Pilot whales and 20 dolphins beached themselves along the Tasmanian coastline the week of Nov. 26th. Baffled scientists were quoted as saying, "something out there must have scared the animals pretty badly." Can you pronounce carcharodon Megalodon?

Primal Waters sighting

Primal Waters will arrive in bookstores this summer (around July). To promote the release, we will be bringing the largest set of Megalodon jaws ever created to the Book Expo in Chicago in June. Created by "Megalodon Man" Vito Bertucci, these enormous jaws contain real Meg teeth and stand over ten feet high.

A FREE Christmas Gift for YOU!

It should arrive by e-mail sometime around Christmas, a link to a free chapter of The LOCH or one of Primal Waters...along with a special link to a wild new 3 minute Resurrection commercial, created by film makers at Burning Grounds Productions. This one gives a new meaning to "bad Santa."

Resurrection countdown:

What happens to us when we die? Is there really an after-life? Do we possess a soul? Does God exist?

The answers to these questions will arrive in bookstores in mid-February in Resurrection, the long- awaited sequel to Domain. I GUARANTEE you will stay up all night reading!

Resurrection is dedicated to the courageous Men and Women of the 363rd Expeditionary Airborne Air Control Squadron and the Pacific Forces AEF 7.

Resurrection Characters: Is this YOU?

The following readers appear as characters in Resurrection, in this order:

Richard Rappaport, Andrea Smith, Gustafu Pope, Evelyn Strongin, Marvin Teperman, Jack McClellan, Luke Magierski, Elias Forma, Richard Steinberg, Grace Demers, Sadia Klefner, Bruce Wishnov, Mitch Kurtz, Ryan Beck, Brandy Townson, Kimberly Ward, Fred Botnick, Richard Phillips, Edie & Is Axler, Craig Basedorfer, Mike Renyze , Shyam Tanna, Bill Raby, David Mohr, Scott Hopper, Teak Colson, Brian Bahder, Dan & Linda Broersma, Marion Rallo, Mike Lavoie, Jerry Tucker, K.C. Renner, Ryan Ehrensberger, Rusty Bradford, Joe Mastrangelo, Todd Hoagland, Diane Tanner, Ethan McElwee, Cal Kitson, Jesse Gordon, Ted DeMaio, Dave Goldsborough, Lauren Beckmeyer, Kirk Peacock, Mark Beckmeyer, Christopher Laubin, William Gabeheart, Alyssa Popov, Danny Diaz, Ken Hudak, Keith Plourde, Jeff Larsen, Brian Mundt, Matt Eterginio, Alec Parodi, Perry Meth, Gene Agler, Judith Fields, Tan Rashid, Ken Becker, Ian Bobinac, Rameeka Ellepola, John Zwawa, Christopher Coburn, Bruce & Sharon Doyle, Lowell Krawitz, Barry Perlman, Paxton J. Walther, Collin Shelby, Chong Xiong, Mike Snyder, Robert Wilkins, David Sutera Matt Winegar,

If you believe you were to be a character but your name does not appear above, don't panic, just send me an e-mail and I will check the file using a word search. It's a long manuscript, and I probably just missed your name.

For those that made the final cut, congratulations on being immortalized. Order your copies now to insure a Collector's First Edition.

For those of you desiring to be a character in a future Alten novel, enter the contest that appears on the home page of www.SteveAlten.com

That's all for now. Look for that Holiday e-mail bonus in a few weeks. Happy Chanukah, Christmas, Kwanza...

Sincerely,

Steve Alten
SteveAlten.com