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Sean Jaffe, Clayton Oliver, Ethan Skemp And Adam Tinworth

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CreditsAuthors: Sean Jaffe, Clayton Oliver, EthanSkemp, Adam TinworthDeveloper: Ethan SkempEditor: Aileen E. MilesArt Director: Aileen E. MilesLayout &Typesetting: Pauline BenneyArt: Andrew Bates, Joe Corroney, StevePrescott, Jeff Rebner, Alex Sheikman, DrewTuckerCover Art: Steve PrescottCover Design: Pauline Benney

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ConentsAnd the Sea Shall Give Up Her Dead... 4

Introduction: Rising Tides 8

Chapter One: Seas of Darkness 12

Chapter Two: Denizens 32

Chapter Three: Spinning Yarns 84

Chapter Four: Lurkers 96

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Commander Jaime Rodriguez, United States Coast Guard, hates the sea. It’s a horrible sentiment, he knows, for a man in his position, but he’s never felt anything but hatred and contempt — and, yes, more than a little bit of terror — for the thing that defi nes his existence. On a night like this, he can almost imagine that the sea returns the sentiment.

USCGC Thetis, Rodriguez’ ship, plows doggedly through the 25-foot waves of the Caribbean at 14 knots, an excellent speed to be making in some of the worst weather of the decade. She’s a good vessel, 270 feet of solid Pittsburgh steel, and the 103 men and offi cers of her crew are some of the best in the Coast Guard, certainly the best their captain has ever served with.

Rodriguez doesn’t give a damn about that just now. He’d rather be anywhere but where he is. His mind’s eye still holds the last satellite weather image received before lightning blew the main communications mast to hell and gone. There isn’t a clear patch of sea for a good 200 miles in any direction. Rodriguez can imagine the

situation in the Bahamas, the Keys, southern Florida: mass exoduses away from the coast, families huddled in bathrooms or basements… wives and children and parents praying for his crew to come back. Don’t think about that, he tells himself.

The captain turns away from the railing, unsnaps his safety line, and steps back onto Thetis’ bridge. Back to work. “XO, status?”

The executive offi cer of Thetis is Lieutenant Com-mander David Jordan. He’s served under Rodriguez for over a decade now, and they’ve developed an eerily smooth partnership. Jordan looks up from the chart table to meet his captain’s gaze, and his own eyes say Skipper, we are well and truly fucked.

Rodriguez nods curtly and jerks his eyes at the bridge crew. Don’t I know it. But don’t say it that way. Morale.

Jordan clears his throat. “Damage control party’s almost fi nished rigging a temporary radio antenna. We’ve still got GPS feed on our own position and

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