In 1963, thirteen-year-old Bud Castillo and his friend Aubrey Marsh thwarted a conspiracy to unleash ancient horrors from beneath Devil’s Reef in Innsmouth, Massachusetts.
Six years later, still mourning Aubrey’s sacrifice, he finds that serving in Vietnam aboard a Swift Boat feels uncomfortably familiar: a battle of deranged true believers trying to get their hands on something ancient and hungry. This time, Bud will need more than a Scout’s sense of duty to survive it…especially when a ghost from Innsmouth challenges his loyalties.
“Intense… The unusual blend of war story and Lovecraftian horror leads to a shocking finale… a horror story that gets to a deeper truth.”
—Publishers Weekly
