Abyssal Guide Novels & Stories

“Then we move forward, but eyes wide. Every shadow could be our enemy.” The ground beneath them trembled as they approached the gateway the spirit guide had revealed a massive arch of obsidian, carved with runes that pulsed with an otherworldly light. Beyond it lay the Abyss proper, a churning void that seemed alive, tendrils of black energy curling outward like reaching fingers.

"But the water... the water is too dense for the high-frequency wave!" He looked at the sonar. Below the Aegir’s Wake, a massive, bioluminescent shape was pacing the ship. The Trench-King. "The Abyssal shifters!" Rhys realized. "Their DNA is shifted to a lower frequency to survive the pressure of the deep. The Null-Tech isn't tuned for them!" "Zane! The staff!" Elara shouted. She grabbed the sapphire staff along with Zane. She didn't try to summon the ice. Instead, she focused on the Sub-Dermal Resonance—the heartbeat of the ocean itself. She sent a desperate, pulsing signal down through the hull of the ship.

The captain from the rescue center came looking for Cyrus Selden just as someone shook me awake from sleep. "Lucas! Trouble! Your brother Aidan's submarine, the Abyss Explorer, has lost contact at 35,000 feet in the Mariana Trench! There was an unidentified undersea quake—communication's completely down, and their chances of survival are… slim!" I blinked the sleep from my eyes and looked at him dully. "So?" I asked, my tone flat.

“He’s mine. He always has been. I won’t lose him like I lost Saint. Not like this.” Tessa and Wolf exchanged a glance, reading the desperation in my eyes. Finally, Tessa stepped back. “Then don’t come back the same.” --- DESCENDING INTO THE ABYSS I jumped. The world dropped away beneath me. The darkness surged, swallowing sound and light, pressing against my chest like an ocean of shadows. Luca’s energy pulsed ahead of me, guiding me through the chaos, glowing blue against the abyss’s black maw. The walls shifted, twisting like the inside of a nightmare. Shadows coiled around me, trying to claw at my limbs, my thoughts, my soul. Every step I took felt like walking through fire.

[The Abyssal Contract] The spray from the Atlantic tasted like iron and failure. Jinyan knelt in the ruins of his life, his hands pressed into the jagged basalt until the rock bit back. He didn’t feel the pain. He didn't even feel the wind that was trying to howl the skin off his bones. He only felt the silence where Grace’s heartbeat used to be. The "Source" was gone. The lighthouse was dark. And Panni—the woman who had taught a shark how to breathe—was dying in the dirt.

As we ventured into the heart of danger, the weight of our responsibility was ever-present, but so was our determination to protect our home. As we neared the Coral Canyons, an eerie stillness permeated the water. Our team moved stealthily, using the natural rock formations as cover. We were within striking distance of the outpost when Liora, positioned at a vantage point, signaled frantically. I swam up to her, and she pointed toward a shadowy expanse below. My heart sank as I realized the implications. The Abyssal Council had anticipated our move. Hidden beneath the sands of the canyon floor was a massive abyssal creature, bound in chains, its eyes glowing with a malevolent light.

What Abyss? This was the first time she had heard of these things. She looked at the three men before her, finding them all very mysterious. "I'll explain," said Arthur, pulling a small piece of tattered cloth from his inner pocket and placing it on the desk. It had some markings on it. "The Abyss is the name of a demonic sea region. We know of its existence, but it's too dangerous. No one from recent generations has ventured there. This scrap of cloth is part of a complete sea map."

My eyes widened as I refocused on the phone in my hand The video became shaky as if the phone was being attached to his face because I could see from his line of sight. He plunged off the building a split second later. "No!" Surprisingly, I screamed. "Ahhh!" In the stream, a sorrowful voice can be heard, as well as the booming sound of a body crashing to the ground. I couldn't control my emotions, so I closed both of my eyes and tried to be calm. My breathing became tough all of a sudden. "You need to get your act together, Ellice."