Into the Deep: Beneath The Surface

By Jeromie H Shines

I didn't set out to uncover anything. I just wanted to get away.
From the noise.
From the pressure.

From the part of me I couldn't outrun.

But when you go deep enough - when you dive past the layers of identity, religion, trauma, and noise - you don't escape the past.

You encounter it.
This is not a story about survival.
It's about confrontation.
A slow descent into the places I buried to survive... and the man I lost along the way. They say the truth sets you free.
But sometimes, the truth first pulls you under.
You see, there's a moment in every soul's story when the masks stop working - when the strategies, the control, the religion, the success, the muscle -
all collapse under pressure.
And all that's left is you.
Breathless.
Haunted.
Looking into the eyes of someone you thought was your enemy -
only to realize...

He was you

This book is part thriller.
Part confessional.
Part spiritual map for those who've gone deep enough to feel like they're drowning - but brave enough to stay until they breathe again.

It's for those who were trained to survive but never taught how to rest.
It's for the ones who almost didn't make it.
It's for the parts of us we lost in the fire... and now must retrieve beneath the waves. You're about to step into a different kind of rescue mission.
One that won't just pull you from the system...
But call you to reclaim the parts of yourself you thought had drowned.

Some exits lead you back to captivity.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FDQTTK4Q
• ISBN13: 9798288408977
• Release Date: June 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 114 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"