Deep Storm | 
| Author: Lincoln Child
Publisher: Anchor
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 5251
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Edition: Reprint
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Pages: 432
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Dimensions (in): 6.8 x 4.2 x 1.3
ISBN: 1400095476
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9781400095476
ASIN: 1400095476
Publication Date: February 26, 2008
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Product Description
In this explosive new thriller, one of the most incredible and frightening discoveries mankind has ever faced is about to surface.
On an oil platform in the middle of the North Atlantic, a terrifying series of illnesses is spreading through the crew. When expert naval doctor Peter Crane is flown in, he finds his real destination is not the platform itself but Deep Storm: a top secret aquatic science facility, two miles below on the ocean floor. And as Crane soon learns, the covert operation he finds there is concealing something far more sinister than a medical mystery-and much more deadly.
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 Okay, Too much Tech Talk April 29, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The most interesting thing about this book was the details about the underwater dome and it's workings. I also enjoyed learning about the submarine basics. What I didn't like was all of the extreme medical terminology and mathmatical science. It had me skimming through the pages. Very Sci-Fi ! A great read for a math/science and medical buff.
 The literary equivalent of baby food. April 26, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
WARNING: SPOILERS!!!
Just as a jar of Gerber peaches bears only a passing resemblance to a nice, juicy peach fresh off the branch, this novel qualifies as a novel in name only, not content. Possibly one of the most bland and uninspiring works of fiction I've read in years.
Many, many times, I've read a book and thought, "Y'know, this HAD to be written solely in the hope that it would get snapped up immediately for a movie option." Deep Storm is a prime example. Aside from some minimal descriptions of the (admittedly intriguing) underwater location, the whole book reads like nothing so much as a padded-out screenplay. The characters are either ciphers or charicatures, and the protagonist, Peter Crane, is one of the most grayly bland creations I've ever seen. There is minimal interaction between the characters, apart from breathless ponderings on the mysterious illness Crane is supposed to investigate, and terse, robot-like dialogue between everyone else.
There is what appears to be a stilted attempt to build some chemistry between Crane and Michelle Bishop, a female doctor, but that is shunted away early on. More than two thirds of the way through, another female lead is introduced, only to end up looking like Gunga Din next to Crane's already ineffectual fumblings and ramblings.
The premise of the novel is interesting, but written as it was, it really wasn't sufficient to fill out a novel. There is far too little explanation/exploration of the mysterious 'artifact' that Deep Storm is sitting on the bottom of the ocean to investigate. Yes, there is an intriguing twist that reveals exactly what the artifact is, but... come on now. If you're gonna write a 500 page novel about an alien ammo depot, it seems kind of hard to mess up THAT premise. But somehow Child succeeds.
There are at least two subplots that are never explained with any degree of thoughtfulness. ONE: there is some agency intent on destroying the Deep Storm facility, so much so that they'll sacrifice the life of their agent in the facility to get it done. So... what exactly IS this agency? If it's explained in the novel, it's news to me. TWO: There is a certain character, a Doctor Flyte, who is introduced early on. Child all but leads you by the nose into thinking this guy is either an alien, or in league with them to prevent the excavation of the artifact. But nope, he's just some guy the military honchos in charge of the project shanghai'd into being there.
Boring, boring, boring. Shallow. Dull. A real waste of a cool idea. Need I continue? The only reason I gave Deep Storm two stars instead of the one it probably really deserves is because I did manage to finish reading it.
DEEP ...SOMETHING - FOR SURE... April 26, 2008
I always considered writing a solitary endeavor so I would never thought I would say this: Child NEEDS Preston - and Preston NEEDS Child. I have read almost all their solo attempts. This one is the best and, once more, it fails. Badly.
DEEP STORM is one of those technothrillers that starts off with the best omens only to quickly get stuck in a mud-field of trivialities, cliches and predictable plot twists.
Reminding of Michael Crichton's the SPHERE, it is about a mysterious underwater artifact. An oil platform during maintenance picks up a strange signal. Is it coming from the relics of Atlantis? Is it even human? As with the SPHERE, an (overly luxurious) deep-sea research colony is built in record time (I doubt that...oil paintings and gourmet food would ever be sent to a military deep-sea environment, but maybe that's just me...). And then the strange illnesses start. Of course, a specialist doctor is summoned.
Undercover agents, security-obsessed cross-eyed villains (I found that touch of very poor taste - comparable to Dan Brown's albino villain) and danger of stellar proportions serve as the backdrop of our hero's abilities, determination and endless luck to save the day. After the first chapters it begins spinning around itself, not really going anywhere.
All in all, not a bad read - but keep your expectations down. This is neither the RELIC nor the ICE LIMIT.
 Extraordinary book! April 20, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a book that I found so interesting, with a unique plot, that I read it more than once over a week or so. This for me is so rare as to happen only a few times in my life. Possibly the writer himself didn't think it was anything special beyond 'another book', but if so I only hope he produces more books with this kind of shock value.
It has lots of atmosphere, plenty of strong characterization, but little of it is predictable and not all villains end up villains etc. All this made it even better when, toward the end, we find out what's really down there, and it just couldn't be any better. Naturally no spoilers from me, but get a copy and read it! It fits very well into many important topics today and this book won't rapidly become obsolete, unlike thrillers with Iraq as the centerpiece, for example. Also, if "Deep Storm" is not made into a movie, this will be Hollywood's loss- and our loss too.
Caught me off guard April 15, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Why five stars? I finished reading this book today, during the middle of the afternoon when I should have been busy trying to meet my own novel's impending deadline. I'm a huge fan of the Preston/Child combo books, but had never read one of Child's solo books. But having read and enjoyed all of Preston's solo books I figured Deep Storm was worth a shot.
And I was not only not disappointed, I was pleasantly surprised. While in some ways Deep Storm smacks of Crichton's Sphere, and perhaps a little of Cameron's Abyss, it is a deep sea thriller that stands as it's own unique story. The characters are easy to enjoy and quite memorable. The science is impressive and clearly required gobs of research. But I think what I appreciated most was the writing. I find, too often now, that I have to force my way through the first few chapters of a novel in the science thriller/action adventure genre, but this was not the case with Deep Storm. I found the story instantly engaging and readable.
And the premise revealed at the climax had me "ahhing" out loud. It's just so cool. Could there be a sequel in the works? It is certainly set up for one, but like Ice Limit, I don't think we'll ever see one. I'm afraid a sequel to this book would become more science fiction than a science thriller and to my knowledge, neither Preston or Child has gone that route in earnest (meaning no space ships or aliens or such).
This is a serious must buy. Loved it. And am heading off to purchase Child's other solo books.
-- Jeremy Robinson, author of Antarktos Rising - A Novel, The Didymus Contingency: A Time Travel Thriller and Raising The Past
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