I wasn’t sure what to expect with this one as I usually watch movies like this & not read books. My normal go to is a psychological thriller. However, this book in my opinion gave me a much needed break from the norm.

Like I said, I normally enjoy movies like this book, so I knew it would at least be somewhat in my wheelhouse but I am pleasantly surprised.

I would recommend this book as it was wonderfully written.

I would like to thank Forge Books and the Netgalley website for allowing me to read this book.

In this sixth book, the author continues his terrifying quest.

In Dubai where an impossibility is going to be transported to the Middle East on board the ship Tonga, it turns out to be a liopleurodon that is transported to the city of gold. The investors are amazed by this prehistoric creature except that a much crueler one is stirring around them.

It is a megalodon shark that Jonas Taylor struggles to capture and in the Arabian Sea he will find two evil creatures older than humans.

A book read in one go so much I was hooked on the story so gripping, addictive, captivating, full of suspense and twists with endearing characters.

Steve Alten continues his popular aquatic horror series with another energetic but formulaic outing with Meg: Generations.
Following on from Meg: Nightstalker, the story sees the band of deep sea heroes and explorers battling two prehistoric creatures in the Arabian Sea after a the megalodon shark that Jonas Taylor captured escapes and a more deadly creature is awakened.
The first third of the book feels a lot like a recap session, as new readers are brought up to speed with the circumstances that brought us to this point, before launching into a new adventure of thrills and spills.
It's fast and fun like a popcorn blockbuster that sticks to the familiar with enough deep sea terror to keep fans of the series happy.

Long a fan, this book does not seem to be as good as the previous ones...perhaps a bit disjointed, but still full of monsters doing their best to eradicate the human race. Only my opinion, and I would still read further books!

I love Mr. Alten's books, he's gotten me through some ruff times, I really enjoyed reading this book as it was a great shark novel.

I love large monster/animal movies and books and this did not disappoint. The blend of science and action and giant sharks is perfect. The book is exciting and fun to read.

Hello Gemmies! I have a new book review to share with you today. Please note: I received a digital ARC of this book (via NetGalley) from its publisher in exchange for an honest and fair review.

I have been participating in what I call Sea Monster Reading season. There is nothing better than sitting on the beach reading a great sea monster tale. I absolutely love sharks so of course I started this sea monster season with The Meg Series by Steve Alten. This review is for Meg: Generations the sixth book in the Meg Series. This is an extreme guilty pleasure series and I'm just here for the sharks and sea monster carnage. Meg: Generations is chock full of science geeky facts and the introduction of even more predatory sea monsters. Please note: It is possible to read this book as a stand alone since Steve Alten does a good job of recapping events in the previous five books, but I do recommend reading the books in chronological order.

Meg: Generations takes place immediately after the events in Meg: Nightstalkers. This is an action packed creature feature just waiting to be turned into a movie. We have megalodon's, helicoprion's, mosasaurs's, plesiosaurs's, mosasaurs', and titanoboa's. That is just a few of the creatures that make an appearance in this book. Steve Alten definitely wrote this one for all the Megheads. There is so much going on not just in terms of action, but with our series regulars too. We have at least four different storylines taking place at once. David Taylor is dealing with girlfriend drama, and the headache of running a multi million dollar aquatic park. Terry has Parkinsons disease and advanced cancer, Jonas is dealing with PTSD and the trauma of caring for Terry. Mac is helping David run the park and deal with residual lawsuits from the victims of the Megalodon sisters (Bella and Lizzie), and the Crown Prince is still double crossing everyone. On top of that we meet a whole new cast of characters...whew! The sea creature fights are very satisfying. But.....we are left with a HUGE cliffhanger!!! Ugh, now I have to wait until Meg: Purgatory is released.

If you are a fan of this series, like prehistoric creature carnage, science fiction horror, and deep sea adventures give this book a try. Published by Macmillan-Tor/Forge, Meg: Generations is available for purchase from all major booksellers. I give Meg: Generations 4 out of 5 gems. Happy Reading!

I love this series! I am a huge fan of monster stories....books, movies, TV shows....if it has a monster in it, I'm a fan! When the movie The Meg came out, I discovered it was based on a book series....and I had to read the books....there was no way I was missing out on books about gigantic prehistoric sharks coming to chow down with extreme prejudice!

