His other books had a courage in story creation that often fell flat, but the story was. Jeff long has 18 books on goodreads with 25323 ratings. 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. Jeff long has delivered what is bound to be this summers really hot read. This is a fan site for the 1999 novel by jeff long titled the descent and its sequel, deeper. Find the complete the descent book series by jeff long. 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. Hadals had through the centuries, lured humans underground to serve as slaves, breeding stock, chattel and food. 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. Id absolutely love to see a third part to the descent trilogy, so lets hope hes just. Will there ever be a third book in the descent series by jeff long. The descent is the third book in alma katsus the taker trilogy.
It is not that the book was bad, quite the contrary it was really interesting. I was hoping the movie the descent would be based on jeff long s book. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Sep 24, 2017 scix and michael look at the descent by jeff long. Of all the universes forces, the most mysterious, confounding, and humbling is the power of love. The descent by jeff long, 9780575068612, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide.
The descent is daringly plotted and full of surprises from start to finish. The descent series jeff long works archive of our own. If you havent read the taker and the reckoning yet, you need to fix that in 2014. A hadal homo hadalis from jeff longs the descent trilogy. Jeff long born 24 november 1951 is an american writer. He is a veteran climber and traveler in the himalayas and has worked as a stonemason, journalist, historian, screenwriter, and elections supervisor for bosnia. But author jeff long pulls them off because he writes with clarity, authority and a great deal of vivid and specific detail. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. 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. 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.
Read the descent a novel by jeff long available from rakuten kobo. It is kind of hard to explain but the book was a hard read, usually i can speed read a book. Great deals on one book or all books in the series. 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. In this novel, long tells the story of a newly discovered race of people, the hadals, who live in the depths of the earth. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over. 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 bosnias first democratic election. It describes the discovery and exploration of an extensive labyrinth of tunnels. Nov 01, 2001 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. I got to part 3 before realizing it was almost midnight, and i really needed.
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. The characters are incredibly dynamic, and i just fell in love with ike and ally. 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. What a creep, still leaving us hanging on the status of book 3.
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. Just like the odds of getting the 3rd book in patrick rothfusss trilogy. If weve learned anything as readers, its that every author has their own writing style and process. 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. To close where i began, we are creatures of our imagination, and the descent trilogy is our. In tibet, while guiding trekkers to a holy mountain, ike crockett discovers a bottomless cave. 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. This is certainly one of the more interesting series to come along in quite a while.
The descent is a novel by former journalist jeff long. The descent was the first book that i read by jeff long. The descent 1999 deeper 2007 untitled third novel tbaexcerpts. This is the kind of modern highoctane thriller that i was craving. 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. 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. It is a fun and easy page turner that does not live up to the first book. Will there ever be a third book in the descent series by jeff. The descent is a 1999 science fictionhorror novel by american author jeff long. Read the descent by jeff long available from rakuten kobo.
It continues the first books exploration of the dark subterranean world populated by the brutal hominid offshoot homo hadalis. Deeper ended on one hell of a cliff hanger and i have been wondering if there was going to be a third book. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the descent. I found the descent on day while i was deployed and bored. Deeper is a 2007 novel by jeff long and is the sequel to his 1999 novel, the descent.
I love this book so much that ive read it 3 times in the past 10 years. The descent is a 1999 science fiction horror novel by american author jeff long. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Other times i would find time to read a chapter rather than do something else.
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. This book does not have the tension, the scary moments, and it lacks the magic of discovery that the descent had in spades. Author jeff longs complete list of books and series in order, with the latest releases, covers. The descent by jeff long is one of the best novels ive ever read. I finished the book 6 hours after picking it up because it was just fantastic. Dec 28, 2005 based on this topic i got this book for an airplane read. 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. 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. The 2005 film of the same name contains similar plot elements, but was not based on the book series and is unrelated. 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. Then i found deeper in a friends house one day and i didnt even know there was a second book in that series. 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. 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. A very long book, but interesting, i am still glad that i bought it at a used book sale instead of paying full price.
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