NOTES FOUND UNDER STILL WATER: The Ocean Keeps What It Cannot Kill

Some things survive by being remembered. Others survive by consuming the memories of those who find them.John Sullivan is a man who trusts the physical world: the weight of his dive gear, the pressure of the Gulf, and the steady rhythm of his own breathing. But when a freak recession of the tide reveals a prehistoric ruin off the Florida coast, John discovers something that defies logic. Hidden within the salt-stained stone are journals-waterlogged notebooks from different centuries, all ending mid-sentence.As John begins to read, the horror becomes personal. The entries describe his private thoughts, his childhood secrets, and conversations he hasn't had yet. The deeper he descends into the cave system, the more the world above begins to fray. Photographs change. Friends remember events that never happened. His own past is being rewritten by a presence beneath the waves that is learning what it means to be human by stealing his identity.In this atmospheric psychological thriller, the line between the explorer and the explored dissolves. To protect the surface from the encroaching darkness, John must decide if his own sanity is a price worth paying. Because under the still water, the ink is still wet, and the entity is finally ready to finish the sentence.