• Abyss

  • Fathomless, Book 2
  • By: Greig Beck
  • Narrated by: Sean Mangan
  • Length: 13 hrs and 43 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (425 ratings)

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By: Greig Beck
Narrated by: Sean Mangan
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The explosive sequel to the Greig Beck blockbuster Fathomless

Cate Granger is chasing ghosts. 

The monster shark she once encountered was a remnant of the ancient world - one that had escaped an underwater lair previously sealed off for millions of years. At great cost, Cate and her allies had killed the beast. So, no more ghosts, no more shadows. All gone. 

Or so Cate thought. 

A research ship is sound-blasting the deep seabed looking for petroleum signatures. But in doing so they disturb something that has been hiding in the trenches for countless millennia. 

What Cate thought was dead rises from the cold depths of hell. She, Jack Monroe, a Russian billionaire, and her team of marine biologists are forced once more to enter the abyssal zone of the deepest ocean trenches, to confront a creature from the Earth’s distant past.

©2018 Greig Beck (P)2018 Bolinda

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HE'S SAYING IT RIGHT HE'S SAYING IT RIGHT

the narrator is showing he's not only good at entertaining but that he's able to learn he's now saying megalodon correctly it was my biggest issue with the last book but now he's got it down and I can listen without cringing

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Better than book one!

This book was so suspenseful! In fact this morning I couldn't put it aside to do my housework! I had to finish it! I hope there's a book 3! I'm not good at writing these. I can't pick it apart. But there's plenty of 'critics' out there that delight in writing that kind of review. All I can do is tell you if I did or didn't enjoy it. I liked it because it was so suspenseful & for the most part fast moving. Also the narrator was very good. I found the story & characters quite entertaining. This probably will be one of the books I will listen to again,.

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Once again, great.

I have nothing bad to say, Greig Beck once again has a story that keeps you interested start to finish, adding mythos to his Beckverse, which causes me to look for more as soon as I finish.

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Great mind candy

I read the first book and enjoyed it very much so when I ran across Abyss, I ordered the audio book immediately. It was a good decision. The story will keep you engaged and situations are created that make you not want to stop reading. It is certainly a book that will keep you engaged if you are on an airplane for several hours. The end of the book is a setup for a follow-on story but it will be interesting to see if the same story line can be maintained after two books on the same subject.

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Really enjoyed it, however was audiobook edited ?

I enjoy listening to nature / animals gone wild stories so this one was a shoe in, I have listened to this audiobook a few times over the past few years, however recently, I've noticed that a part of the story that was previously there no longer seems to be there - in particular the part where one of the Finglebay fisherman goes out in his small boat after meeting with Cate Granger, I've listened and relistened trying to find that piece of the storyline but cannot find it - if anyone knows where it is within the story please post the chapter & timestamp! I'm wondering if the audiobook was edited and for some reason this section was removed although I don't know why it would have been.

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Entertaining....

You know a book is good when it has you screaming at some of the characters to do specific things.

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this was perfect for Shark Week. I really liked it. it's even scarier than reading Jaws Plus a bit of sci-fi always makes a book better!

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Love, Greg Beck

Great book!! I really enjoy all of his books. I would highly recommend. I love the narrator.

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Bold and fun

A great read or listen. A lot of fun and I strongly recommend to s as none looking for something new.

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Cate Granger Series

Cate Granger's grandfather disappeared before she was born. While exploring a cave in Alaska, he discovered local lore and myths were true, that the cave harbored prehistoric behemoths - giants of the ancient world long believed to be extinct. Think shark teeth ten inches long, sperm whales with a calf the size of a bus, or Volkswagen-sized snails, spiders, and other yukky beasts—Jules Verne-on-steroids stuff.

Cate's explorations eventually involve a team of professionals, including a wealthy eccentric, and there are Russian bad guys, of course. The imaginative high-tech science of submarines, smaller submersibles, sophisticated research vessels, etc., all come into play through the three novels with good guys, bad guys, and creatures big enough to use an ocean liner as a toothpick.

No sex, no objectionable language - a bit grizzly at times, page-turning adventures. Narration is okay, nothing special. Production is fine but slow - had to bump the speed to 1.8 on the iPhone.

Written by Greig Beck, all novels are narrated by Sean Mangan and total over 40 of listening in unabridged audiobook format, released from 2016-23 by Bolinda Publishing.

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  • Rup1969
  • 10-16-20

another gripping book in the series

enjoyed more than book one as you know the characters so emotionally engage. Great sequel.

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  • Kindle Customer
  • 03-20-19

excellent!

loved it, I wish there was another book in the series. well read by the narrator too.

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  • Steph H
  • 02-06-19

wasted opportunity

Again with this book the writer had an interesting idea that he wasted.

There was a lot of repetition throughout the book that was inexcusable, and way to many inconsistencies.

There was one bit where they calculated how much the megaladon would need to eat and yet for chapters and chapters earlier and in the previous book they all kept assuming that it would be 'full' already, I mean honestly this is something they should've worked out straight away. Also the 'evolutionary biologist' was useless apaet from panicking or asking people to basically put themselves in harms way without being willing to do so herself. They didn't even scratch the surface of the supposed knowledge of the 'shark expert', it was the billionaire that kept coming up with facts and figures about the sharks and megaladon.

There was no conclusion as to whether it was the original shark or it's off spring. And there was no explanation as to what happened to the Nautilus or the bomb that Valerie set off.

In so many ways this book was predictable and yet it didn't manage to tie up the obvious loose ends that were left behind.

At least the narrator managed to pronounce megaladon slightly more correctly, it wasn't quite as grating as in the first book.

