But compared to most action adventure stories it is written with elegance and grace. Due to its length and amount of detail, descentis not a book the reader can move through quickly. Get a color, hardcover copy of the book, along with the pdf and any digital rewards unlocked. The descent is a 1999 science fictionhorror novel by american author jeff long.
Sarah has clearly lost her mind, and sees a vision of her dead daughter in the cave with her, as the crawlers look to be closing in. Jan 06, 2015 descent is a twisty thrillerplus tim johnstons suspenseful novel follows a family that begins to come apart after their teenage daughter is abducted during a mountain vacation. Not meaning to say the descent has a gimmickending or anything we dont change perspective and slowly become aware that these are just action figures in a toy bin. At the end, juno and sarah take on one last battle with the crawlers. Descent is a twisty thrillerplus tim johnstons suspenseful novel follows a family that begins to come apart after their teenage daughter is abducted during a mountain vacation. Ending the book felt somewhat like emerging from the underworld it was a little hard to return to mundane reality. Aug 21, 2006 not meaning to say the descent has a gimmickending or anything we dont change perspective and slowly become aware that these are just action figures in a toy bin. It describes the discovery and exploration of an extensive labyrinth of tunnels.
Part 2 is a sequel to the descent 2005 2005, which was an original screenplay written and directed by english filmmaker neil marshall. If you havent read the taker and the reckoning yet, you need to fix that in 2014. It just does far too many things wrong, even if you ignore the ending. Tim johnston juggles his characters with ease, subverts the readers expectations at every turn, and delivers the. As you may know, the descent which opened in us theaters this weekend was released last year in great britain, where it is now available on region 2 pal dvd. Liu yue was beaten to death by her own cousin, and thats. The descent editor jon harris makes the leap to the directors chair in this sequel to neil marshalls claustrophobic 2005 creature flick. Written by jay bonansinga, based on the original series created by robert kirkman, the walking dead. The descent is a story about the expansion of our world, the discovery of new life, and the search for historic satan himself. It describes the discovery and exploration of an extensive labyrinth of tunnels and passages stretching throughout the earths upper mantle, found to be inhabited by a malicious species.
The rise of phoenixes season 2 could still rectify the tragic ending and return the story to the novels. The rise of phoenixes season 2 could still rectify the. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the descent. When you find out that she is, all youre going to want to do is scream through the book ways that might help her escape. After theyre defeated, sarah stands in front of juno holding a pick axe. Her thoughts carry her to a touching reunion with her daughter. The descent has two endings, one of which accompanied the us release, while the uk release had a different conclusion.
When we reach stretch goals that unlock digital rewards, youll get those, too. Finally, a scary movie with teeth, not just blood and entrails a savage and gripping piece of work that jangles your nerves without leaving your brain hanging. The descent was a brilliant, well crafted ending to this dark trilogy. In the american cut, sarah escapes from the cave and sees juno, but the film does not cut. This is certainly one of the more interesting series to come along in quite a while. In the uk descent ending, which is director neil marshalls original and preferred conclusion, the vision of juno shocks sarah back into reality, a reality in which shes still trapped in the cave and had never managed to escape. Director neil marshalls 2006 survival horror hit the descent wowed. Feb 11, 2019 the rise of phoenixes season 2 could still rectify the tragic ending and return the story to the novels. This book deserves a spot high on the best seller list. It describes the discovery and exploration of an extensive labyrinth of tunnels and passages stretching throughout the earths upper mantle, found to be inhabited by a malicious species of alternatelyevolved troglofauna hominids. The filmmakers of the descent decided to release their film before the cave, so they fasttracked production to be completed by the end of february 2005. The final descent, the fourth and last in yanceys the monstrumologist series before he turned to the 5th wave, was always planned to be the wrap of the series and a last goodbye to the characters. Martin says game of thrones finale sort of got book ending right, but not everything.
