The Deep

About this book

From the acclaimed and award-winning author of The Hunger comes an eerie psychological twist on one of the worlds most renowned tragedies the sinking of the Titanic and the ill-fated sail of its sister ship the Britannic. Someone or something is haunting the ship. Between mysterious disappearances and sudden deaths the guests of the Titanic have found themselves suspended in an eerie unsettling twilight zone from the moment they set sail. Several of them including maid Annie Hebley guest Mark Fletcher and millionaires Madeleine Astor and Benjamin Guggenheim are convinced theres something sinister--almost otherwordly--afoot. But before they can locate the source of the danger as the world knows disaster strikes. Years later Annie having survived that fateful night has attempted to put her life back together. Working as a nurse on the sixth voyage of the Titanics sister ship the Britannic newly refitted as a hospital ship she happens across an unconscious Mark now a soldier fighting in World War I. At first Annie is thrilled and relieved to learn that he too survived the sinking but soon Marks presence awakens deep-buried feelings and secrets forcing her to reckon with the demons of her past--as they both discover that the terror may not yet be over. Brilliantly combining the supernatural with the height of historical disaster The Deep is an exploration of love and destiny desire and innocence and above all a quest to understand how our choices can lead us inexorably toward our doom.