Sea Tremors

by Edward J. McFadden III

It survived in the darkness, but it craved the light.

The quake of the century rocks northern California, splitting a tectonic plate and unleashing the Pacific Ocean on the sheltered vale of Gullhaven. The inlet to the sea through the steep bluffs is blocked, and Blackwater Bay rises, flooding the valley as the foundations of the Earth shift, causing a rift in the bay floor and awakening a bloodthirsty leviathan.

Trapped sharks prowl the flooded streets, orcas stalk the bay, and something darker emerges from the depths. With the water rising and time running out, Blackwater Bay Constable Leonard Cannon devises a desperate plan to save Gullhaven, but an ancient beast with a primal hunger stands in his way and it must feed.

Genres: Horror

228 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 17, 2019

About the author

Ed cut his teeth reading John Christopher, Tolkien, Poe, Brooks and Zelazny, and graduated to Joe Haldeman, Allen Steele, Arthur C. Clark and Jack Vance. For the last twenty years he’s done a deep dive on apocalyptic fiction, and he really enjoyed learning at the feet of Elmore Leonard, Philip K. Dick, Lawrence Block, Ray Bradbury, Carl Hiaasen, Stephen King, Joe Lansdale, and F. Paul Wilson. His recent publications include Hell Creek, Too Much Grit, The Cryptid Club, Keepers of the Flame, Quick Sands, Sandbagged, Dogs Get Ten Lives, Barracuda Swarm, Dinosaur Red, Drop Off, and Jurassic Ark. His sea thrillers, The Breach and Shadow of the Abyss were Amazon #1 Best Sellers and the audio version of The Breach was a #1 Hot New Release. His other novels include Throwback, Sea Tremors, Primeval Valley, AWAKE, The Black Death of Babylon, and HOAXERS. He lives on Long Island with his wife Dawn, and their daughter Samantha.

Reviews

[Peter Topside · Rating 4 out of 5]

So I’m going to get on my soapbox for a minute…and I’m coming at this as both an author and professional reviewer…sometimes I scan through reviews for a book before I read it. And I gotta tell ya, the reviews for this were downright nasty for no good reason. No book is perfect and absent of some level of inaccuracies, typos, etc, and it’s unrealistic to think otherwise. But to slam a book and leave it a 1-star rating is very nasty, and not only insults the author, but also pisses on all the work that went into developing the project, negatively affecting its potential success and their willingness to complete other projects. From outlining a concept, to developing drafts, working with various levels of editors and production to reach the final product, publishing is a time-consuming and expensive labor of love. So to all reviewers who may read this, you can hate parts of a book all you want, but there is no reason to obliterate it with the absolute lowest rating possible, especially when a strong majority of the story is fine. Just make your point appropriately, rate it fairly, and stop trying to make a name for yourself at other people’s expense. Have some level of respect for authors efforts and the literary world please. Ok, now that I got that off my chest, I didn’t love this book, but I think it was fine as an action-packed aquatic horror. Our lead, Cannon, is pretty laughable, but endearing, as the textbook hero, as he runs around reviving children, battling gigantic squid, saving the town, finding time for kissies, etc. But this isn’t Shakespeare folks, its a monster story, so it all worked fine. The story started right off and kept a fast pace throughout, complete with lots of large scale sequences. I would have liked the pace to slow down at times, which would have broken up the monotony of it all. However, with the stakes of the plot, it sort of needed to be nonstop, so I get that. Now I did question some of the accuracies concerning the size of the sharks and especially the leviathan, which were both very confusing. That all needed to be fine-tuned a bit more. But, not without some minor issues, the writing was solid, the story was fun, and it was a pretty good overall experience.

[Teresa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not a bad story for a creature feature book, but little character development. All women are bitches, caricatures or placated with “mansplaining” (the author’s word) to stay in their allotted role, assigned by Cannon, our “hero” who stays alive while successfully getting everyone he teams up with killed by his idiocy.
There are also some laughable errors, like a woman trying for “causal sheik” instead of “casual chic”.

[Crystal Fenerty · Rating 1 out of 5]

Ummm. Did not finish

Authors trying to be dramatic really need to read up on the animals they are using, and how nature works. First off a great white does not have a 3 foot dorsal fin. They roll their eyes back when attacking, not watch you as they attack. They don’t deliberately ram boats. Nor do they try to eat boats!
So 1st chapter amusing, was about monster. Though why cover shows it as black when it is colourless (white).
2nd chapter. I’m sorry but if you get pulled into a giant whirlpool, it does not just spit you back out. Especially if you’re heading down nose first! Then we have the shark.
3ed chapter. We still have the shark.
At this point I’m completely disgusted with the authors inability to get well known (or easy to look up) nature facts right that I could no longer stand to read the book.
Glad I go this trough kindle unlimited or I would have to get a refund!!!
Definitely not recommend unless you don’t care that this book seems to have no attachment to real facts.

[Xavi Fuentes · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have mixed feelings about this book. On the one hand, I really liked the vision of the figure and Cannon, the protagonist, but on the other it has been difficult for me to maintain interest in history, especially at very specific moments. I don't know if it was because of how the author develops his narrative or maybe because the content itself was unnecessarily dilated. Everything and so, the overall result is positive and I will continue reading more works of this author.

[Xavi Fuentes · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have mixed feelings about this book. On the one hand, I really liked the vision of the figure and Cannon, the protagonist, but on the other it has been difficult for me to maintain interest in history, especially at very specific moments. I don't know if it was because of how the author develops his narrative or maybe because the content itself was unnecessarily dilated. Everything and so, the overall result is positive and I will continue reading more works of this author.

[Cristina Roskoff · Rating 1 out of 5]

I didn't like it.

The story had potential. I feel it would had been a great narative with certain things would had change. I didn't feel the main character new what he was doing and in the process got himself into some situations that could had been avoided. He was too reckless and people died because of his bad decisions.
In all honesty, I didn't like it.

[Bessie A. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Better than I thought!!

This was a book I really had a hard time putting down. It actually had a real story line that I wanted to continue reading. The only thing wrong was there was never a name of the actually beast. But it was still a really good book. The characters were well formed and left you wanting to know more. Great read.

[BookLoversLife · Rating 3 out of 5]

Review to come.