Adrift at sea. Hunted by the starving

Three years after the fall of civilization, the once-luxurious Ocean Serenity is no longer a cruise ship—it’s a rusting prison adrift in a world gone silent. Supplies are vanishing, tempers are flaring, and the sick outnumber the strong. Paramedic Glen Halloway knows it’s only a matter of time before desperation becomes mutiny. When illness begins to spread among the survivors, Glen knows their only chance is to go ashore.

But the mainland offers no salvation. What waits there is far worse than disease or hunger. A deadly virus has reshaped humanity into something ravenous and relentless. Known only as The Crimson, it burns through the body, leaving its victims starved for iron and stripped of reason. But they aren’t mindless—they wait, they hunt, and they are consumed by their never-ending hunger.

Now, Glen and a small team must brave the ruined town of Seabrook, searching for medicine and supplies before the infected find them first. But as their mission spirals into a nightmare, alliances will be tested, secrets will be unearthed, and Glen will have to confront not only the monsters outside—but the ones forming within.

Onboard, those untouched by The Crimson are growing desperate—and desperation breeds cruelty. As Glen’s scavenging team fights to survive the horrors of land, they return to a ship that may no longer be home… and to people who might be even more dangerous than what waits in the dark.

RED TIDE RISING is the gripping first novel in The Crimson series, blending post-apocalyptic survival, high-stakes horror, and emotional depth. When the tide turns red, will humanity rise—or drown?

Adrift in open waters. Trapped in a new kind of nightmare.

After the Ocean Serenity sinks beneath bloodied waves, Glen Halloway and a handful of survivors flee aboard a small lifeboat—exhausted, starving, and clinging to hope. But they are not alone. The open sea has become a fragile refuge for those fleeing The Crimson, and desperation turns friend into foe in the battle to stay alive.

When Glen’s group encounters a remote island, salvation finally seems within reach. But what they find there is worse than anything they faced on land or sea. A powerful pharmaceutical corporation, backed by rogue nations, has turned the island into a secret research facility—one that uses human test subjects in the ruthless pursuit of a cure for The Crimson.

As Glen uncovers the horrifying truth behind the experiments, loyalties fracture, danger escalates, and escape becomes nearly impossible. With time running out and the infected always one step behind, Glen must decide how far he’s willing to go to save what’s left of humanity—before the burning seas consume them all.

Burning Seas is a tense, visceral continuation of The Crimson saga, exploring the razor’s edge between survival and sacrifice in a world where monsters aren’t just made by viruses—but by men.