Steve alten has pledged to bring 911 truth to the audiences of these programs if given the opportunity. Steve alten is the bestselling author of the meg series which was the basis for the feature film the meg, starring jason statham the domain trilogy, and standalone supernatural thrillers such as the omega project and goliath. Buy at if playback doesnt begin shortly, try restarting your device. 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 phone calls, emails, and interactive websites. Steven robert alten born august 21, 1959 is an american sciencefiction author. The mayan destiny by steve alten the eloquent page. Interview with new hwa member steve alten december 7, 2011. Interview with steve alten march 11th, 2004 i have written a few short stories for different venues, but i dont see a big market in writing collections of short storiesat least not enough to sustain a living.
Now, marine biologist zachary wallace and two other scientists aboard a submersible tethered to a laser will journey thirteen thousand feet beneath. Manny gabriel is the focus for much of this novel, this is a nice touch as he spent much of the. Steve alten grew up in philadelphia, earning his bachelors in physical education at penn state university, a masters in sports medicine from the university of delaware, and a doctorate at temple university. Pennsylvania state university, temple university, university of delaware pictures. Author steve alten opens the book on the undisclosed. As the author himself even declares meg is fiction with a bit of fact sprinkled throughout just to make the unbelievable seen believable. In this sequel to the loch and prequel to the upcoming meg 5. A cant miss proposition for a deepsea horror novel, right. Comparing meg with the more widely known thanks to the spielberg movie jaws, i.
Nightstalkers, new york times bestselling author steve alten offers readers a crossover novel that combines characters from two of his most popular seriesincluding the basis for the feature film, the meg, starring jason statham east antarctica. Steve alten books mystery series, book lists, mystery. Not a worthy followup to lake vostok imo and at times its downright annoying if you arew familiar with the disclosure project. Please note this is novel is a direct sequel to the mayan resurrection and third in an ongoing series. Steve alten will be at spooky empire 2009 convention oct. In 1996, his meg series became famous in the frankfurt book fair. Nightstalkers, new york times bestselling author steve alten offers readers a crossover novel that combines characters from two of his most popular series. 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. Steve alten is the bestselling author of the domain trilogy domain, resurrection, phobos and the meg series, including meg. Vostok by steve alten is the sequel to the loch and the prequel to meg.
Steve altens vostok is an odd book, a science fiction themed adventure that dabbles in several different genres, teasing the reader with multiple scenarios and plot lines, before making a major leap in theme that demands a little patience and trust on the part of the reader. See the complete meg series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. Vostok is a crossover work that combines characters from the loch and his megaladonbased meg series. His novels are very visual and full of action, leading three of them to be optioned for film domain, meg and the loch. Needless to say, i had very high hopes for this book.
Steve alten is an american novelist of science fiction and horror novels. Steve alten has 38 books on goodreads with 101932 ratings. Primal waters was the very first book i have ever read by this thriller author, but it certainly was not my last. A novel of deep terror 1997 revised and expanded edition published by tsunami books in 2005, republished in 2015 as an anniversary. Steve played and coached basketball at the high school and college levels, and worked informally with legendary coach john chaney for 4 years. Such was my experience with steve altens undisclosed.
He is best known for his meg series of novels set around the fictitious survival of the megalodon, a giant, prehistoric shark. Steve alten is a ny times and international bestselling author of the meg. It pays off, if you stick through to the end, but theres no doubt. Ive read all the steve alten books in order for his series and a few of the standalone novels including undisclosed, and if you havent check this author yet, you definitely should. Steve alten is the new york times bestselling author of meg. The book sold to people in more than twenty countries. East antarctica is the most barren, desolate tundra on earth. On september friday the th, 1996, steve lost his general managers job at a wholesale meat plant.
