The Trench by Steve Alten

Author:Steve Alten
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Sharks, Megalodontacea, Horror, Fiction, Marine biologists, Suspense, Sea Stories, Deep diving, Thrillers, California, Horror Fiction, General, Submarine trenches, Carcharocles megalodon
ISBN: 9780786011148
Publisher: Pinnacle Books
Published: 2000-06-01T04:00:00+00:00

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The crew of the trawler watched helplessly as the saillike dorsal fin rose above the wake, circling the crippled sailing ship.

Jonas crouched in the cockpit of the downed chopper, yellow over the radio. "Damn it, Maren, I said I want to speak with Celeste."

"Forget it, Taylor, we're not retracting the nets. The Megalodon's exhausted, and the William Beebe's on he way to harpoon her. We'll pick up any passengers in the water, but we're not—"

Dief entered the pilothouse and tore the radio away from Maren.

"Jonas, it's Dief. What the hell's going on?"

"The chopper lost its tail assembly, Dief, that sail ship's going down fast. There must be fifty passengers on board. You've got to retract those gill nets. The Meg's going berserk."

"I'm on it."

Jonas rejoined Mac on deck. Two hundred yards away, the Lady Washington had managed to turn leeward, its prow straining to reach the disabled fishing trawler, its eleven-foot draft now less than two feet above water.

"They'll never make it," Mac said. "Shit, here she comes again!"

Jonas cringed as the wake barreled into the Lady Washington, the ship shuddering as it absorbed yet another tremendous blow. He could hear the screams of the passengers.

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