IT LURKS Deep beneath the ice of the Arctic Circle, something has awakened. A primordial creature frozen in time, it is the oldest, largest, most efficient predator that nature has ever produced. And it is ravenously hungry... IT HUNTS Thirty-five miles off the Massachusetts coast, a small research ship is attacked. All but one of its crew is killed by the massive serpentine horror that rises from the sea. The creature likes this human prey. The chewy outer hide. The tender saltiness within. And it wants more... IT FEEDS Responding to a distress signal, fishing boat captain Brian Hawkins arrives in time to save the ship's last survivor. But the nightmare is just beginning. A casino cruise ship carrying high-stakes passengers--and a top-secret cargo--becomes the creature's blood-soaked hunting ground. Even the U.S. Navy can't destroy it. Desperate but determined, Hawkins goes after the biggest catch of the century. But there's something he didn't count on-
I loved the complexity of the story! How each main character had their own prospective as events unraveled; from shady backroom dealings, a fishing captain trying to do the right thing and a little girl trying to survive.
Lets not forget the monster! Watching the creature evolve and adapt to its new environment was something else and I can't even imagine what it would take to survive.
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