Below

Breathtakingly frightening and hugely entertaining. . .a knockout debut. Ryan Lockwood is a talent to watch! —Tripp Whetsell, NY Daily News In the bestselling tradition of Jaws, from the depths of the sea comes a new kind of terror. In all his years as a professional diver, Will Sturman has never encountered a killing machine more ferocious than the great white shark or as deadly as the piranha. Now, off the coast of California, something is rising from the deep—and multiplying. Voracious, unstoppable, and migrating north, an ungodly life form trailed by a gruesome wake of corpses. With the help of the brilliant and beautiful oceanographer Valerie Martell, Will finds himself in a race against time to stop the slaughter—by a predator capable of devastating the world's oceans. Pray it kills you quickly. "In this brilliantly terrifying debut, Ryan Lockwood snaps hold of you and doesn't let go. . .with nerve-tingling suspense, BELOW is a thriller you won't easily put down—or forget." —Kevin O'Brien, New York Times bestselling author "Absolutely terrifying. . .and all the more frightening because it could happen." —Marc Cameron, author of State of Emergency Something hungry, relentless, and "absolutely terrifying" is surfacing off the California coast (Marc Cameron, New York Times –bestselling author). A young woman is dragged into the depths of the Pacific by a force of unimaginable strength; deep sea divers descend into the ink-black waters and never return; and when a small fishing boat is capsized and a band of migrants are swallowed up whole, the lone, terrified survivor can only utter three words . . los diablos rojos . Professional scuba diver Will Sturman and brilliant oceanographer Valerie Martell know what they're up against. It's something more ferocious than the jaws of a great white shark . . deadlier and quicker than a shoal of piranha . . a mass of predators that has evolved over millions of years to perfect their reason to exist: to kill and to feed. Now, a thousand strong and counting, they're heading toward shallow waters where the prey is easy. For Will and Valerie, it's a race against time to stop the world's oceans -- and its shores -- from turning blood red. "Brilliantly terrifying . . Lockwood snaps hold of you and doesn't let go . . With nerve-tingling suspense, Below is a thriller you won't easily put down -- or forget." -- Kevin O'Brien, New York Times –bestselling author "Breathtakingly frightening and hugely entertaining . . a knockout." -- New York Daily News Professional diver Will Sturman and brilliant and beautiful oceanographer Valerie Martell must stop a school of voracious sea creatures before they devastate the world's oceans