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Fathomless

By: Greig Beck
Narrated by: Sean Mangan
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In Fathomless, the greatest predator the world has ever known is coming home in 2016.

Carcharodon megalodon. The largest and most fearsome predator to have ever existed on our planet. Rumours of its existence in our modern oceans have persisted for centuries. Now, in a new adventure, the rumours explode into brutal and terrifying reality in Fathomless, by Greig Beck.

Baranof Island, Gulf of Alaska, 1952. Jim Granger is searching for a place of legend. Known as Bad Water by the island's elders, it's reputed to be home to many dangerous creatures. Through a seam in a cliff face, Jim finds what he seeks. He also finds, too late, that the water demon he was warned about is horrifyingly real.

Today Cate Granger is following in her grandfather's footsteps. Along with a team of scientists and crew, she accidentally releases a creature from Earth's primordial past into today's oceans. The giant megalodon shark follows its instinct and a genetic memory of a home that existed millions of years ago along the Californian coast.

Nothing is safe on or below the water as the monster stakes its claim on the world's oceans. Now Cate and her team must do battle with a creature that has no rival, knows no fear, and regards humans as nothing more than prey.

©2016 Greig Beck (P)2016 Bolinda Publishing
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"Mr Beck is a master at building up suspense." ( Good Reading)
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Apart from the narrator pronouncing megalodon wrong it is still a brilliant book and listen


A brilliant book

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I'm a nut for the genre, so my opinion may be slightly skewed, but I really enjoyed this book.
As others have stated, some words or phrases do pop up a bit too regularly, though I believe this book was written earlier in the authors career, so it can be overlooked.
The narrator, Sean Mangan, also does a whoopsie in his pronunciation of "Megalodon", which when you consider is "the" main character, can't help but grate each time it's spoken, that said, we are all to familiar with this particular prehistoric shark nowadays, but they were far less spoken of at the time of writing, so again, we must overlook this. Furthermore, Sean Mangans' general skill as a narrator far outweighs any errors present here, and if I could pay for him to whisper me to sleep each night I would, though my wife may complain.
All in all, if big creatures eating people is your bag, then get ready to pack the kitchen sink, because this bag is full to the brim with cliched silly sausages getting chomped right up.
Despite its flaws, this is a very enjoyable book and one I've listen to now a few times, and about to start "The Abyss", it's sequel.
So get yourself down to your local bookshop, pull out your phone, and purchase this audiobook now, on the app. You're welcome.

It was "this" big!

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a simply superb story!!! nothing original, but what an amazing, and superb performance! strogly recomand!

absolutly superb!!

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The premise of the story is great. love the ideas and execution in the initial phases of the book. However, characters feel somewhat flat and leaves you wondering why they would do what they do later in the book with the exception of one or two. Performance feels a bit flat and without excitement or anticipation where you would expect it.
The use of the words, 'Stygian' and 'Torpedo' is somewhat excessive.
With those issues it's still a good read and has a place in this genre. Would I listen to it a second time, no. Would I recommend it to a friend into the same genre, yes.

Good premise, somewhat flat characters.

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I'm torn between loving what is a fantastic novel and the fact that the narrator consistently mispronounced megalodon to the point where it really grated to have to listen to it. Carcharodon and carcharias were also mangled, although not to the painful extent megalodon was. It's a massive shame, as the narrator has such a beautiful voice.

Great story, unfortunate pronunciation

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A really interesting take on the Big Shark story. Read wonderfully. It started slow, and we didn’t get to ‘see’ the shark until quite a way in.

Nothing from the sharks POV and no real sense of character of the shark (if you like the Meg series)

The mispronouncing of Megalodon (Pronounced here as Megalowden) grated a little .

But! A brilliant little big shark romp! Well worth a listen.

It starts slow but really ramps up!

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Just when I thought this great story had ended I found it was halfway through! This could have easily been 2 books, but we get it in one!
Narrator was good as well.

Like 2 books in one!

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Thoroughly enjoyable horror/sc-fi/thriller with a great big fish. Ideal Winter listening, strongly recommended if you like this sort of thing. It's basically "The Meg" with (slightly) better science and considerably better writing.

One caveat: be prepared to have Mr Mangan pronounce Megalodon as "mega-load-on" all the way through. It really grates but after the first forty or so times I got so I could ignore it. Apparently he gets it right in book 2, so that's all right.

Good stuff, lots better than "The Meg"...

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Boring narration, deus ex machinas, editing mistakes and clichés galore! Long, but not great. unless you have a long journey to fill give this one a miss.

If you've read Jaws and Meg you've read this book

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The story is solid, if sometimes a bit predictable. Characters a bit flat and the romance... I rolled my eyes. Otherwise good fun.

Bit predicable but good fun

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