Sea Hides its Dead (Bontrager Megan, 2026)

YOUR SINS WON'T SAVE YOU.'DARK, BONE-CHILLING AND UTTERLY TWISTED' Deena HelmThe Sea Hides its Dead is a cult aquatic horror about a group of academics trapped in a sea cave who must reckon with unknowable horrors as they are forced to atone for their greatest sins.Grad student Caro has no idea what she wants to do with her life, but when an opportunity arises to act as a research assistant on an anthropological expedition for her professor and lover, Edward Beck, she doesn't hesitate.Beck assembles a team of academics and professionals to study the ancient sea-based Cult of the Leviathan, and the expedition descends into the sea caves where the cult are said to have dwelt.But when the cave entrance collapses, trapping them inside, the expedition will find they are not alone in the darkness. Surrounded by strange artefacts and scattered bones, an ancient trial has been set in motion. One by one, the members of the expedition will be tested and forced to atone for their greatest sin. . . or die.Praise for The Sea Hides its Dead:'A captivating, Lovecraftian horror that examines friendships and love and the dark parts of ourselves' Daisy Pearce, author of Something in the Walls'Dark, bone-chilling, and utterly twisted, The Sea Hides its Dead will drag you into its depths with only a flare to light your way' Deena Helm, author of Our Cut of Salt'A briny tale of cosmic horror at sea and a harrowing dark academic treatise about the cost of obsession and the wages of guilt. Weird, wild, and unpredictable' Bitter Karella, author of Moonflow