Eric Red’s new sci-fi novel IT WAITS BELOW is about to hit shelves on September 2nd and we've got all the terrifying details right here! The novel, which you can order HERE, takes us into the deepest and darkest part of the ocean where a group of salvage experts discover a nightmarish alien organism that has waited for over a century to get the surface. I don't know about you guys, but that set-up alone is enough to get under my skin. Although I don't know much about the novel beyond the plot synopsis, IT WAITS BELOW sounds like ALIEN meets THE THING in a terrifying combination of claustrophobia and the unknown.
Pre-order IT WAITS BELOW in paperback right HERE, or you Kindle readers can snatch it up HERE.
A trio of treasure hunters dive a submersible to the deepest part of the Pacific Ocean to recover a fabulous treasure in the shipwreck of a Spanish vessel sunk by a meteor centuries ago. The asteroid carried a predatory alien organism that the salvage crew accidentally brings aboard the sub when the gold is recovered. An undersea mishap disables the submersible, stranding the three people on the bottom of the ocean as they struggle to find a way to get back up to the surface before their air runs out. When one of the crew becomes infected by the extraterrestrial organism and begins to mutate, things go from bad to worse. Above, the support ship is attacked by a heavily armed gang of modern-day pirates intent on stealing the treasure, and the crew is caught in a bloody firefight. The support ship manages to retrieve the sub, but the infected crewmember has become a monstrous alien that grows to gigantic proportions when it reaches the surface. The survivors of the salvage expedition are attacked by an interstellar creature beyond comprehension and must battle it in a spectacular conclusion.
Samhain Horror Executive Editor Don D'Auria says: "With It Waits Below, Eric Red shows again that he is able to bring to fiction the same amazing action, pacing and characterization that he brings to his films. This book flies by like the best Hollywood blockbuster."