Descent is a harrowing story about a family searching for a daughter that has disappeared. The strongest female assassin from a special assassination force met her death one day on a mission. This is the second book i had to put in the microwave in order to get to sleep. Its not perfectly fluid, but a hell of a lot closer than the connection between any two friday the th movies. The descent was a smash both stateside and in its native uk, but viewers in those two places actually experienced the film differently, at least in theaters. Descent of the phoenix years old princess consort.
Shocking us all, the rise of phoenixes took a completely different take on the ending from the novel huang quan it is based on and separated our loved ones for good. The descent is one of the best horror movies to emerge from the 2000s and featured great performances and visceral gore. It also leaves the protagonist alive, though, which is probably why descent 2 follows that same american ending mostly. Fans of descent will probably remember the breathless excitementanxiety in a scene at the start of the book and another near the end. One beautiful morning she heads out for a run with her younger brother in tow on his bike. The film follows six women who, having entered a cave system, struggle to survive against the humanoid creatures inside. The american ending saddles the film with an aimless shock scare. Throughout the novel there are terrible things, unthinkable torture, mass graves, thoughtless destruction and an actual descent into hell. The girl disappears on a summer vacation, kidnapped, in the rocky mountains and the family thats left, the father, mother and brother must go on with their lives not knowing where she is, if she is still alive.
Still others interpret this ending as an indication that sarah went mad her descent and that she, not the crawlers, killed her friends. Descent into midnight by richard kreutzlandry kickstarter. You arent sure for most of the book whether caitlin is still alive, and im going to have to give a spoiler here, as if youre going to read the book you might want to avert your eyes for a paragraph. The british release has one final scene that was snipped for american audiences, though i really dont know why. The ending contained more action, but was less suspenseful than other thrillers. I want to preface by saying that all of this is my own personal opinion of course and perhaps my level of excitement about a campaign set in the 9 hells was doomed to set the bar too high but after reading the entirety of the book cover to cover i have to say that descent is a great frame but it needs a lot of work to be a campaign that i personally want to run. In the american cut, sarah escapes from the cave and sees juno, but the film does not cut back to the cave. To her surprise, she woke up in the body of a year old girl, mu rong liu yue. There was no wrapup, there were no questions answered, just oh, hai, valtas part of the titan. The postcarrie grabberhallucination ending, which became a requirement in horror movies for years.
This print is, of course, the us version from lionsgate, so it has the shorter ending, but since marshall was there and there. The descent was decadent, and all of the questions and puzzle pieces fell into place the descent was a brilliant, well crafted ending to this dark trilogy. Descent audiobook full free about the walking dead. I for one am grateful for filmmakers who do an honest job of telling difficult stories. I have no idea why tim johnston wrote this book like it was a terrible dan brown screenplay, but he did. The last descent tells the story of medical student john jones and the final 28 hours of his life spent in utahs nutty putty cave the story opens with john and his family flying to utah to spend thanksgiving with his family. Sean strikes out on his own, going on an aimless crosscountry odyssey before ending up back in colorado, where grant is helping an elderly man look after his land, perpetually hoping for news of caitlin. The august 4, 2006 issue of entertainment weekly reported that the ending was trimmed because american viewers did not like its uberhopeless finale. Most of the story takes place miles underground and jeff long, a real life cave diver, brings those environments to us through detailed prose. I think the director ended it that way to be a shocker and also as a way to generate buzz and hopefully cause people to want to see the next moviel if there is one.
