Fear of the Deep - Softcover

Hiner, Julie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1964398452 ISBN 13: 9781964398457

Publisher: Crystal Lake Publishing, 2025

Synopsis

In Fear of the Deep, Julie Hiner plunges readers into the dark, uncharted waters of terror and suspense.

Bailey, a lifeguard with a heavy metal heart and a Jack Daniel's addiction, has long avoided the deep sea since a haunting accident. San Diego's sunny shores provide a façade of normalcy, where her nights are drowned in music and whiskey, and her days are spent keeping a safe distance from the ocean's grasp.

But the sea has a way of claiming what it wants. The discovery of a woman's body, marked by peculiar and familiar bite marks, washes up on her beach, forcing Bailey to confront the fears she's been running from. Deep beneath the waves, something sinister lurks, a nightmare born from genetic engineering gone awry. As Bailey delves deeper into the mystery, she finds herself entangled in a web of horror and science fiction, where sea creatures of the darkest depths become terrifyingly real.

With each tide, the line between reality and nightmare blurs, pulling Bailey into a psychological maelstrom. Her journey is not just a battle against the horrors emerging from the deep but a fight to overcome the demons within herself.

Fear of the Deep is not just a novel—it's a voyage into the heart of terror and the human psyche. It navigates the treacherous waters of horror suspense, sea stories, and genetic engineering science fiction, making it a perfect storm for fans of psychological thrillers and deep-sea adventures.

Are you brave enough to dive into the depths of Fear of the Deep? Hold your breath and plunge into this sea of suspense, where the darkest fears lie waiting beneath the surface.

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About this title

About the Author

Julie Hiner spent endless hours during her childhood lost in the pages of books. The only thing that took precedence over a book was her Walkman. Julie remains a hardcore eighties rocker at heart.Julie worked as a computer scientist, specializing in network simulation. On a break between contracts, she published an inspirational work of nonfiction, her own story of facing fear and anxiety on a bicycle in the European mountains.Julie now writes psychological horror/suspense heavily infused with hard rock and metal. She has published an eighties metal murder detective series, a nineties nostalgic serial killer novella, a death metal demon possession novella, and co-curated a horror anthology. Several of Julie's horror short stories have been published in anthologies. You can find her at KillersAndDemons.com serving up toxic cocktails of metal and murder.

Edition details

• Publisher: Crystal Lake Publishing
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1964398452
• ISBN 13: 9781964398457
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 185
• Editor: Waters Torrid, Publishing Crystal Lake