The Abyss

"In this genre, Rollins has no equal—nobody does it better." — Lee Child
"He doesn’t just write novels—he builds thrilling amusement rides." — Booklist
"In his books, there’s everything: he masterfully controls chaos." — Fort Worth Star-Telegram

James Rollins is not only an author who has achieved worldwide acclaim, and not just one of the five most-read writers of the adventure thriller. He is a figure of legendary stature. His bibliography includes more than thirty novels, and each of them has made it onto The New York Times bestseller list. His books have been translated into more than forty languages, and one of the Indiana Jones stories for the screen was brought to life by Steven Spielberg.

Millions read him. On the morning when the world was about to witness the first solar eclipse of the new millennium, no one could have imagined that soon the fate of humanity would turn toward catastrophe. As soon as Earth plunged into darkness, a powerful solar flare triggered a chain of devastating natural disasters.

Earthquakes swept across the planet, volcanoes awoke. Scientist Jack Kirkland suspects that the key to what’s happening lies in an unusual crystalline column found on the ocean floor. Mysterious carvings are etched into it—an ancient message left by a people who lived twelve thousand years ago, trying to warn their descendants. A new mega-bestseller and yet another dose of dizzying adventures from the author of “The Pyramid,” “Amazonia,” and “The Sand Devil.”