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Zachary Wallace is a "young Jacques Yves Cousteau," a boy-genius named one of the top scientists in the world for his unique approach in tracking the ocean's most elusive creatures. But Zack's future as a scientist is in doubt. A near-death experience suffered while on expedition in the Sargasso Sea has caused long-forgotten memories to resurface. . . memories of a horrible near-drowning as a child on Loch Ness.
Haunted by vivid night terrors, stricken by a sudden fear of the water, Zack finds he can no longer function as a marine biologist.Unable to cope, his career all but over, he stumbles down a path of self-destruction. . .until he receives contact from his estranged father, a man he has not seen nor heard from since his parents' divorced and he left Scotland when he was nine.
Angus Wallace, a wily Highlander who never worked an honest day in his life, is on trial for murdering his business partner. Only Zachary can prove his innocence - if he is innocent, but to do so means confronting the nightmare that nearly killed him seventeen years earlier.
about Domain by Steve Alten 2007-07-03 13:52:19
Matrix meets Indiana Jones, DOMAIN centers upon the Mayan Calendar's 2,000 year old prophecy that predicts Humanity will perish on December 21st in the year 2012. Only one man can save us: Michael Gabriel, son of the late archaeologist Julius Gabriel. One problem: Mick is locked up in an insane asylum in Miami, diagnosed a paranoid schizophrenic.
about Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror by Steve Alten 2007-07-03 13:51:22
Carcharodon megalodon – apex predator of all time, the most fearsome creature that ever lived - a 70-foot, 60,000 pound Great White shark. Hundreds of 7-inch serrated teeth filled jaws that could swallow an elephant whole. It could sense its prey miles away, inhaling its scent as it registered the beat of its fluttering heart, and if you ever came close enough to see the monster...it was already too late.
For Navy deep-sea submersible pilot Jonas Taylor, it nearly was too late. Years ago, on a top-secret dive 7 miles down into the Mariana Trench, Jonas came face to face with an ancient monster everyone believed extinct. Having barely escaped with his life, Jonas must prove to the world that Meg still exists. When an opportunity to return to the Trench presents itself, he takes it, intent on returning topside with a 7-inch white tooth! But man’s presence in this unexplored domain releases one of the sharks from its purgatory, and now Jonas is the only one who can stop it.
about The Shell Game by Steve Alten 2007-07-03 13:40:20
The events of September 11th, 2001...the invasion of Iraq...the threat of radical Islam... an impending showdown with Iran. What do these situations have in common?
Oil. And the world is running out.
The SHELL GAME is far more than a thriller, it is a MUST-READ cautionary tale that exposes the next “9/11 event” a deception that will lead to a retaliatory chemical weapons strike on Iran and the terrorist elements the regime supports. Though the novel is written as fiction, it is filled with all-too-real details provided by insiders in the oil industry, military, and Middle Eastern affairs that extrapolates real events from the past and present that could lead us down a path of self-destruction...unless we stop the insanity now!
The story opens in 2007 when two CIA spooks meet with an American Colonel in military intelligence. The war is going badly, and President Bush, who steadfastly refuses to back down, remains unchallenged at home as Democrats and Republicans continue to toss verbal grenades – positioning themselves for the 2008 elections. Meanwhile, Iran’s pursuit of nuclear energy will yield enriched uranium within five years -- uranium that can be used to manufacture suitcase nukes.
The United States’ military is too drained to invade Iran, and a preemptive strike is out of the question...unless a nuclear detonation (suitcase bomb) were to occur on in American city -- the enriched uranium traced back to Iran. A U.S. reprisal would strike a death-blow against radical Islam, quell the insurgent violence in Iraq...and yield more oil. Yes, the cost is unthinkable – but if we sit back and do nothing then one day a dozen suitcase bombs could go off in a dozen American cities – bringing with it anarchy and the collapse of Western civilization.
December 2011: Ashley “Ace” Futrell is an oil expert working for PetroConsultants, married to Kelli Doyle, a former National Security Advisor and one of the CIA spooks from the opening scene. When Kelli threatens to expose the plot, Ace finds his existence hurtling down a rabbit’s hole of deceit where the orchestrated lies of the powerful few could lead to the darkest days of human existence... and the death knell for billions.

about The Loch by Steve Alten 2007-07-03 13:54:47