The village of Oakhaven sits on the edge of the Atlantic, a place where the fog is thick and the history is deep. For centuries, the locals have whispered about the things buried in the black mud of the harbor. But when a desperate occult ritual to summon a protector goes wrong, the mud gives up something that should have stayed extinct.
It is not a ghost. It is biology.
A Baryonyx walkeri-thirty feet of rotting muscle, kelp-draped scales, and sadistic intelligence-has risen from the deep. Driven by an ancient hunger and a supernatural rage, the beast cuts off the village from the world. As the sun sets, the slaughter begins. This is not a mindless animal; it is a hunter that understands doors, locks, and the taste of fear.
From the blood-slicked cobblestones of the harbor to the crumbling sanctuary of the church tower, Elias, a man broken by his own summoning, must find a way to kill a creature that time forgot-before Oakhaven becomes nothing more than a graveyard by the sea.
"We dug into the past looking for a god to save us. We found a monster that just wanted to eat us."