From the acclaimed author of The Troop--a book that is "utterly
terrifying" (Clive Barker). "Fans of unflinching bleakness and all-out
horror will love this novel....Each new shock is freshly disturbing"
(Publishers Weekly, starred review).A strange plague called the 'Gets is
decimating humanity on a global scale. It causes people to forget--small
things at first, like where they left their keys, then the not-so-small
things, like how to drive or the letters of the alphabet. Their bodies
forget how to function involuntarily. There is no cure. But far below
the surface of the Pacific Ocean, a universal healer hailed as
"ambrosia" has been discovered. In order to study this phenomenon, a
special research lab has been built eight miles under the sea's surface.
But when the station goes incommunicado, a brave few descend through the
lightless fathoms in hopes of unraveling the mysteries lurking at those
crushing depths...and perhaps to encounter an evil blacker than anything
one could possibly imagine.