The Rising Tide

The Rising Tide

Eleven months after her sister Claire's death, photographer Emily Morgan returns to the remote coastal town of Harborsmouth seeking answers about a family mystery that has haunted her for years. But the town is preparing for the Tide Festival, and beneath its charming surface lies a centuries-old secret.

The lighthouse isn't just a lighthouse. It's a lock. And there are three doors.

As Emily is drawn into a world of drowned cities, impossible photographs, and people who return from the sea without their memories, she discovers her family's connection to an ancient cosmic force known only as the Hunger—a presence born from humanity's refusal to let go of the dead. For three hundred years, the Keepers have guarded the doors, feeding the Tide to keep it sleeping. But the seal is breaking.

Haunted by visions of Claire and hunted by something that wears the faces of the lost, Emily must descend into the drowned world beneath Harborsmouth. There she will uncover the truth about her ancestors, the first Keeper, and the terrible price of remembrance. Because the Tide doesn't want to destroy the world—it wants to be remembered. And it has chosen Emily to carry its memory.

To close the door, Emily must make an impossible choice: hold onto the dead forever, or learn to let them go without forgetting.

The sea remembers what humanity has forgotten. And it's waiting for her to remember it back.

The Rising Tide is a sweeping cosmic horror novel about grief, memory, and the terrifying cost of love that refuses to end.