 Now, this is a Michael Crichton book that I loved, cover to cover. It's about the discovery of a gigantic interstellar spacecraft at the bottom of the deepest parts of the Pacific Ocean. It's been there for millions of years, and yet it's clearly man-made. The catch is that in the cargo hold of this ship, there is something else that is clearly not man-made. How did that ship get there? How did that thing get inside it? Why are all the bizarre things happening to the people who are down there at the bottom of the ocean trying to figure all of this out? This is a great book. My only problem with the book is I thought the ending could have been stronger. I thought it could have been weirder. The movie that came out many years later was amazingly faithful to the book. And I got to tell you, the casting was dead perfect. The ending of the movie was even less interesting than the ending of the book.