A01=Rachel Reiss
ancient curse
Australia
Author_Rachel Reiss
belonging
buried treasure
Category=YFCB
dark aquatic fantasy
deep sea
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Florida
friendship
high school friends
horror
islands
mystery
ocean
protecting friends at all costs
romance
scuba diving
sea cave
social media
summer before college
supernatural
supernatural transformations
thriller
treasure hunt
underwater adventure
Product details
- ISBN 9781250366146
- Weight: 382g
- Dimensions: 143 x 217mm
- Publication Date: 16 Jun 2025
- Publisher: Wednesday Books
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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Phoebe “Phibs” Ray is never more at home than when she’s underwater. Six months ago, she and her four closest friends found social media fame after discovering a handful of ancient gold coins in the Florida Keys. Now, their final summer together after high school, they’re taking one last trip to a distant Australian island to do what they love most – scuba dive.
While diving a local reef, Phibs discovers a spectacular underwater sea cave, rumored to be a lost cave with a buried treasure. But when Phibs and her best friend Gabe surface from the cave, they notice that they're undergoing strange changes. Oozing gashes that don’t heal. Haunting whispers in their heads... Something has latched onto them, lurking beneath their skin, transforming them from the inside out.
When treasure hunters arrive, desperate to find the location of the cave and hold Phibs’ group for ransom, she’ll do anything to keep her friends safe. In the process she learns that, of all the dreadful creatures of the sea, she might be the most terrifying of them all.
RACHEL REISS is an experienced scuba diver who has explored marine reefs around the world. She's been published in national outlets including The Los Angeles Times, Us Weekly, Yahoo!, Access Hollywood, and Huffington Post, and was a Segment Producer for late night network talk shows. She currently lives in Southern California with her family and her rambunctious dog, Ozzy.
