ABDUCTION by Robin Cook
Berkley - 2000
ISBN: 0739413740 - Hardcover
Science Fiction - explicit content

Reviewed by Nancy Mehl for MyShelf.com
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Perry Berg, president of Benthic Marine, finds himself aboard The Benthic Explorer, a research ship that is supposed to be drilling into the earth's magma core. But something is wrong and Berg, Dr. Suzanne Newell, skipper Donald Fuller, and two Navy divers launch a submersible vehicle to find out why their drilling bits keep breaking.
They find an underwater volcano that sucks them down farther than their craft is designed to go. What they find in the depths of the sea makes up the wild and unbelievable plot of ABDUCTION.
A world exists under the ocean - a world with inhabitants that predate humankind. Berg and the others find that the tales of Atlantis are true - and that it is nestled at the bottom of the ocean. The creatures that live in Interterra are resolved to protect their world at all costs. Humans who venture into Interterra are never allowed to leave. Berg and the crew set about to find a way back to their own lives, and the peaceful inhabitants of the underwater world must fight back to save their civilization.

ABDUCTION pushes the realm of possibility past the breaking point. The plot becomes silly and contrived. Cook, a masterful medical mystery writer, should stick to his specialty and leave science fiction to writers who can present a plot that is more palpable.