august 21, 1959 is an american sciencefiction author. Jason statham was born in shirebrook, derbyshire, to eileen yates, a dancer, and barry statham, a street merchant and lounge singer.
The mega shark film series is four monster and disaster films from the asylum, an american independent film company and distributor that focuses on producing lowbudget films. She is one of the most prominent characters in the saga, along with jonas taylor. The series is about meg, a gigantic prehistoric shark from a species known as the megalodon who has somehow survived to. The latest jason statham thriller, the meg, claims that its a science fiction action horror film about an enormous shark terrorizing a deepsea research station. After learning that the meg film will be releasing in august, i decided to reread primal waters so that i could continue with the series and satisfy my building excitement for the upcoming theatrical debut. I read all five books that were out at the time in 5 days total.
His best known work is the meg series, a series about a giant prehistoric shark thought to be extinct. 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. He wrote a series called meg, which is based on a surviving prehistoric shark, the megalodon. Meg originally brought out through the tsunami books publishing label, this would establish the series, with it being the first in the meg franchise. However, the mission goes awry when after the shark is injected, the meg is large enough to swallow the cage and in doing so, cracks suyins mask, making her lose oxygen. The film started off pretty good and there were quite a few changes in the characters in the story from the book which is expected.
Steve alten became a published author in 1997 with the novel meg. The writer has given the name to his character which is a prehistoric shark. Jason statham takes on a megalodon in the fun and exciting bmovie the meg. Originally brought out through the tsunami books publishing label, this would establish the series, with it being the first in the meg franchise. Eighteen years have passed since angel, the megalodon shark broke free of the tanaka lagoon and returned to the mariana trench. Any book with a jacket blurb stating i have just two words for you. He was a diver on the british national diving team and finished twelfth in the world championships in 1992. Arguably the primary antagonist of the series, a female megalodon shark, angel is first introduced in the ending lines of. Meg by steve alten jaws by peter benchley the trench by steve alten beast by. The meg is the most expensive shark movie ever made, but perhaps what humans fear about sharks is best presented in small projects like 47 meters down. As jaws meets jurassic park, meg short for megladon brings us a 60foot, 20ton prehistoric shark with a ninefootwide mouth that is likely to gobble up bestseller lists, as well as reappear in 1998 as a summer blockbuster. While exploring a trench in the china sea a group of researchers accidentally release a prehistoric shark known as a. Hells aquarium, is considered to be the best of the bestselling meg series. The giant shark also has a much, much higher body count in the.
The series is about meg, a gigantic prehistoric shark from a species known as the megalodon who has somehow survived to this day. Check out the trailer for steve altens spellbinding meg series, tracking the adventures of jonas taylor as he battles the long thought extinct. Me and my hubby started buddyreading this book during shark week for the past three years, and it seems. Meg would go on to become the book of the 1996 frankfurt book fair, where it eventually sold to more than a twenty countries. Jason statham has to save the world from a prehistoric 75footlong shark called the. Primal waters is the third instalment in the sciencefiction, actionadventure series, meg, written by steve alten. The meg book series by steve alten includes books meg.
Steve alten teases seventh meg franchise novel, meg. Best known for his meg series, steven alten is famous for his character. Although its size, strength, intelligent, and probably its ferocity are frequently exaggerated in the books. The novel, along with its sequels, follows the underwater adventures of a navy deepsea diver named jonas taylor. I want to start this i saying i love the book series, well at least the first few. New york times bestselling author steve altens meg. The 1997 sciencefiction novel that inspired the meg has multiple sequels, and one might expect the movie to tease a confrontation between the giant shark and. On a topsecret dive into the pacific oceans deepest canyon, jonas taylor found himself facetoface with the largest and most ferocious predator.
Jason stathams summer shark movie the meg is based on south. 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. What you need to know about steve altens meg series. Why the meg is failing to scare audiences hollywood. Thats the first of i believe, six meg books, seven if hemore the meg movie is loosely based on steve altens novel meg. Shark sequel the meg 2 in very early stages screen rant. It was an exciting ride into the mariana trench where the 60 foot fifty tonne albino monster lurks for its next prey. In the last 25 years, i have written and published 18 thrillers and a romcom under the pen name l. The book, though, spends paragraph after paragraph detailing the severed limbs and eviscerated organs the meg leaves in its wake.
A novel of deep terror by steve alten, is the latest movie from a genre that i have a lovehate relationship with i love these stupid shark. I am a big fan of shark movies and so after hearing that one of my favorite actors, jason statham, would be staring in a shark movie based on the book meg i figured, why not read a book about a shark. A novel of deep terror is a sciencefiction horror novel by steve alten, and was first published in july 1997. Nightstalkers is one of the best entries in the book series yet, but alten still isnt done exploring this world he has created. He has also been a fashion model, black market salesman. The meg, which sounds more like an episode of seinfeld than a fearsome creature feature, lacks the. Author steve alten didnt just write a book called meg.
Book six in the bestselling meg series picks up after meg. Angel is a fictional megalodon shark that appears in the meg saga, written by steve alten. In the book he describes about the last shark whose name was angel. Meanwhile, jonas is coerced into joining an expedition into the panthalassa sea in search of a prehistoric predatory species possessing liver enzymes that can cure cancer. The meg, also known as the megalodon, are the titular main antagonists of underwater thriller novel series of the same name, and the 2018 film based on the first installment of the novels. As the last page in the novel promises, the saga will continue with another book, meg. In the novel named the trench, the author describes about the marriage of jason with terry. Meanwhile, jonas is coerced into joining an expedition into the panthalassa sea in search of a prehistoric predatory species. After experiencing meg, youll crack open your little shark book and call up jaws.
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