- Paperback: 368 pages
- Publisher: Signet (MM) (Mar 2 2004)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0451411293
- ISBN-13: 978-0451411297
- Product Dimensions: 17.1 x 10.6 x 2.6 cm
- Shipping Weight: 172 g
- Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #460,573 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
Miller's second novel (after Zero Hour) starts with a fascinating premise—in Antarctic waters, a giant iceberg has been detected, moving against the stream and heading straight for Hawaii. Marines and biologists are dispatched to land on the leviathan, where they discover a young boy and his infant sister, the only survivors of a shipwreck. The boy talks nervously of the ghosts on the floe, and soon after, members of the landing party begin to meet with gruesome ends provided by mollusk-like creatures called cephids, byproducts of evolution taking a nasty turn. At this point, the story switches from military procedural to horror story, with members of the landing crew dispatched one by one and the survivors pulling together for a final showdown with the enemy; think Night of the Living Dead on an iceberg. Miller is not afraid to pile on the gore ("His viscera spilled onto the floor in a steaming heap"), which gets tiresome before long. The characters are thin and there are unresolved issues at story's end, but the story works on a gut level, thanks to a chilling monster and brisk pacing, even if it doesn't live up to the potential of its imaginative and promising setup.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
DEEP CURRENT KEEPS YOU SWIMMING IN SUSPENSE!,
By J. J Kamlani "jotuj" (Fairfield, Connecticut United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Deep Current (Paperback)
IT'S DAWN OF THE DEAD MEETS INVADERS FROM MARS IN THIS SCIFI MILITARY THRILLER. AN ICE FLOW THE SIZE OF MANHATTAN PROPELS ITSELF AGAINST THE CURRENT FROM THE ANTARCTIC TO HAWAII. ON BOARD ARE AN EVIL HORD OF TRANSPARENT HUMAN EATING MONSTERS FROM WHO KNOWS WHERE. TWO LARGE MILITARY PLANES CARRYING A PLATOON OF MARINES, AND A SELECT GROUP OF SCIENTISTS LAND ON THE FLOW, HOPING TO DISCOVER IT'S PROPULSION SYSTEM, AND STOP IT, BEFORE THE FLOW REACHES HAWII. MANY OF THEM END UP AS DINNER FOR THE OTHERWORLDLY INHABITANTS OF THE FLOW. ENOUGH ACTION FOR ANY SCIFI, OR MILITARY ACTION THRILLER ADDICT. I LOOK FORWARD TO READING HIS BOOK "ZERO HOUR". ALSO RECCOMENDED; JAMES ROLLINS'S 1. SUBTERANEAN 2. EXCAVATION 3. ICE HUNT AND MATTHEW REILLY'S "TEMPLE"
1.0 out of 5 stars
A Horrible Horror.,
By Michael P Gallitelli (New York, NY) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Deep Current (Paperback)
It sounded interesting, and the idea was novel, but I felt the title and cover misrepresented the book. The story worked on a basic level and the scientific details very informative, but the author went overboard in his vividly gruesome descriptions of death and dismemberment. I quickly grew tired of the macarble detail and found I could skip paragraphs at at time and stil keep track of the plotline. However, my real problem with this book were the one dimensional characters and the unrealistic interactions b/t the Marine characters. I really hate when authors write about the military withoutconsulting someone who served. The interactions b/t the Gunnery Sgt and his subordinates did not realistically reflect the Corps, and the Captain calling the Gunny, "sergeant", would not happen in the Marine Corps. To make matter worse, the author seems to confuse Marines w/ (Army) Soldiers, which is tantamount to heresy. All and all the strong premise of the book melted half way through.
1.0 out of 5 stars
Dawn of The Dead on an Iceberg,
By A Customer
This review is from: Deep Current (Paperback)
I didn't care for Deep Current. The cover shot on the book is very misleading leading one to believe that it is an action story ala Cussler. Folks I have to tell you that this seemed more like a gory horror novel than anything remotely like Clive Cussler. If I had read the editors review here, I would not have bought this book.More than 3/4 of the book involves mutant monsters running around devouring people in excruciatingly graphic detail (see editors review). Images such as the disgusting description of a human head floating around in the transparent mutant monster digestive tract were not images that I wanted to see in my minds eye. I got so fed up with the continuous gratuitous gore that I could not read much further especially after the young preteen shipwreck survivor is terrorized/traumatized during the scene with the human head. Also, there was absolutely no character development as they spent most of their time either being devoured by mutant monsters or running away from them. There are a few bits of science thrown in try to explain the mutants but it was too forced. If I wanted to read a novel about mutants, I'd have reread Relic.
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