Meg: Hell's Aquarium
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The Philippine Sea Plate is the deepest, most unexplored realm on the planet. Hidden beneath its ancient crust lies the remains of the Panthalassa, an ocean that dates back 220 million years. Vast and isolated, the Panthalassa is inhabited by nightmarish species of sea creatures long believed extinct.
Tanaka Institute, Monterey, CA: Angel, the recaptured 76-foot, 100,000-pound Megalodon, has birthed a litter of pups - five females - far too numerous and aggressive to keep in one pen. One solution: a Dubai royal prince is building the largest aquarium in the world and seeks to purchase two of the "runts".
The deal hinges on hiring Jonas Taylor's 21-year-old son, David, to be their trainer. Jonas reluctantly agrees, and David is off to Dubai for the summer of his life - not realizing he is being set up to lead an expedition that will hunt down and capture the most dangerous creatures ever to inhabit the planet.
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9 primary books10 released booksMEG
MEG is a 10-book series with 9 released primary works first released in 1997 with contributions by Steve Alten.
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Gave this a go when I saw that all except for 2 are currently included with audible. Just in time to head into October spooky reads, and I love some scifi shark horror. Each one's been a little less science and a bit more fiction, but parts have remained fun.
Firstly, I'm pretty positive the last book said that Jonas was 63 or 64, the book said he was about to turn one or the other, and that's why I'm not entirely sure. His daughter in it, is 17, a point that is harped on because she is underage. Yet this one says it's been 4 (?) years and somehow Jonas is only 66, meanwhile his daughter is 24? I've heard the author has edited or altered his stories before, but not knowing your characters ages seems pretty crazy to me. Or I'm missing something.
This book also continued the trend of referring to megalodons as gigantic great whites, which was never true, but is even further contested now. This cover does seem like the first one that is mildly edited though. And although it's clearly a great white, it does look pale as if it could possibly be albino (it's supposed to be).
This book focuses more on prehistoric times and different prehistoric animals, all surviving in the ancient, hidden remains of the Phantalassa ocean. Ocean and marine reptiles that did not live in the same eras, mind you, but why am I still splitting hairs at this point? The Tanaka institute is having issues housing the offspring of Angel, so they sell two pups to Dubai for a new attraction. Jonas' son agrees to help with the transfer, and is of course enticed back to the sea by them after. David is virtually a carbon copy of Jonas, as the author needed someone young enough.
You know what, I could complain about these books all day, and hell, I probably will. Yet somehow, they're still super fun. Personally a 4/5*, the megalodon is still supreme. (And weird how many plot points were stolen from this book for The Meg 2: The Trench movie.)