But the two endings it does have, in being at odds with each other, are also kind of polarizing the horror audience one way or the other, it seems. Apr 30, 2010 it just does far too many things wrong, even if you ignore the ending. Published by user, 20 years ago what makes a great adventure book. The descent is based on an original screenplay written and directed by english filmmaker neil marshall. One of the characters disappears in the middle of the book to just sort of being referred to by other characters and we plod onto a happy ending. The descent book by alma katsu official publisher page. Satan seemed to enjoy on one level playing this game with the explorers and on another level playing with the scholars. The characters are fleshed out well and the reader is able to grow and change with them as time moves throughout the book. The descent is a 2005 british adventure horror film written and directed by neil marshall. Mar 20, 2008 keeps you guessing this feature is not available right now. But the two endings it does have, in being at odds with each other, are also kind of. Jan 21, 2020 the descent is one of the best horror movies to emerge from the 2000s and featured great performances and visceral gore. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. Descent audiobook follows the events of the fall of the governor, and lilly cauls struggles to rebuild woodbury after the governors shocking demise.
The author had a great imagination mixing philosophy, politics and big business and the attempt to take over hell. And so, for a change, you emerge feeling energized. Director neil marshalls 2006 survival horror hit the descent wowed audiences, but it actually comes complete with more than one ending. The descents multiple endings explained screen rant. If youd like to support the project but roleplaying games arent your thing, you can also choose to donate the book to a school, library, gaming group, organization, or person of your choice.
Caitlins fate, or at least an inkling of it, is revealed early, deflating much of the ensuing storys suspense. The stephen king novel so controversial its been out of print for 20 years. The bulk of the series finale episodes were focused on daenerys targaryens descent. Besides character and plot points, this book scores ten for writing style. Sarah carter shauna macdonald has managed to escape. Unlike many cases of movies having an alternate ending, one of the. The premise of descent may sound pretty straightforward. You could argue that the uk cut of descent is the only true ending, but since the sequel only works if she escapes, it sort of insists on sarah escaping eventually anyway, making the us one closer. Its popular fiction and theres no chance of the descent winning the new york book critics. The latest novel in the walking dead audiobook saga, kirkman and bonansinga team up again to take readers back into the walking dead audiobook universe the walking dead audiobook series of original novels, set in the universe of robert kirkmans iconic comic, takes readers down new roads in the walking dead. This british horrorthriller recalls grueling, adrenalinepumping classics like deliverance, jaws, alien and dead calm.
Maybe id have a different opinion if i hadnt seen the first movie and couldnt point out all of the continuity errors and all of the things the first film did better, but therein lies the problem. Tim johnstons suspenseful novel follows a family that begins to come. Through liu yues past memories, she found out that she was bullied due to the huge birthmark on her face, even though she came from a renowned family. The next thing they know, their parents are told that sean was. The most common thriller plot may be that of the girl or young woman who vanishes and is. The movie had a longer, very different ending on its original release in the uk unrated version. In order to fully comprehend the events that led up to sarah being found bloodied and traumatized on the highway and to the relationship between sarah and juno, its best to watch the descent before watching its sequel. The descent was released in north america with approximately one minute cut from the end. Because we all know that if you leave a scary book, a pantsshittingly scary book by your bedside. Not meaning to say the descent has a gimmick ending or anything we dont change perspective and slowly become aware that these are just action figures in a toy bin. Keeps you guessing this feature is not available right now. Book three of the taker trilogy kindle edition by katsu, alma. After being met at the airport by his younger brother josh, the two decide to explore the recently reopened nutty putty cave. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
Tim johnston juggles his characters with ease, subverts the readers expectations at every turn, and delivers the kind of suspense that will keep you awake all night. The descent is a strange book about good and evil and hell. The end of this book is a heart pounder, and you will probably have the same. A sense of an ending in the descent stephen graham jones. Ending spoiler for the descent 2005, plus mistakes, quotes, trivia and more. The courtlands head to the rockies for a family vacation before caitlin, a track star, leaves for college. Part 2 does not provide much information about the fates of the six women who went into the cavern in the descent. Any real ending will probably be tossed in a book or comic and the next game will just ignore that too. The descent is the third book in alma katsus the taker trilogy. The last descent could offer the viewer and a family the opportunity to talk about being careful about choices that we make and realizing that sometimes they can lead us to a tragic ending. The last jedi has a jump scare vision of a dead friend before cutting to credits.