Jay Gardiner has given himself a fool’s errand—to find the remains of his deceased father in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Monastery Beach. He knows it’s a long shot, but Jay feels it’s the only way for him to lift the weight of guilt he has carried since his dad’s death by suicide the previous year. The dive begins well enough, but the sudden appearance of a giant squid puts Jay in very real jeopardy, made infinitely worse by the arrival of a sperm whale looking to feed. Suddenly, Jay is caught in the squid’s tentacles and drawn into the whale’s mouth where he is pulled into the first of its four stomachs. He quickly realizes he has only… Read more.
Trigger and Content Warnings
- Emotional child abuse discussed (on-page)
- Hallucinations (protagonist)
- Physical injury & illness (on-page)
- Emesis
- Death of a father from suicide by drowning after terminal cancer discussed (off-page)
- Graphic animal death & injury (theme) including the protagonist being swallowed alive by a sperm whale
*Context : The protagonist’s father uses dive weights to drown after his terminal cancer diagnosis. A general warning for content sensitive for readers with claustrophobia.
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