The Depths

The Depths by Nick Thacker Science Fiction Horror

Science fiction is not normally my first choice for reading, but I considered writing a story with an underwater laboratory for students and liked the concept this book presented. It’s always good to step out of your comfort zone of genres and read something you might otherwise pass up.

Estranged couple Mark and Jen Adams are the main focus of the story when their 12-year-old son, Reese, is kidnapped, and Jen finds her murdered boss in her car.

Jen must find out what her boss was working on to save her son, and although Mark appears to be taken along for the ride, he becomes an important part of the puzzle. They are taken by sub to an underground energy production station five miles beneath the ocean’s surface. It is supposed to be an abandoned research center, but they soon find out it’s operational and being used for a deadly purpose.

For science fiction lovers, this is the book for you with plenty of details of the underwater world and its purpose. The writer uses different points of view to tell the story, and nearly every character takes a turn at revealing his or her history and thoughts on the project.

I had trouble with Jen coming up with battle plans that had major flaws in them and getting sidetracked with claw marks instead of figuring out how to save her son. But there is plenty of action and character interaction to satisfy everyone.

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