Twoandahalf miles below the ice cap is vostok, a six thousand square mile liquid lake, over a thousand feet deep, left. The first installment in the meg book series, and it features the protagonist jonas taylor. Vostok by steve alten meet your next favorite book. Steve alten august 2017 newsletter constant contact. He is also the founder and director of americas nationwide adoptanauthor reading initiative. The mayan trilogy collection steve alten 3 books set the mayan prophecy, the mayan resurrection, the mayan destiny 01jan2010. Working day and night he completed his famous meg novels. In the last 25 years, i have written and published 18 thrillers and a romcom under the pen name l. After binge reading the book in one sitting, i think its safe to say im hyped for the future film. Vostok loch, book 2 by steve alten fantastic fiction. A native of philadelphia, he earned a bachelors degree from penn state, a masters from the university of delaware, and a doctorate from temple university. Philadelphia, pennsylvania, united states education.
The year is 1956 and jonas alongside the united states navy are on a topsecret mission deep within the mariana trench. Buried two and a half miles under ancient ice lies vostok, a massive liquid lake untouched for 15 million years. With record lows in the negative s, its a pristine frozen wasteland void of much human interference. Steve alten author of the meg book series about megalodon sharks and megalodon shark attacks. The meg book series by steve alten includes books meg. Steve alten is the new york times and international bestselling author of fourteen novels, including the meg series about carcharodon megalodon, the 70foot, 100,000 pound prehistoric cousin of the great white shark and domain trilogy, a series about the mayan calendars 2012 doomsday prophecy.
The author, steve alten takes great delight in this creature feature and it shows. The titular shark is a carcharodon megaladon, a bigger, badder, thoughttobeextinct relative of the great white shark. When scientists from davis station discover two perfectly preserved miocene. His best known work is the meg series, a series about a giant prehistoric shark thought to be extinct. Sharkman by steve alten mystery series, book lists. Bestselling author steve altens third book in the mayan prophecy series is a doomsday rollercoaster ride of adventure that follows immanuel gabriel, the surviving hero twin depicted in the popol vuh, as he takes us to the end of the world and back again for one last shot at salvation and a chance meeting with his deceased grandfather. This week i blasted through steve altens new thriller, vostok. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Steve alten net worth steve alten made money by actors niche. Vostok by steve alten signed first edition book see all titles by steve alten east antarctica. Undisclosed a new thriller by steve alten will be released on june 6, 2017. Twoandahalf miles below the ice cap is vostok, a six thousand square mile liquid lake, over a thousand feet deep, left untouched for more than fifteen million years.
He had to sell his car for publishing a book named as deep terror. I was familiar with the authors work from his seminal novel meg read many years ago, a novel that has stuck in my mind since reading it when it was first published in july of 1997. Ever since the 1975 publication of the blockbuster novel jaws, and the hugely successful movie directed by steven spielberg, authors have tried to improve on peter benchleys formula for success. Sharkman by steve alten book cover, description, availability.
Twoandahalf miles below the ice cap is vostok, a sixthousand square mile liquid lake, over a thousand feet deep, left untouched for more than fifteen million years. Here you will find the complete schedule of the tours posts. When you have uncovered the truth behind an ageold legend that is known across the world, the chances of being left alone by the media are unsurprisingly slim. Yet alten has, through four novels only three of which i have read, to date continuously missed. Pages public figure author steve alten videos meg trailer. The steve alten books include one of my favorite series called meg. I am a huge fan of altens marine thrillers, with the loch perhaps being my favorite book in the entire thriller genre. He was able to sell books in more than twenty countries after that. The loch by steve alten had exactly that premise, and i enjoyed that for the most part, so when the opportunity to read the sequel came along i was powerless to resist. Steve alten ebooks epub and pdf downloads ebookmall. Depressed and feeling isolated, kwan is befriended by his new principal, who tells him about an internship at a genetics lab in miami working with shark stem cells that are being tested on rats to cure cancer and spinal injuries. Steve alten takes a steven greer sermon and turns it into a monster story, the result is a didactic but sometimes thrilling book. Nightstalkers in this crossover novel uniting two of altens most popular series out now. 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.