The Wild Beneath

By Kelly Anderson

"Anderson's book is ethereal, languid, crafted of language that rushes and recedes like a tide, buoying a story that reminds us sometimes the impossible is possible."--Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times bestselling author

For readers of Wild Dark Shore and The Time Traveler's Wife, a fierce, haunting story of one woman caught between her first love and a mysterious stranger who upends everything--and the two worlds that won't let her go.

Annie MacLeod always knew she was different, growing up on a sailboat in the Pacific Northwest, navigating by stars and swimming with sea creatures alongside her parents and best friend Evan. But when a tsunami shatters her world, Annie is stranded on land and forced to confront how eccentric she is. In the wreckage, she rescues a wordless man named Walker, who emits a hum only she can hear.

Their connection is instant, electric. Walker's touch gives Annie visions of the ocean's hidden world, a life she's never known but feels inexplicably drawn to. Yet even as she is pulled toward him, Evan--the steadfast love who has always been there--remains on dry land, offering the stability she may have to leave behind. Annie is torn between Evan's grounding presence and Walker's otherworldly draw. But then, Walker vanishes--along with the answers she needs about who she really is.

Six years later, Annie has left the sea and buried the past--until Walker's haunting sound returns, pulling her back toward the ocean and the life she abandoned. Now, Annie must confront a choice that will test her heart and determine her future.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0778306062
• ISBN13: 9780778306061
• Release Date: August 2026
• Publisher: Park Row
• Length: 384 Pages