Described as two sexless, lumpy, deformed beings with translucent skin, growing out of a wall of undulating, living flesh.

Eldritch Abomination: The creatures that call themselves The Fig Men.

Thankfully, we don't see what they turn into, but when the submersible returns to the dock it appears humanity is about to face a nightmare even worse than the 'Gets. The Fig Men allow Luke to merge with the thing they've turned his son into, in exchange for him returning to the surface.

Downer Ending: Pretty much the bleakest imaginable.

At least he stopped when rapid ascent turned his bones into jelly. Since he's infected with the ambrosia, he heals almost instantly, and his body is left a mass of scars.

A scientist who escaped the Trieste is found to have attempted suicide by cutting.

One character is literally disassembled and strung around a room as a human beehive.

and then the hand detaches and goes scuttling off on its own. His fingers grow long and segmented, the skin hardens into crab-like armor.

Clayton's hand after he touches an extradimensional rift with it.

Amazonian Beauty: Al is a muscular, tough-as-nails submarine pilot, who's still pretty enough to attract Luke's attention a few times.

Despite his lack of training he manages to stay calm and determined.

Action Survivor: Luke is way out of his depth (pun intended) as an ordinary veterinarian in an underwater military lab crawling with monstrosities.

Not to be confused with The Deep or the graphic novels it's adapted from. and it isn't long before he discovers that the horrors of the 'Gets are nothing compared to what lies waiting in the deep. Accompanied by tough, kindhearted Navy sub pilot Alice 'Al' Skyes, Luke descends into a cold, sunless world under the water. Luke is recruited to go down to Clayton's lab, the Trieste, and persuade him to return with his research. and then ceases communicating with the surface world.Įnter his brother, veterinarian and all-around Nice Guy Luke Nelson. Clayton establishes a cutting-edge research lab in the trench.

Rumored Mad Scientist Clayton Nelson believes he's found a miracle cure in the unlikeliest place: the bottom of the Marianas Trench, eight miles below the surface of the Pacific Ocean.

In the near future, humanity faces a terrible disease nicknamed 'the 'Gets,' a condition that causes people to forget little things like anniversaries, then big things like breathing.

The Deep is a 2015 Science Fiction Horror novel by Nick Cutter (author of The Troop). There's a reason nothing lives down here.

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