Unknown Seas

In the 15th century, the world beyond Europe began to emerge from myth and legend, and it was the Portuguese who led the way. They founded an empire that stretched from China to Brazil, and the peak of their achievement was Vasco da Gama's discovery of a sea route to India. Still today, landmarks, coastlines and currents around the world bear Portuguese names, and the oceans of the world are one vast watery grave for Portuguese seamen. For those who sailed beyond the known world life was harsh beyond measure.

The Sea of the Unknown lays before us, cold and callous. Behind us stand the comforts of home, the assurance of a path well-trodden. But some of us feel called to something else - something unseen, undefinable. Those hopes and nebulous dreams rest out over the horizon, beyond the chop and spray of the slate-gray sea that crashes at our feet. We know not how to reach those dreams; we know only that we must try.

The ocean was never empty. It was waiting. For forty-three elite passengers, the maiden voyage of the Aurelia was supposed to be the ultimate luxury experience: a front-row seat to the Mariana Trench from behind three inches of aerospace-grade polymer. For marine systems engineer Nora Caldwell, it was a rushed safety inspection she never should have signed off on. At one thousand meters down, the champagne is still pouring when the first impact hits. It isn’t a structural failure. It isn’t a seismic event. Something massive, ancient, and perfectly adapted to the crushing blackness has ...

A lonely place to die. At the center of the Pacific Ocean lies Point Nemo—the most remote location on Earth. A place so isolated that the closest humans are astronauts orbiting above it. For decades, it’s been used as a dumping ground for dead satellites. A graveyard in the deep. But after the crash landing of a Chinese space station, something else is now waiting there… The world’s superpowers are mobilising. Fleets are deployed. Weapons are primed in the race to possess it— A relentless blend of science, suspense, and high-stakes adventure—perfect for fans of Michael Crichton,...

The oldest monster in the world has the best witnesses. A Royal Navy captain swore to it in an official report to the Admiralty. Two Fellows of the Zoological Society watched it through their glasses off the coast of Brazil and never forgot what they saw. For four hundred years, sober sailors, trained naturalists, and whole ships' companies have reported a long, dark animal moving through open water, an animal that fits nothing in the textbooks. Is the sea serpent real? Sea Monsters takes the question seriously, the way it deserves. No breathless belief. No lazy ridicule. Just the evidence,...

It was completely dark. The only things visible now were the two small beacon fires on the Pinta and the Nina. Christopher was glad the two fires calmed his, too. Their glow reminded him that the Santa Maria was not alone on the vast, uncharted Ocean Sea. The three ships would sail together into...

At 2,100 metres, something was already counting them. Two hundred and forty-three days after Norway, Corporal Morrow is still on leave, still rereading the classified annotation file on what really happened there, still counting the days. At ten past three in the morning a courier brings the orders. In 1987, Project Hadal put six divers in a saturation station on a shelf of the Molloy Deep, the deepest trench in the Arctic Ocean. For ninety-four days they recorded something in the dark that was learning their instruments. Then the station went silent, and the report on the final contact was...

Something is waiting in the water. Beneath quiet lakes, beyond breaking waves, under ice, inside flooded tunnels — it watches, listens, hungers. The Black Below is a chilling collection of twenty horror stories that plunge into the oldest fear known to humankind: what lives beneath the surface. From deep-sea trenches where ancient shapes stir, to lonely reservoirs where drowned voices sing, each tale drags you deeper into darkness where oxygen thins and terror tightens its grip. You will meet fishermen who haul up more than they bargained for. Divers who discover structures that should ...

An LGBTQ Post-Apocalyptic Romance “Kid has a point, though. You’re not worried about bringing a strange man home?” Alison gave him an unsmiling look. “Just don’t try anything.” Her free hand clutched the knife at her belt. “You wouldn’t be the first man I’ve ever gutted.” When a stranger finds his way to their camp, Alison is wise to be wary. She can't be too careful in the devastated world they've found themselves in after the Fall. She had the children, Manuel and Tammy, to consider. Dangerous animals and raiders were the norm these days and protecting their livelihood...

When Alex Carter, a seasoned underwater archaeologist, receives a mysterious invitation to a top-secret expedition off the coast of a remote island, he thinks it's just another chance to uncover a hidden treasure. The invite, however, is more than it seems—it's an urgent call from an anonymous source, warning Alex that the island holds a dark secret tied to a series of inexplicable disappearances. As Alex and his team descend into the depths of the ocean to explore the wreckage of a centuries-old shipwreck, they discover an ancient relic that seems to defy the laws of time and space. What...

EDITORIAL REVIEW THE ABYSS delivers relentless deep-ocean terror grounded in documented encounters and military realism, pulling readers into a world where the unknown is not myth — it is measured, recorded, and feared. Ted Lazaris builds tension with precision, culminating in a chilling revelation that transforms a routine mission into a permanent entry in the record. This is a gripping, cinematic installment in the Documented Terror series that leaves one unsettling truth behind: some discoveries are never meant to surface. THE SIGNAL BELOW A True Documented Terror — The Real USO / ...

When a deadly virus ravages the seafood population off the coast of Scotland, the townsfolk of Portree, Isle of Skye, are devastated. Charter boat captain Robin Murphy and café owner Becca Ronan stumble upon evidence that ties the contamination to a pharmaceutical company, thrusting them into a tangled net of mystery. Robin fears—Becca hopes—the Selkies, if they’re real, hold the key. Robin says his priority is finding a cure, but the seal folk he’s befriended on his getaway isle have stolen his heart. Becca's long-lost father and free-spirited mother may save the day…or bring ...

Most had become pirates or scavengers who would just sail around seeking food or the necklace, which over time seemed more like a myth. Only two seasons were left in the world, cold and frozen. Oddly, mostly everyone liked when the season was frozen since the people could stop sailing around and walk on the frozen waters as though it were land. 

Uncover a gripping ancient history mystery as ruthless maritime raiders trigger the violent Bronze Age collapse. Whether you seek an immersive escape for your daily commute or a deep educational dive into ancient warfare, this suspenseful narrative transports you directly to the fragile empires...