The Dark Abyss

{{Short description|Book by F.J. Thwaites}}

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| country = Australia

| language = English

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| publisher = H. John Edwards

| release_date = 1951

| english_release_date = 1955

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The Dark Abyss is a 1951 novel. It is about Captain Saunders who is injured in the Korean War then falls in love with Dr Balant.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110176449 |title=Advertising |newspaper=The Kadina And Wallaroo Times |volume=LXXXVII |issue=8469 |location=South Australia |date=29 November 1951 |accessdate=8 March 2024 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}

The book was the first published by a company Thwaites set up for English readers, Harcourts.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article50625063 |title=Will publish books in U.K. |newspaper=The Courier-Mail |location=Brisbane |date=18 December 1954 |accessdate=2 November 2014 |page=5 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}

The novel was adapted for Australia radio in 1955. This was a 30-minute radio serial that broadcast until 1956.{{Citation

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| journal=ABC weekly

| volume=17| issue=37 (17 September 1955)

| location=Sydney

| publisher=ABC

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| access-date=8 March 2024

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The Liverpool Post called it a "hotch potch" which "has to be read to be believed."{{cite news|title=Reviews in Brief|newspaper=Liverpool Daily Post|date=15 February 1955|page=3}}