Once a Navy deep-sea submersible pilot, now a marine paleontologist, Taylor is convinced that a remnant population of Carcharodon megalodon-prehistoric sharks growing up to 70 feet long, that subsisted on whales-lurks at the bottom of the Mariana Trench. Jonas Taylor encountered something that changed the course of his life. Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror – Seven years ago, and seven miles below the surface of the Pacific Ocean, Dr.What he finds there - a remnant population of luminous, prehistoric Megalodons - will change the course of the rest of his life. Meg: Origins (E-Book prequel published in 2011) – Commander Jonas Taylor is tasked with piloting the US Navy’s most advanced submersible, the DSV Sea Cliff, to the bottom of Challenger Deep - 36,000 feet below the surface - into what is very much an undiscovered country.A sequel is announced for a 2023 release. When he crosses paths with a pregnant Megaladon, Taylor knows that no one is going to be safe.Ī film adaptation titled The Meg was released in 2018 starring Jason Statham. The story revolves around a deep-sea diver and paleontologist Jonas Taylor who discovers a species long thought extinct, the prehistoric predators known as Carcharodon megalodon, the massive mother of the great white shark. What is the MEG series about?įrom American science-fiction author Steve Alten, the MEG series is about a famous fictional underwater killer: the Megalodon.

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