The Seething
By Ben Monroe
2023
First Published
4.27
Average Rating
375
Number of Pages
“Midsummer meets The Mist in The Seething, a slow-burn tale of creeping terror and a pressure cooker of a novel from horror’s rising star Ben Monroe. Not your usual summer vacation by the lake, The Seething is irresistibly ominous.”—Lee Murray, four-time Bram Stoker Award®-winner and author of Monster StoriesA family's relocation looked like a chance to relax and regroup—but as they settle into their new home, teenage Kimmie Barnes’ special senses make her the target of something primordial, evil, and utterly malign.Darkness…Golden Oaks, California is a sleepy town on the shores of Oro Lake, and the residents have no idea what horrors lurk below the glittering waters.Beneath the waves…One by one, as people begin to disappear, the once quiet town is soon in the grips of a waking nightmare. An unimaginable horror consuming everything before it.Hungry…All while echoes of an ancient evil spread out like malignant spider webs, like dead hands reaching, grasping…SEETHING…
Avg Rating
4.27
Number of Ratings
52
5 STARS
58%
4 STARS
23%
3 STARS
10%
2 STARS
8%
1 STARS
2%
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Author
Ben Monroe
Author · 3 books
Ben Monroe has spent most of his life in Northern California, where he lives in the East Bay Area with his wife and two children. He is the author of In the Belly of the Beast and Other Tales of Cthulhu Wars, the Seething (coming in 2023 from Brigids Gate Press), the graphic novel Planet Apocalypse, and short stories in several anthologies. When not writing about slimy lake monsters, cosmic horrors, or other malevolent entities, Ben spends time with his family, reads a lot, works a perfectly normal day job, builds models of classic monsters, and enjoys hiking and running in the East Bay hills. You can find more information about him and his work at www.benmonroe.com
