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The Deep

by Nick Cutter

A doctor descends to a silent research lab eight miles beneath the Pacific, where a world-ending plague may have led to something far worse than death.

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About The Deep

Afraid of the dark? You should be ... Part horror, part psychological nightmare, The Deep by Nick Cutter is a novel fans of Stephen King and Clive Barker won't want to miss. A plague is destroying the world's population. The 'Gets makes people forget. First it's the small things, like where you left your keys ... then the not-so-small things, like how to drive. And finally your body forgets how to live. But now an unknown substance with extraordinary power to heal has been discovered in the depths of the Pacific Ocean. Nicknamed ambrosia, it might just be the miracle cure the world has been praying for. A research lab has been established eight miles below the sea's surface, but all contact with the team has been lost. Dr Luke Nelson's brother is down there and as desperation for a cure outweighs common sense, he agrees to descend through the lightless fathoms ... perhaps to face an evil blacker than anything he could have imagined.

Reading signals

Spice
None
Darkness
Extreme
Pacing
Balanced
Content warnings
  • Pandemic/plague
  • Body horror
  • Animal cruelty
  • Animal death
  • Child abuse
  • Death
  • Gore
  • Confinement/claustrophobia
  • Medical experimentation
  • child sexual abuse and incest
  • suicide and suicidal thoughts
  • fatphobia
  • hallucinations

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