There's a great balance of discovery and awe and undersea danger and especially a long-term hope when it comes to the possible cure for the 'gets. (For'gets. A plague on the surface.) It goes ooooh so nice with his nightmares and the way he tries to hold on to a version of reality as something really deep and sinister rises up out of the deep in the actual ocean and his subconscious, too. I kept in step with the characters all the way. When it comes to the ending, it was a bit too predictable and well, somewhat unbelievable for me. Now, I get that this does have a pretty big sci-fi horror aspect to it but I figured what would happen… would probably happen and it did. Don’t worry, I won’t spoil anything for you but I love going into a novel blind and just being immersed in the story without trying to figure things out on my own so everything happens naturally. If you have any questions or want to know more, please shoot me a question. I'm pretty good about responding. Will Lucas complete his goal? Will there be a happy ending? Will anyone live to find out? I’m horrified…

There was not one redeeming quality about him and if I were his brother, I would never have even bothered going to the Trieste in the first place. That aside, there were a few things that kept this book from the coveted full 5 stars. First off, the concept of The ‘Gets (a disease that causes its victims to gradually forget everything they know, including vital everyday functions like eating food and breathing) was not explored nearly enough. It serves as a catalyst, but doesn’t really play a big role in the plot overall. This is a shame, really. It feels like a bit of a wasted opportunity. The Deep is my second Cutter novel. The first I read was The Troop, which I easily gave 5-glowing stars.As with The Troop, the story begins with a clear-cut plotline: There is a horrible new disease called “The ‘Gets” wiping out the population at an alarming rate and a possible cure (code name “ambrosia” or “the nectar of the gods”) has been discovered at the bottom of the ocean. Luke’s genius (and potentially mad) scientist brother is one of three who are researching this new substance from a station on the ocean floor, and he has asked the government to summon Luke to come help him.

The Trieste is the perfect embodiment of The Impossible Place Where Humans Should Never Even Dream of Going – it’s malevolent and frightening and wrong in the way of other great vessels and habitats that have strayed too far from the realms of human life. Think Event Horizon, but instead of the cold vacuum of space, the Trieste is in the deepest, darkest bowels of the earth. The same sort of interdimensional Utimate Evil reigns supreme, though – an insidiousness worse than one could imagine or comprehend lurks in these depths, ancient and cruel and calculating. Cutter does a beautiful job of building up the tension of this entity within the Trieste‘s warped walls – there literally is no escape, and a plethora of dangers await. Holy crap was this book creepy. I’m talking nightmare fuel. Unleaded. A mounting sense of dread permeates every sentence. The setting couldn’t possibly be any more claustrophobic. It literally takes place in a laboratory 8 miles down at the bottom of the ocean, full of punishingly tight crawl spaces, segmented corridors with dead ends, extremely dim lighting, and something incredibly sinister that likes to play head games. There are some images in this book that I’m pretty sure will be permanently burned into my brain.Scientists are at the bottom of the ocean looking for a cure to a disease called the 'Gets (short for Forgets). Don't worry about knowing anymore since the Gets since it doesn't really matter and is never explained. The scientists are looking for a miracle substance called Ambrosia that can cure pretty much anything except boredom for the reader. What is Ambrosia exactly? Where does it come from? Don't ask because you won't find out except some vague allusions toward the end. Luke, our protagonist, has a genius brother, Clayton, who is currently conducting research for a possible cure eight miles beneath the surface of the Pacific, down deep in Marianas Trench. The problem is that the scientists stationed in the underwater research lab called the Trieste have been incommunicado and now one of them has surfaced in a not so pretty state. The last communication that the on surface team received came from Clayton, urging his brother Luke to come on down. As with any good horror story, the book touched a nerve. It made me think of when my babysitter swam me out to the middle of our pond and dropped me off. This was pre-kindergarten and I only knew how to swim in theory. Her boyfriend saved me. It was sketchy.

I've been a lifelong fan of horror and the older I get, it seems to me the harder it's getting to scare me and to get my hands on the good stuff. One positive thing about this sad development is that it's forced me to venture out into other genres and try new things and find new loves. My first love however -- my one true love -- will always remain horror. It's in my DNA (literally probably because my parents were huge fans of things going bump in the night). I was weaned on the stuff, and on the stuff I shall die. The Deep reminded me of movies like Saw because I feel like there is a tipping point when something becomes torture porn, not horror. In my opinion, The Troop was not as bad as The Deep in terms of gruesomeness, but Cutter really seems to always include insect infestation and animal torture, two things that I really don’t want to read about. Eldritch Abomination: The creatures that call themselves The Fig Men. Described as two sexless, lumpy, deformed beings with translucent skin, growing out of a wall of undulating, living flesh. Finally there is Al, a woman who pilots the submersible that takes down to the Mariana Trench where The Deep is set. Her defining characteristic? Um, well, she's a woman, I guess. We barely see her and she only shows up to move what little plot the book has along. When she meets her end, you barely notice or care.I may have gone 2 stars on this one for some creativity, but my hopes were too high after the Troop. 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. I’m not sure if knowing what to expect made a difference, but I thought The Troop was way less disturbing than The Deep. I’m still curious about Little Heavens but I may need a break. Finally, certain aspects of the ending don’t really add up if you really stop and think about it. No spoilers here, but suffice it to say there were a couple things that didn’t fully work for me.

Thanks For this great content. Really Enjoyed.Keep It up.We are a group of content writing services and running a community in the same niche.If anyone want content writing services then hire content writer and increase conversions for your online store.You have done a extraordinary job! There are also a couple of other scientists involved but we barely see them which leads to more not caring.Fate Worse than Death: What happened to Zach. Abducted by the Fig Men and brought down to their world, where he's slowly been changed into a Humanoid Abomination. I loved how Cutter made the Trieste feel like a character in and of itself, which reminded me of how The Overlook Hotel feels in The Shining.