Generations is the sixth book in the series. It's really best to read these in order, especially this newest one. It starts up right where book 5, Nightstalkers, left off.

I loved this book! It has plenty of action and suspense, and kept me glued to the story to the very end. There is lots of monster goodness and mayhem in this book ..... and more creatures than just The Meg. But that's isn't the entire plot....there is also a possible cancer cure, a daring rescue and several groups with their own agendas. No down time in this story!

Great addition to this series! I'm definitely eagerly awaiting the next MEG book!

**I voluntarily read a review copy of this book from Macmillan/Tor-Forge. All opinions expressed are entirely my own.**

I received an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest, voluntary review. I was so excited when I saw that there was another MEG book! Steve Alten has written some outstanding books that will hold your interest from cover to cover. Who would think you could get so excited reading about prehistoric sea life but you can. You will feel like you are right there in the ocean with these prehistoric fish! Wonderful writing, fantastic descriptions of scenes, and marvelous characters. Enjoy! 📚

I like the Steve Alten books for giant beasties. This one had giant beasties.
Most of the time, I don’t really care about the characters or their travails in life where it doesn’t concern the prehistoric nemesis. This one was no exception.
Just bring on the fights!
This one wasn’t my favorite in the MEG series. Maybe the next one will be better.

Steve Alten crams enough action into the MEG:Generations to last the entire book although there is much more to come! If you are a fan of Jaws like fiction, you’ll love this book. However, this is the sixth in a series and, unless like me you have not read the first five, you may be confused by the many characters and references to actions in the previous books.

A liopleurodon, a sort of prehistoric crocodile/dinosaur, is being transported to Dubai. This does not go well. Meanwhile, a megalodon is terrorizing the coast of the Pacific Northwest and there is competition to either kill or capture megalodon babies - babies but still large and dangerous and wreaking their own havoc. In another plot, the wife of the lead explorer has terminal cancer and is being treated in Florida so his son takes over the megalodon hunt.

If I had read the entire series, I’m sure I would have enjoyed MEG:Generations more. It is a fun, quick read and I think it would make a great movie! 4 stars.

Thank you to NetGalley, Macmillan-Tor/Forge and Steve Alten for this ARC.

I actually didn't realize at first that this book actually came out in 2018 under Alten's own website. I actually have a signed copy of it! And I have to say that this sixth installment in the series is an improvement over the fifth one. It's still not quite as much fun as I found the earlier novels to be (all the more so since this one feels rather unresolved). And I guess I just wanted even more shark fun!

Alten attempts here to explain away some of the discrepancies in the biology of his creations, but the real flaw is with how ridiculous the human characters are.... from David Taylor's CD Alarm Clock (if he was only 21 in 2017, it seems quite implausible that he would have such an antique!) to the crazy arc of Terry - back to being an action hero after her miraculous recovery from both cancer and Parkinson's. Still, I remain curious to see what will happen with the sharks themselves in the rest of the series to come (they really are the only ones that I am rooting for at this point!). I just hope that the wait isn't too long for the seventh book and that there will be more sharks and maybe less of. the other creatures...

E-book/Thriller/ARC: This is book #6 of the series and I think I may be done. The first four books were spectacular with several plots going on at the same time and they all kept my attention. This book barely had a plot. It made me sad and I could not wait for it to be over. This book takes place not long after Nightstalkers. With Jonas getting older, it is up to David to keep the action going. Instead of being a hot-dogging Manta pilot, he is more pouty and boring. The plot is of course, catching something with unlimited amounts of wealth. And what is the deal with Jacque not being with David? David is engaged to someone else that I have not approved of. I felt like I missed a book in between. I even checked that I didn’t miss anything.
The beginning of the book was okay with the bad guys getting eaten by the Lio. But I just didn’t care. (The best part of the Nightstalker book was when the old lady and her cameraman got eaten). Now there is Luna and it’s not the same. Everybody is suing and each other and there is a lot of coercion going on. What happened to the good ole days when Jonas was broke and peddling books to feed his family. Now he and Terri are living in several mansions. Then there is the subplot of Terri and the cancer. That whole thing was stupid and predictable.
One of the good things about this book was Zachary Wallace did not make an appearance and was barely mentioned. I wish Alten didn’t mix those two worlds.
Worse yet, there aren’t really any Megs around. I really cannot recommend this book. You should stop at book 4.

