Kuchokera Herman melville Adatidziwitsa za nsomba yake ya Moby Dick, mabuku ena ambiri okhala ndi zokhumba zamabulogu am'madzi akhala akuchulukirachulukira kuzinthu zakunja izi.
Ngakhale zili zowona kuti buku la Melville, lomwe lidasindikizidwa pakati pa zaka za zana la XNUMX, linali ndi tanthauzo lalikulu laulendo wopitilira muyeso, wopatsa chidwi monga njira yamoyo, mabuku enanso amtsogolo monga Megalodon amasunga kukoma komweko mdziko lapansi millimeter kupatula m'zigawo zaphompho zam'nyanja, pomwe zodabwitsa zazikulu zomaliza za dziko lathu lapansi zingatiyembekezere.
Ndipo chifukwa cha malo awa pansi pa nyanja momwe sayansi imatha kungofufuzira ndikuganiza, Steve Alten ili ndi ngodya yofunikira yaumbuli yopangira kukumana ndi atavistic, ndi zodabwitsa, ngakhale ndi zakuthambo, malinga ndi malingaliro a wowerenga aliyense.
A Jonas Taylor (mwina potumiza anagrammatic ku nthano ya woyendetsa sitima Jason) amayenda paulendo womwe cholinga chake ndikufikira kuya kwa Pacific Ocean. Koma zonse zimathera pomwe ogwira ntchitoyo akuyang'anizana ndi Carcharodon megalodon, kholo la nyama zazikulu zam'madzi. Vutoli, ndichakuti, ngakhale Taylor akupulumuka kuti anene nthanoyo, palibe amene amakhulupirira kuti adakumana ndi nyama yakaleyi.
Mwa iwo omwe sangakhulupirire a Jonas Taylor konse ndi iwo omwe akufuna kutonthoza malingaliro ake pazinthu zosakwanira, a Jonas Taylor nthawi zonse azipeza wina yemwe angamuthandize ndi chikhulupiriro, chifukwa ndicho chinthu chokhacho chomwe chingaperekedwe kwa woyendetsa sitima ngati iye, wobadwanso mwatsopano kuchokera ku gehena akuumirira kuti adakumana ndi chirombo cha m'nyanja.
Chowonadi ndi chakuti ndiye yekhayo amene watsala kuti anene. Ndipo umboni wa momwe sitimayo ndi ena onse ogwira nawo ntchitoyi adagonjera zingabweretse kukayikira zakutsimikizika kwa nkhani ya a Jonas Taylor.
Chifukwa chake, monga owerenga, ndikuthokoza chifukwa chofotokozera bwino za wolemba komanso kumvera ena chisoni ndi protagonist, mungafune kuti Taylor akhale ndi mwayi wowonetsanso dziko lapansi zochuluka zomwe zikuwonetsedwa kudziko lapansi lino lomwe limalamulira m'makontinenti athu ...
Tsopano mutha kugula buku la Megalodon, buku labwino kwambiri la Steve Alten, lomwe lidayambiranso chifukwa cha mtundu wina watsopano, apa: