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Electronics expert Terry Holt needs to vacate Manilla while some furore between fishing boat crews dies down so when he gets an offer to spend some paid time on a swanky sailing vessel building some experimental gear he almost jumps at the chance. Almost - because they won't tell him what they're doing or what the kit is for and he's not very happy about that. All he's told is that something mysterious is happening in the Luzon Deep and it's connected to the fishing boat situation.
This is an old-fashioned, science-fiction novella mixing deep sea monsters with strange, outer space mystery and it works pretty well. It is a bit dated as such an isolated situation couldn't really exist today with everyone connected to the Internet. I'm sure they'd have soon had some serious interest from the world's press and U.S. Navy as soon as whispers of this got out but back in the 50s or 60's it's perfectly believable.
It's a bit predictable as you can pretty much guess what the mystery is quickly enough but it's a decent read, reasonably well-paced and with some good old monster action on the high seas.
This is an old-fashioned, science-fiction novella mixing deep sea monsters with strange, outer space mystery and it works pretty well. It is a bit dated as such an isolated situation couldn't really exist today with everyone connected to the Internet. I'm sure they'd have soon had some serious interest from the world's press and U.S. Navy as soon as whispers of this got out but back in the 50s or 60's it's perfectly believable.
It's a bit predictable as you can pretty much guess what the mystery is quickly enough but it's a decent read, reasonably well-paced and with some good old monster action on the high seas.
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