- Paperback: 481 pages
- Publisher: Tsunami Books (Sep 1 2006)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0976165929
- ISBN-13: 978-0976165927
- Product Dimensions: 22.4 x 15 x 3.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 635 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #525,225 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Something hungry is in the loch . . and it's not the gentle Nessie of Scottish lore! Marine biologist Zach Wallace, fresh from a near drowning in the Sargasso Sea during an expedition in search of the elusive giant squid, returns to his Scottish birthplace when his estranged father is accused of murder. Unfortunately for Zach's father, Angus, his entire defense hinges on his claim that "something" in Loch Ness killed his business partner when he fell into the water after Angus punched him. But the trial soon becomes a media circus when more people go missing and half-eaten body parts are discovered along the shore. Zach must contend with rival scientists, interfering thrill seekers, and even a rogue remnant of the Knights Templar in his search for what is really lurking in Loch Ness. The "authentic" Scots dialect gets tedious after a while, but this page-turner will make great beach reading. Recommended for all popular fiction collections, especially where the author's previous adventure novels have proven hard to keep on the shelf. Michael Gannon
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Review
“Riveting…I’m glad I’m not in a boat, on the Loch, at night.”--George Noory, host of Coast to Coast AM
“With The Loch Steve Alten combines meticulous research with riveting storytelling to craft a new genre--the historical science fiction thriller.”--Washington Daily News
“The Loch is a compelling page-turner. I couldn’t put it down. Steve Alten has proven to be a literary master of the abyss.”--Owl Goingback, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of CROTA
“A fast-paced thriller…Alten gives a scientific twist to an old, enduring myth…Michael Crichton meets Dan Brown beneath the waves of Loch Ness.”--Dennis Palumbo, author of Writing from the Inside Out
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THE SARGASSO SEA is a two-million-square-mile expanse of warm water, adrift in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Read the first page
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5.0 out of 5 stars
the loch,
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This review is from: The Loch (Mass Market Paperback)
An Amazing Book . What Can I Say More , It's major Scary And it's a must buy ! how the story is told , it's amazing
5.0 out of 5 stars
Worth It,
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This review is from: The Loch (Mass Market Paperback)
If I'm going to kick authors who waste my time and money, I should also provide some counterbalance to those suffering from an excessively destructive review. This is the kind of book you're looking for when you say to yourself: "I just want to relax with a good book". If you're a monster lover like me, sit back and escape. Standard props and clichesare there to some degree but don't interfere as they do in many other popular books. But then you weren't expecting Robertson Davies were you?
1.0 out of 5 stars
Awful, there are so many others books more deserving of your $s,
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This review is from: Loch The (Paperback)
Having seen the other two reviews I'm worried I have made a terrible mistake and read a different book but sadly, not so. I read "Meg" years and years ago and remember it being entertaining in a high tech, underwater monster sort of way and thought I would give "The Loch" a try. I ignored the fact that the only quotes they could rustle up are from Loren Coleman.."the world's leading cryptozoologist" and another from TV Guide Online, and even they describe it as an "engossing beach read, as if that is any kind of recommendation. I checked, no New York Times, Telegraph..Pickering advertiser..maybe it is on their "to do lists", however I suspect not.I'm sorry to say that "The Loch" has almost nothing to recommend it, it lurches at breakneck pace (not in a good way) from scene to scene, the characters are paper thin composites of every cliche out there...the tortured young genius with a dark past...the corporate parasite riding our hero's skills to glory, honestly it was as if someone had fed a thousand Crichtons, Grishams, Clancys etc into a large computer and asked it to spew out the characters ready formed. At one point, our tortured hero is in hospital after an underwater mishap and his fiancee visits him...without going into too much details our hero says "Risa, rye rove roo"...Steve, I think Scooby Doo has dibs on this voice. I'm wracking my memory to see if I can recall a single thing to recommend this book but sorry, nothing springs to mind. Every day, there are a lot of great books written and a great many more bad ones, this is very much towards the bottom of the latter group. If you are looking for an underwater thriller, read "Shadow Divers", it has more atmosphere, excitement and drama in one paragraph than this book has in its 461 dreadful pages.
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