Part of Robert Grim
First published 2021
Luca Wolf discovers something impossible on a winter morning: an eighteenth-century sailing vessel called Oracle sits stranded in an empty flower field. His companion Emma Reich climbs aboard through a deck hatch. The ship's bell starts ringing, and Emma vanishes forever. Soon ten more people disappear. A secret government agency takes Luca and his mother into custody, demanding answers nobody has. The agents force Robert Grim, a retired occult specialist who hates authority, to solve the mystery before news outlets catch wind of the story. Grim uncovers the truth: Oracle signals the return of an ancient catastrophe sleeping beneath the ocean. The investigation spirals into international conspiracy, historical secrets, and mounting terror. Luca faces young love amid chaos while humanity confronts its connection to climate and plague. An open door to the apocalypse waits ahead.
Genres: science-fiction, horror, supernatural, 21st-century, mystery-thriller, apocalyptic
Vibes: atmospheric, dark, fast-paced, ominous, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: government-cover-up, mystery-unfolding, reluctant-expert, young-love-amid-chaos
Setting: flower field, ocean
Period: 21st-century, 18th-century
459 pages · Paperback · Boekerij
Content warnings: death, violence