They survived the storm. They won't survive what came back from the water.

Jess is filming the perfect luxury vacation in the Florida Keys for her followers—a private yacht, a handsome boyfriend, and an endless turquoise sea. But when a freak storm capsizes their vessel, the idyllic dream becomes a desperate nightmare.

Adrift on a tiny life raft, the six survivors are pushed to the brink by dehydration, exposure, and their own fracturing sanity. But the horrors of the open ocean are nothing compared to what's in it. When one of their own is lost to the waves and then miraculously returned, a new and terrifying suspicion takes root.

The boy they rescued isn't the same. He’s a flawless copy, an impossible imitation with unnerving gaps in his memory and a chilling lack of humanity.

Trapped on a sinking raft in the middle of nowhere, they realize they are not alone. They are prey. As the survivors turn on each other, they must confront a terrifying truth: the monster isn't just circling in the water below—it's already on the raft with them. And it's learning.

This fast-paced, high-concept survival horror novella is a harrowing blend of The Thing and Adrift, a relentless tale of paranoia, cosmic dread, and the terrifying discovery that in the deepest parts of the world, we are not the dominant species.