There was a completely wasted opportunity to create a chase scene with the Nautilus and the megaladon. And if Valerie wanted the jaws of a megaladon why didn't the boat have the facility to harpoon the body of the sharks and drag them in. If it had got that capability then they could've autopsied the sharks and learned a lot more about them. And the author could've had the twee conclusion of rescuing some of those that had been swallowed whole.

Really don't understand why this book got 4.5 stars from so many people.

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  • Wufei
  • 11-22-23

Exciting and catchy

Exciting and catchy story and much better that the first book. There are some really fascinating aspects of the story and it nice that the Megalodon shark isn't the only threat in the abyss. Although, it gets a much more terrifying comeback in the end ^.^

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  • Anonymous User
  • 07-05-23

Thrilling and exciting.

I really liked this book as I did the first part. However... (SPOILERS AHEAD!)

The attempt to save 3 people killed at least three times as much people as it saved. Sometimes I think the character decisions and motives are a bit weird. Throwing the Nautilus away like trash? It was one of. kind extremely expensive vessel. Slightly disappointing. But overall I like the writing, I like the characters and I like the story for the most part! Narrating was good and as a non-native I liked the bit slower narration.

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  • 03-14-23

A Novel of Deep Terror

A wonderful story of a big shark and his deep sea friends, frolicking in the abyss, whenst all of a sudden some humans get in their briny business and cause all sorts of shenanigans.

If you like seeing (hearing) people who should know better get eaten by sea life, then you'll love this heart warming, coming of age dramady, about a dough eyed remnant species doctor who follows the love of her life, the sassy Dr Jack Monroe, 30,000 feet beneath the waves, in order to persuade a rather large shark to not eat them.

It has everything, sassy doctors, remnant species, sharks, a Russian billionaire, a Russian billionaires over-protective bodyguard with zero respect for work place fraternization, "Alvin", a dog, "Theodore", and a lovely Australian guest house operator.

Alas, in any critical review, there has to be the critiques, and it brings me no small pleasure to say, the narrator still can't pronounce "Carcharodon" still putting an unwanted emphasis on the "ch" sound, as any self respecting shark book listener will tell you, the "ch" is silent, well not the "ch" per say, more of just the "h" in "ch" in "Carcharodon". This sadly overshadows the huge leap in progress he made pronouncing "Megalodon", which was a big relief.
Other than that, the only other disappointment was the complete lack of a "Simon", fingers crossed for book 3.

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  • Vader
  • 02-24-23

An excellent story

Most books that have a second one written on the back of the first have no substance and are basically garbage. However this isn't one of them, This is an excellent follow-up to the original and is an excellent story in it's own right.
My utmost congratulations to the author.

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  • Bones
  • 06-20-22

Enjoyable but mildly fraustrating

I love stories about Megalodons and other sea "monsters" but boy or boy did Mr Beck milk this one and draw it out, especially the final battle with the sharks. Well worth the listen though. It would be great if Jack and Kate got another adventure.

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  • Bo55reaper
  • 05-04-22

good first book was better

good but not as good as the first book,I still enjoyed it though. So it's worth a listen.

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  • su through the looking glass!
  • 04-19-22

Enjoyable but......

better if you speed up the listening speed slightly.. otherwise it's very slow narration. l get a bit tired of the 'kill the baddie' theme but overall it's a good listen

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  • kerrie Angel-Starr
  • 07-01-19

offended

do not like the taking of the lords name in vain rethink other words thanks

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  • kerry radford
  • 03-27-19

As fast paced as the first

As fast paced as the first. Love shark books. Terrifying and exciting. Have been known to drive around longer then needed to keep listening.

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  • Lyle
  • 10-18-18

Edge of my seat!!

What a great book. Thoroughly enjoyed it and the suspense was excellent. Loved the characters too. Sean is an excellent narrator. Thanks Greig.

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  • Anonymous User
  • 06-28-23

I always love the adventure stories !

I love listening to Sean read he’s fabulous a really entertaining narrator. The stories are fun and a break from our real world we all live in, it’s total escapism for me. Sometimes with these stories there could be enough fact in it to wonder, a clever author I’ve listened to many of his books. Thanks!

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  • Anonymous User
  • 06-15-23

As good Reilly!

Just as scary as the 1st book Fathomless and as much action and suspense as Matthew Reilly! I love the combination of fact and fiction and the thought that a shark from our primordial past may be out there waiting to devour us scares the pants off me!. A great cast of characters who each leave a bit of themselves embedded in our brains! I hope there is a 3rd instalment as I would love Sonya to get revenge for her beloved Valery. I would love a book totally devoted to her, she was my absolute favourite! Keep up the good work Grieg!

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  • Garry
  • 04-30-22

Excellent

Great exciting story line. Edge of seat stuff great narration as well. As usual with this author narration combo it is hard to beat

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  • Anonymous User
  • 09-16-20

Fantastic thanks for a great adventure

Riveting stuff hard to interrupt the Story to go to work looking forward to the next one to

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  • Josh
  • 03-10-19

loved it!

Fantastic follow up to fathomless, both novels are brilliant! if only they would hand the keys to the Meg movies to this man justice would be served.
You can't go wrong with Greig Beck!
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  • Amazon Customer
  • 11-18-18

disappointing

i enjoyed Beck's other books but this one was disappointing... Just seemed like a rehash to show how much he had researched. sorry. really wanted to like it.

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  • Sweetheart1
  • 10-10-18

not one of his best

my first review wasn't great as i had not enjoyed the book at all...but after realising i had got a dodgy download from audible which they fixed..i re downloaded and re listened....Greig has once again outdone himself...i had no idea i had missed 1/3 of the story 😳 fathomless and Abyss are 2 of the best shark monster books on the market and well worth the read.

**revising my review as it turns out i got a dodgy review**

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