Review: Great book.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 23, 2012
One of McCammon's earlier's works in which the opening puts you in mind of Benchley's The Deep. The story starts with a prologue of a Nazi U-boat attacking a Freighter in 1942 off the coast of Carribean island of Cocquina, then shifts to that same island in present day. David Moore is diving looking for trinkets that may have been uncovered by a recent storm that struck near the area called The Abyss by the locals, when he's nearly killed by the explosion of an undiscovered depth charge. An explosion that ironically frees that same U-boat from it's watery sandy tomb. The author's descriptions of the sub are vivid and chilling of a true terror weapon of it's time. He clearly did his homework and it shows.What follows is a story of personal ghosts and tragedy, and blood drenched supernatural horror. In the right hands this would make a fantastic horror film. But unlikely given Hollywood's obsession with uneeded and unasked for remakes of cult horror movies, and superheroes. It's a shame when a great original story like this gets ignored.