{"product_id":"the-second-drowning-kurt-dawson-9798275395204","title":"The Second Drowning","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen the luxury cruise ship \u003cb\u003eHalcyon\u003c\/b\u003e suffers a sudden flood deep in its engine deck, the incident is written off as a mechanical malfunction-until the lead investor is found dead behind a locked door.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInvestigator \u003cb\u003eJulian Vale\u003c\/b\u003e is called aboard to verify the cause. He expects corrosion. Negligence. Something human.\u003cbr\u003eWhat he finds is something far worse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA terrified technician hiding in the dark.\u003cbr\u003eA neural system built to detect fear.\u003cbr\u003eA serum designed to amplify it.\u003cbr\u003eAnd a pattern the AI recognizes in Julian alone-one tied to a drowning he's never escaped.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the ship spirals toward disaster, Julian discovers that someone on board injected themselves with an illegal cognitive enhancer, forcing the ship's system to mirror their panic. The flooding wasn't an accident-it was a reaction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd the investor wasn't alone when he died.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSomeone else was with him.\u003cbr\u003eSomeone long thought dead.\u003cbr\u003eSomeone trained to break systems from the inside.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the Halcyon sinking into terror and the truth unraveling by the second, Julian must confront the one person he hoped never to see again-or risk becoming the final casualty of a fear that refuses to stay buried.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA tense, atmospheric thriller about memory, guilt, and the cost of truth.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kurt Dawson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798275395204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/23\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.58d","brand":"Kurt Dawson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49172019708159,"sku":"9798275395204","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-second-drowning-kurt-dawson-9798275395204","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}