From the creator of Jurassic Park and ER Leagues below the sparkling blue water of the Caribbean Sea lies the mysterious wreckage of the Grave Descend. Protected by a wall of coral reef and blood-thirsty sharks, the corpse of the sunken yacht has been deemed unrecoverable by every diver in the world. Until James McGregor is offered a shot at it. For McGregor, a thirty-nine-year-old diver with a long history of unsavory salvage jobs, it's his last chance at a big payday. But the more he learns about the wreck, the more questions he uncovers--because none of the survivors are telling the same story. How did the ship really sink? What was its cargo? And why is this whole project starting to feel like a suicide mission? With a new introduction by Sherri Crichton

マイケル・クライトンが初期に放った本作は、単なる冒険譚を超え、人間の不確実性を暴き出す心理サスペンスの傑作です。深海という極限状況で食い違う証言がパズルのように絡み合う構成は実に見事。クライトン特有の緻密な技術描写が死と隣り合わせのリアリズムを際立たせ、読者を逃げ場のない深淵へと引きずり込みます。 物語の核は、沈没船の謎以上に、剥き出しの欲望に翻弄される人間ドラマにあります。人生の崖っぷちに立つ主人公が直面する、正解のない問いと背徳の予感。自然の脅威と人間の悪意が交錯し、真実が暗い海底へ沈んでいく絶望的な美しさは、初期文学の真骨頂です。静寂に包まれた海の底に潜む「何か」が、あなたの心をも飲み込むはずです。