A review by mythicalbeastxiii
Hell's Aquarium by Steve Alten

adventurous dark tense

4.0

 

When i first started this one, I was worried it was going to suffer the same problems I had with the third installment in this series. It started out with some heavy info-dumping but it quickly got into the meat of the story. Now 24 years after the initial events that kicked off the Meg Series, Jonas and Terry’s children are adults. The Tanaka Institute is home to Angel and her four pups. Representatives from an aquarium in Dubai reach out wishing to buy two of the pups to feature as one of their attractions. David, Jonas’ son, is hired on to oversee the transfer and train others to pilot the submersibles that the Tanaka institute created to work with the Megs. From here, two stories are set into motion. David’s time in Dubai isn’t exactly what first appeared to be and he’s drawn into a new scheme by his employers. Jonas and the others are left with trying to figure out how to keep Angel and her two largest and most aggressive pups under control while dealing with an offshoot of PETA called RAW. Soon enough blood and mayhem follow in true Alten fashion. Hell’s Aquarium easily redeemed the series after I was left feeling bored by Primal Waters.