The Deep

A plague known as the 'Gets is spreading across the globe, making people forget, first small things such as where they left their keys, then skills like driving or knowing the alphabet, and finally how their bodies work. No cure exists. Deep in the Marianas Trench, a substance called ambrosia has been found that early reports hail as a universal healer, and the Trieste, a lab built eight miles under the Pacific, was set up to study it. Now the station has gone silent, and a small group must descend through the dark to learn why. Nick Cutter's novel combines horror, suspense and science fiction.

Stephen King recommended it as a fine horror novel for cooling off in summer, calling it frightening and well written.