I was fairly excited to read another Meg novel, Steve Alten has been fairly consistent with these. But this one really let me down.
Way too many characters to keep track of, plus figuring out who was straight and who was duplicitous was exhausting. Characters came and went all the time. Also, too many bad guys.
So many different species, it was hard to keep refocusing on a new threat all the time. Trying to one up the previous killer species got near comical after awhile.
Some jarring shifts in time, some major dramatic events as well. This wasn’t terrible, but it felt like too many storylines crammed into one book.

I read the first book in the series last year and then this one now...well I shouod’ve read the previous 5 before I read this becuase there are lots of talk about the previous books.
Anyway, I liked this story full of sharks and other prehistoric monsters.

What bothered me was the background stories of the characters. And the amount of the characters. There are lots of characters, lots of different POVs and sometimes it was hard to follow the storyline because of this. I guess the Taylor’s family’s background stories and motivations would make more sense if I read the other book so I will.

I’m giving 4 stars because the story was action-packed and intriguing.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for my copy.

First, yes, I am a MEGhead.

So much creature goodness in this part. Sure there was Meg and so much love for that, but as a delicious treat there was also Pliosaurs, Mosasaurs, Titanoboa, Plesiosaurs, Leedsychthys, a Livyatan sperm whale...and more and more deep breath, right? I know I missed several.

In addition to having as many teeth in the water as my little heart desired, the story was complex and had several intense threads winding throughout the varying perspectives. The climax... heck the last quarter of the book had enough gripping and breathtaking creature action to keep me out of the water forever. Maybe, I guess I have to admit I'd visit a prehistoric water park, regardless of knowing what could happen.

If you like creature features with lots of teeth and intricate stories adding to the depth they inhabit you can't go wrong with this or any of the Meg series.

Meg: Generations is the first book I've read from Steve Alten. Like many, I saw the Meg movie and enjoyed it, but did not intially realize that it had started as a book. So I was curious as to what a Meg book would be like.

"Companies are now making big bucks from the display and shows of these captured prehistoric sea creatures. People argue about who they belong to. Some of them get away and cause havoc in local ecosystems...and eat people. And people try to stop them. And we don't know if they're successful or not..."

Here's what I liked - The action sequences were very good. Man vs prehistoric sea creature. It was very easy to see what was going on and to imagine the terror.

What I didn't like - There's a lot of overexplaining of sea creature biology. It didn't reall add to the story. About 10-15 % of the book is about cancer protocols. I realize that having a main character have cancer was part of the story, but the over-explaining of treatment protocols seemed terribly out-of-place in this book.
I am not a fan of cliffhangers. Don't leave characters in the middle of a scene at the end. I'm reading along thinking the author doesn't have many pages to wrap the story up. But he doesn't finish. Just a personal opinion.

If you're looking for a mindless, action story to take to the beach, this is a good option for you. If you want a well written story with an ending it is probably not for you.

The first Meg book was novel, if uneven, and to a reader who devours anything to do with megalodons, it was sought out. This late in the series, the ludicrous plot twists have spiraled way out of control, and the characters are still pawns with name markers. Steve Alten has clearly met women, and I would bet based on the amount of cancer science he drops into the narrative, he knows at least one who's experienced a horrible health issue. But the way he writes and treats his characters, especially the women, is way out of touch. It is also difficult to keep up when a character has a new girlfriend every chapter, and the previous one automatically becomes a villain. And it's not even the casual misogyny that causes the reader to keep disengaging. In a book about extinct creatures, the outlandish actions of the humans are the most unbelievable part, ruining what could be a fun creature feature. If you are a fan of megalodons, or cryptids, and you drool over great books about marine monsters, you will be frustrated with this book, even though it has a ton of extinct monsters and some really interesting habitats that could have been explored more thoroughly.

I missed the book before this one, so I had to do a little bit of catching up overall story-wise. While the book was very entertaining as all of the MEG books have been, this one seems to be lacking something. A lot of the dialogue came off as forced. The cancer subplot ended up being kind of silly, and frankly would have had much more of an impact had either the daughter been punished somehow (expulsion from med school, ect...) or Terry had succumbed to her illness.

Steve Alten delivers exciting sea monster action set piece after set piece. This is a wild, fun ride from start to finish