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Harrison Harrison, a quiet teenager who had fled water since a childhood sea accident that swallowed his father, moves with his mother to the eerie coastal town of Dunnsmouth. The town’s bleak rocks and Atlantic nights are home to strange creatures, ominous teachers, and a cloistered church seeking forbidden power. On Harrison’s first day, his mother disappears at sea. Now, the sensitive young man must unravel her disappearance, facing a knife‑wielding killer, the fish‑human Deep Ones, and a congregation bent on unleashing danger. With the aid of unlikely allies, he challenges the town’s dark forces to find his mother and survive the night.
First publish date: 2015
Genre: Horror/Cosmic Horror
Authors: Daryl Gregory
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