Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over. If weve learned anything as readers, its that every author has their own writing style and process. It continues the first books exploration of the dark subterranean world populated by the brutal hominid offshoot homo hadalis. The descent is a 1999 science fiction horror novel by american author jeff long. His other books had a courage in story creation that often fell flat, but the story was so original and brave i loved it and just knew, because of his age, that hed soon pen masterpieces, and then he just quit writing. Jeff indicated that a trilogy was in the works, as well as what themes he would like to explore, but alas nothing else about the third book in the descent series. I found the descent on day while i was deployed and bored. To close where i began, we are creatures of our imagination, and the descent trilogy is our. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. He is a veteran climber and traveler in the himalayas and has worked as a stonemason, journalist, historian, screenwriter, and elections supervisor for bosnias first democratic election. This is certainly one of the more interesting series to come along in quite a while. Great deals on one book or all books in the series. Other times i would find time to read a chapter rather than do something else.
The descent by jeff long, 9780575068612, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. What a creep, still leaving us hanging on the status of book 3. I love this book so much that ive read it 3 times in the past 10 years. This is the kind of modern highoctane thriller that i was craving. In this novel, long tells the story of a newly discovered race of people, the hadals, who live in the depths of the earth. Jeff long is the new york times bestselling author whose novels include the wall, the reckoning in development with reese witherspoon at type a productions, year zero, and the descent. But author jeff long pulls them off because he writes with clarity, authority and a great deal of vivid and specific detail. Find the complete the descent book series by jeff long. I got to part 3 before realizing it was almost midnight, and i really needed. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The descent is a 1999 science fictionhorror novel by american author jeff long. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. I thought it was just a corpse but then later it says that ike noticed it was smiling.
He is a veteran climber and traveler in the himalayas and has worked as a stonemason, journalist, historian, screenwriter, and elections supervisor for bosnia. The descent is a novel by former journalist jeff long. The descent was the first book that i read by jeff long. Deeper ended on one hell of a cliff hanger and i have been wondering if there was going to be a third book. Jeff long born 24 november 1951 is an american writer. Long takes the reader on a journey to the deepest part of not only the earth, but to the depths of the human soul as the search. To be honest, i would probably have rated the descent a five star, had i only read it when i was 14 and eager for over the top adventures with scariest monsters and extensive bloodshed. Humans discover these people in a series of unrelated events and find themselves making forages into the earth to rid the world of these savages and claim a new. Hadals had through the centuries, lured humans underground to serve as slaves, breeding stock, chattel and food. It is a fun and easy page turner that does not live up to the first book. It describes the discovery and exploration of an extensive labyrinth of tunnels. Sep 24, 2017 scix and michael look at the descent by jeff long.
I finished the book 6 hours after picking it up because it was just fantastic. The descent series jeff long 1 exclude characters original characters 1 exclude relationships exclude additional tags transformation 1 yuletide treat 1 canontypical violence 1 yuletide 2016 1 other tags to exclude more options crossovers. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c 3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Jeff long is his imaginative and disturbing novel the descent, explores the existence of a labrynthine underworld inhabited by horned, gargoyle like, devilish humanoids called homo hadalis hadals. Then i found deeper in a friends house one day and i didnt even know there was a second book in that series. This is a fan site for the 1999 novel by jeff long titled the descent and its sequel, deeper.
Will there ever be a third book in the descent series by. The descent ebook by jeff long 9780609607022 rakuten kobo. The rest of the book less so, but nevertheless, many months later, images from that book still haunt me. A hadal homo hadalis from jeff longs the descent trilogy.
Deeper is a 2007 novel by jeff long and is the sequel to his 1999 novel, the descent. The descent is the third book in alma katsus the taker trilogy. Alma katsus acclaimed trilogy a supernatural epic that began with the taker and sparked a chase around the world in the reckoning comes to a stunnin. If you havent read the taker and the reckoning yet, you need to fix that in 2014. A very long book, but interesting, i am still glad that i bought it at a used book sale instead of paying full price. The blog contains 8 one for each day 3 5 minute videos providing historical, cultural, and theological background of the story, so that the details from christs triumphal entry to resurrection can be vividly remembered. Not 100% the way i imagined them for example got pretty lazy with the scarification and tattoos, there should be a lot more and it should be prettier and more organic i think. It describes the discovery and exploration of an extensive labyrinth of tunnels and passages stretching throughout the earths upper mantle, found to be inhabited by a malicious species of alternatelyevolved troglofauna hominids. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the descent.
Of all the universes forces, the most mysterious, confounding, and humbling is the power of love. The descent is daringly plotted and full of surprises from start to finish. Buy the descent by jeff long from waterstones today. Lorenzo carcaterra, author of sleepers and apaches the descent is simply the best horror novel since ghost story, and, on pure literary merit, it could even be called a masterpiece. It sounds so much like the basis for long s book but bastardized for the screen with lost women instead of the complicated story long had created. Author jeff longs complete list of books and series in order, with the latest releases, covers. Will there ever be a third book in the descent series by jeff long. Apr 08, 2009 jeff long confirmed in 2015 that a third book is in the works, but he did not indicate a title or an expected time to completion. The descent 1999 deeper 2007 untitled third novel tbaexcerpts. Just like the odds of getting the 3rd book in patrick rothfusss trilogy.
Will there ever be a third book in the descent series by jeff. Read the descent a novel by jeff long available from rakuten kobo. One such question i have is, at the beginning of the book when ikes group is in the cave, is the corpse of isaac really alive. A novel descent series book 1 kindle edition by long, jeff. This book does not have the tension, the scary moments, and it lacks the magic of discovery that the descent had in spades. In tibet, while guiding trekkers to a holy mountain, ike crockett discovers a bottomless cave. His other books had a courage in story creation that often fell flat, but the story was. Dec 28, 2005 based on this topic i got this book for an airplane read. Jeff long has delivered what is bound to be this summers really hot read. It is not that the book was bad, quite the contrary it was really interesting. The 2005 film of the same name contains similar plot elements, but was not based on the book series and is unrelated. Id absolutely love to see a third part to the descent trilogy, so lets hope hes just. Jan 24, 2008 for those of you that have read the descent and deeper by jeff long, i would love to hear your views on several things. Read the descent by jeff long available from rakuten kobo.
The descent by jeff long is one of the best novels ive ever read. The descent series jeff long works archive of our own. Long is an experienced climber, and rock climbing often manifests in his writing many of his stories include plot elements that rely heavily on religious history or popular perceptions of religious events. I was hoping the movie the descent would be based on jeff long s book.
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