Fear and courage
Harrison has been terrified of water since a childhood boating disaster and must use his resources while facing threats.
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Daryl Gregory - Author
A supernatural mystery about a teenager confronting deep fears while searching for his missing mother. It combines coastal horror, strange allies and escalating danger, with family loss and courage at its emotional centre.
Harrison Harrison, H2 to his mom, is a lonely teenager who's been terrified of the water ever since he was a toddler in California, when a huge sea creature capsized their boat, and his father vanished. One of the "sensitives" who are attuned to the supernatural world, Harrison and his mother have just moved to the worst possible place for a boy like him: Dunnsmouth, a Lovecraftian town perched on rocks above the Atlantic, where strange things go on by night, monsters lurk under the waves, and creepy teachers run the local high school. On Harrison's first day at school, his mother, a marine biologist, disappears at sea. Harrison must attempt to solve the mystery of her accident, which puts him in conflict with a strange church, a knife-wielding killer, and the Deep Ones, fish-human hybrids that live in the bay. It will take all his resources, and an unusual host of allies, to defeat the danger and find his mother. Harrison's marine biologist mother has disappeared and trying to find her will introduce him to the Dwellers of the Deep and a church that seeks a monstrous power.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceA supernatural mystery about a teenager confronting deep fears while searching for his missing mother. It combines coastal horror, strange allies and escalating danger, with family loss and courage at its emotional centre.
Harrison has been terrified of water since a childhood boating disaster and must use his resources while facing threats.
Harrison searches for his mother after she disappears at sea, while his father had previously vanished following a boating accident.
Dunnsmouth contains unusual nighttime activity, supernatural residents, a strange church and a monstrous power beneath or around the bay.
Be ready for sustained suspense involving a missing parent, a vanished father, monsters, a knife-wielding killer and supernatural threats.
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