Steve Alten Libri

Nato dalla sapienza dei sacerdoti e dalla potenza degli imperatori, il calendario degli antichi Maya non serve soltanto a imprimere un ordine allo scorrere disordinato del tempo. Concepito come uno strumento in grado di conservare la memoria del passato e dì preannunciare il futuro, il calendario individua i presagi nascosti nelle stelle segnalando gli eventi pericolosi. L'archeologo Julius Gabriel ha consacrato tutta la sua esistenza allo studio delle popolazioni precolombiane ed è convinto che alcuni importanti siti archeologici terrestri - la piramide di Giza, i megaliti di Stonehenge, il tempio di Angkor Wat e molti altri - non siano stati costruiti per ragioni di ordine religioso o cerimoniale. Al contrario, pensati come anelli di una catena di messaggi occulti collegati tra di loro, quei monumenti esistono per consentire alla Terra di sfuggire a una catastrofe annunciata da tempo. Una terrificante Apocalisse che, secondo il calendario dei Maya, scatenerà la sua furia distruttrice durante il solstizio d'inverno del 2012 dopo Cristo.

In MEG: Generations, Steve Alten New York Times bestselling author continues his terrifying series. DUBAI: An impossibility is being taken to the Middle East. The transport vessel Tonga is carrying a liopleurodon to the City of Gold. But while investors gawk at the prehistoric creature, any even more dangerous creature is beginning to stir. The megalodon shark that Jonas Taylor worked so hard to capture is coming out of it’s drug-induced stupor and refuses to be contained. No both ancient creatures, older than mankind itself, are loose in the waters of the Arabian Sea, and the region will never be the same.

The story follows Commander Rochelle "Rocky" Jackson, who faces a harrowing battle for survival after the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan and its fleet are unexpectedly attacked and sunk. Amidst the chaos, she encounters a formidable mechanical steel stingray that emerges from the depths, asserting its dominance over the ocean. As Rocky navigates this perilous situation, the narrative explores themes of resilience and the fight against overwhelming odds.

The most fearsome predators in history...are no longer history in Steve Alten's MEG: Hell's Aquarium...

NOW A MAJOR HOLLYWOOD MOVIE STARRING JASON STATHAM. THE MEG MAY BE DEAD. BUT HER SPAWN IS BACK FOR A SECOND BITE... Four years have passed since the death of the Meg, a giant prehistoric Megalodon shark with a taste for human flesh. Former Naval Commander Jonas Taylor, survivor of the Meg's wrath, now houses her one surviving offspring at the Tanaka Institute. Deeply in debt, Taylor has turned to an eccentric billionaire to help fund the Institute, but it comes at a heavy price. And this time, it's not just the sharks he has to watch out for. Soon Taylor must once again face monsters of unimaginable power. The Meg may be dead, but her spawn has now grown to a monstrous size - and shares her mother's bloodthirsty tastes... A high-stakes, fast-paced adventure thriller, perfect for anyone who loves disaster movies or authors like Matthew Reilly and Michael Crichton. Why readers love The Meg 'Two words: Jurassic shark.' LA Times 'An adrenaline-pumping thriller.' New York Post

In this fifth installment of Steve Alten's New York Times bestselling MEG series--the basis for the feature film The Meg, starring Jason Statham as Jonas Taylor--Nighstalkers picks up where MEG: Hell's Aquarium left off. Bela and Lizzy, the dominant Megalodon siblings from Angel's brood, have escaped the Tanaka Institute to roam the Salish Sea in British Columbia. While Jonas Taylor and his friend Mac attempt to either recapture or kill the "sisters," Jonas's son, David, embarks on his own adventure, motivated by revenge. Having witnessed his girlfriend's gruesome death, David has joined a Dubai Prince's ocean expedition, tracking the 120-foot, hundred-ton Liopleurodon that escaped from the Panthalassa Sea. Haunted by night terrors, David repeatedly risks his life to lure the Lio and other prehistoric sea creatures into the fleet's nets, while battling his own suicidal demons. Steve Alten weaves these storylines together in a page-turning thriller that culminates in a final showdown between the most dangerous predators ever to inhabit the planet.

Its appetite is ravenous. Its teeth, scalpel-sharp. For the first time, the captive 20-ton Megalodon shark has tasted human blood, and it wants more . . . On the other side of the world, in the silent depths of the ocean, lies the Mariana Trench, where the Megalodon has spawned since the dawn of time. Paleobiologist Jonas Taylor once dared to enter this perilous cavern. He alone faced a Megalodon shark and cut its heart out. Now, as the body count rises and the horror of a monster's attack grips the California coast, Jonas must begin the hunt again and face his deepest fears—all in order to save his job, his family, and himself.

Marine biologist Zachary Wallace once suffered a near-drowning experience in legendary Loch Ness, and now, long-forgotten memories of that experience have begun haunting him. The truth surrounding these memories lies with Zachary's estranged father, Angus Wallace, a wily Highlander on trial for murder. Together the two plunge into a world where the legend of Loch Ness shows its true face.

After a top-secret dive into the Pacific Ocean's deepest canyon, Jonas Taylor insists that the prehistoric shark known as Carcharodon megalodon still swims there.