On a top-secret dive into the Pacific Ocean s deepest canyon， Jonas Taylor found himself face-to-face with terror. The sole survivor of the mission， Taylor remains haunted years later by what he saw. Written off as a crackpot， he insists that the prehistoric shark known as Carcharodon megalodon still swims the deep underwater chasms.Only an urgent call for help from one of his oldest friends can persuade him to return to those deadly waters. Now Taylor will relive his darkest nightmare， only to find that what he saw before was only the beginning. For what lies deep beneath the waves is a horror that could turn the tides blood-red until the end of time....

斯蒂夫·奥顿 Steve Alten（1959.8.21— ）1959年出生于费城，1997年出版处女作《巨齿鲨》。《巨齿鲨》成为当年法兰克福书展上的※佳图书，版权售至20多个国家，是大批欧美年轻人热爱和推崇的一本惊险小说。奥顿也一举成为《纽约时报》畅销书作家，随后创作的《巨齿鲨》续集也横扫美国各大榜单。

奥顿的小说语言极具动作感和视觉冲击力。他用文字构建了一个极其逼真的世界，残酷与人性共存，惊险中不乏幽默，立于科学之上的幻想，具有摄人心魄又动人心弦力量。

主要作品有：《巨齿鲨》（1997）、《巨齿鲨：深渊（1999）、（巨齿鲨 ：原始海域）（2004）、《巨齿鲨 ：炼狱之缸》（2009）、《巨齿鲨：暗夜猎手》（2016）、《巨齿鲨：世代》（2008）、《隐秘》（2017）、《鲨鱼人》（2014）等。