Shark Movies? Summer? Look out for the MEG Trailer

When Warner Bros. release The MEG in theaters this summer, admirers of toothy mayhem will witness a shark flick like no other— because Megalodon have been extinct for over two million years. Or have they?

In a world first imagined by author Steve Alten, the most fearsome predator ever to inhabit the planet has survived in the deepest, darkest realm in the ocean, until mankind’s interference sets it free.

Could the deepest most unexplored ocean trench in the world harbor the most terrifying creature ever to have existed?

The MEG, written by international best-selling author Steve Alten tells the story of navy deep-sea pilot Jonas Taylor, who seven years earlier found himself on a top-secret dive in the Mariana Trench seven miles down in the western Pacific Ocean. Life exists in this 1,500 mile long gorge thanks to hydrothermal vents which create a warm layer along the bottom. Taylor comes face-to-face with the species occupying the top of this abyssal food-chain — Carcharodon Megalodon — the 70-foot, 70,000-pound prehistoric cousin of the great white shark.

Taylor narrowly escapes, but his actions cost the lives of two scientists as well as his career. His claims are dismissed as mere aberrations of the deep, but Taylor knows what he saw, and when an opportunity to return to the trench to collect an unfossilized Meg tooth presents itself years later, he’s intent on retrieving it to prove his naysayers wrong. Instead, man’s presence in the abyss causes one of the creatures to escape — a pregnant female — and now the race is on to capture it.

Fact Check: You know there’s going to be a lot of action, because it stars Jason Statham and Ruby Rose. They’re definitely going to ‘need a bigger boat‘.

INTERESTED IN THE BOOK?

The MEG
A&M Publishing
Release date: July 3, 2018
ISBN: 9781943957088
The MEG limited edition available only at SteveAlten.com
All otherMEG series books available from all booksellers