A review by mmsanford
The Deep by Nick Cutter

5.0

Short plot: The world is experiencing a new pandemic called “the gets.” It resembles rapid paced dementia that starts off as dark spots on the body, then forgetting tiny things like where you left your keys, until the person forgets who they are, when to eat, how to breath… the virus attacks people of all ages all across the world with no cause or cure known. Until our MC, Lucas, receives an urgent call. His estranged, genius brother, Clayton, is in an underwater laboratory in the deepest parts of the ocean known as the Challenger Deep researching a cure. However, the last recording received was an unsettling message- “Lucas… come home”- before all communication goes dead. Lucas is asked to go down to the laboratory to potentially save his brother and continue the search for a cure. However, when he arrives he will face something much darker, older and deadlier than “the gets.”

Amazing book. I was hooked from start to finish. It created a haunting atmosphere, memories of past trauma, gore, heartbreak, and claustrophobia. It gave me flashbacks to watching Event Horizon for the first time. Absolutely epic read, but many many triggers so tread carefully.