The Descent

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 592 pages
• Published by: Jove October 31, 2001
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 051513175X
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0515131758
• Book Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.7 x 1.3 inches
• Weighs: 9.6 ounces

Reader Reviews
I love being sucked into new worlds created by great authors, and this is one of them. This is the first Jeff Long book I have read, and I will be reading Year Zero soon. Long's underground world and underground society are very well described in this book. The subterranean journey far beneath even the ocean floors is fantastic, scary, and interesting. The psychological changes the parties go through is true to form. He even had me looking over my shoulder for the Hadals. I won't give anything away, but there are some very startling moments in this book that just blew me away and kept me reading through the night. With a Himalayan mountain guide who goes into the abyss and returns scarred in every way, a beautiful nun teetering on the brink of faith, a group of Philosophers who begin to gather more frequently across the globe in search of Satan himself, an evil corporate head and his fiendish step son, a fanatical mercenary, an Army pilot who falls from grace through disfiguration, and of course the Hadals (underground tribes) all seeking their own prize from the sub planet, Mr. Long has brought a novel to us that you will be unable to put down until you finish it. I highly recommend this book as an "all-nighter". Comment | | (Report this)