Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror

If you love creature feature films & love to read then this is the book for you.  I've read Jaws & this is just as good as Peter Benchley's classic.  What sets this book apart from Jaws is that its not about elimination but about preservation & study of the beast.  Jonas Taylor is the main character of the book & is completely down on his luck after just the first couple chapters of the book, but he is vindicated through the existence of the Megalodon.  The Megalodon has survived at the bottom of the Mariana Trench living in complete darkness.  When something man made disturbs the Megalodon's habitat it finds way to disturb ours with deadly results.  The death toll in this book is much higher than that of Jaws or Jurassic Park it is probably equal to that of the film Piranha 3-D.  Whales & people are the main victims in this story.  Unlike the finality of Jaws this story does set up for more stories, even though that didn't stop studios from milking Jaws for several sequals.  Which is a good thing since this is the start of a series in which four books have already been released.  The story switches between the humans point of view & the sharks point o view.  The book is pretty formulaic in plot & outcome, but it is a quick easy summer read that is hard to put down once you've started.