NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Excellent" -- Verlyn Klinkenborg "An awe-inspiring journey." -- People "Casey's descriptions of the shimmeringly strange life teeming below the waves capture her wonder and ravishment in prose that morphs into poetry . enthralling." -- The Boston Globe "Not just a knowledgeable guide, Ms. Casey is also a memorable wordsmith.[Casey's] book has more than enough deep-sea biology and geology to dazzle." -- Wall Street Journal "A fascinating history of mankind's journeys to the depths of the ocean and the intrepid scientists and adventurers who have devoted their lives to the work . Casey's book satisfies our greatest curiosities about the mysteries of the ocean.
" --Time "In [The Underworld] Casey proves to be an exceptional adventurer and chronicler but also a member of a community dedicated to exploration and conservation of our least-understood aquatic wild places." --Los Angeles Times "[The Underworld] is a fine tour of the history and challenges of exploring this most fantastical and forbidding of earthen worlds." --The Washington Post "[An] entertaining account.wondrous.Casey excels at conjuring the "marvelous weirdos" that glide through submersibles' beam." -- Scientific American "One of the most accurate and vivid portrayals of a deep-sea dive that I have ever read" -- Science Magazine "A thrilling and enlightening exploration of the deepest parts of the world's oceans, featuring some of the most daring aquanauts using cutting-edge technology to make discoveries that boggle the mind" -- The Explorers Journal "Is Susan Casey the next Rachel Carson? Yes. Her latest book, The Underworld: Journeys to the Depth of the Ocean, establishes her as the latest in the lineage of great ocean interpreters that began with Carson's Under the Sea-Wind . Casey's narrative is so cinematic we begin to feel the awe, wonder and excitement of the abyss.
" --Rachel Carson Council "Masterful and mesmerizing, Susan Casey's THE UNDERWORLD is an irresistible mix of splendid scholarship, heart-stopping adventure writing, and vivid, visceral prose. Her book about the ocean's deeps is both uplifting and profound in the literal sense. I was riveted to every page." -- Sy Montgomery, author of The New York Times bestseller THE SOUL OF AN OCTOPUS "Prepare to submerge. Susan Casey is a reporter in a league of her own. She will go anywhere to get her story. This one is full of astounding news, great characters, wondrous explorations, and a full measure of outrage. Deep-sea mining, you will come to understand, must be stopped.
" --William Finnegan, author of Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life.