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| Author | Jeff Long |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Rick Berry (paperback) |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | Crown Publishers (Random House) (hardback), Jove Books (paperback) |
Publication date | July 1999 (hardback), November 2001 (paperback) |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 572 |
| ISBN | 978-0-609-60293-5 |
| OCLC | 40158953 |
| 813/.54 21 | |
| LC Class | PS3562.O4943 D47 1999 |
| Followed by | Deeper |
The Descent is a 1999 science fiction/horror novel by American author Jeff Long. It describes the discovery and exploration of an extensive labyrinth of tunnels and passages stretching throughout the Earth's upper mantle, found to be inhabited by a malicious species of alternately-evolved troglofauna hominids.