Middle Waters

by John Clarke

Overview

In the deep-sea canyons and trenches of the Earth lie thousands of alien spacecraft and their inhabitants who have to leave soon or risk being stranded forever. But the undersea civilization needs the help of two humans to assure their safe escape, an experienced diving scientist, Dr. Jason Parker, and Laura Smith, a beguiling but eccentric graduate student in Oceanography, and self-proclaimed Starchild.

The U.S. government is well aware of this deep sea civilization, and is desirous of the weapons the visitors possess. This top secret ambition puts the two unsuspecting divers in the middle of a conflict between powerful military forces and powerful intergalactic forces.
Things could get messy.

Fortunately, the two divers have some help, coming from the strangest of places. Nevertheless, the unlikely duo will have to survive unfathomable odds if they are to prevent the Earth's first Alien War.

Middle Waters combines two separate Native American beliefs and legends with current events. It is a complex thriller with science fact and science fiction mixed in with military action and government intrigue. Also revealed are romantic possibilities that far exceed the capabilities of the mundane, everyday world.

The protagonist eventually realizes that everything he has held dear is wrong, in one way or another. At the same time he discovers a reality that is the greatest blessing that man can receive.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940151559898
Publisher:	Wet Street Press
Publication date:	04/29/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	374
File size:	760 KB

About the Author

John Clarke has been a diving scientist with the U.S. Navy for thirty-five years, conducting research specializing in the adaptations of people and animals to the deep-sea. That research began at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) and Florida State University, culminating in research in the Puerto Rico Trench and participation in the U.S. Navy Scientist in the Sea Program. The University of Florida School Of Medicine provided NIH-funded postgraduate training in human medical physiology. His Navy research began at the Naval Medical Research Institute, Bethesda, MD and continues at the Navy Experimental Diving Unit in Panama City, Florida. He is a Physical Scientist and holds a Ph.D. in Physiology. He lives in Panama City, Florida, USA.
His website is

Editorial Reviews

MIDDLE WATERS is a techno science fiction thriller that is mercilessly grounded in what we know of our physical world, yet explores our dreamtime fears about the nature of the alien unknowable. It's part of a tradition that spans Jules Verne to James Cameron, and Clarke writes with authority. His knowledge of the hidden ocean world, combined with his gift for storytelling, has given us a novel that is unlike any other. It's the story of all of us, hurtling headlong into the mysterious future.

book blurb - Max McCoy