Adult Speculative Thriller

Nicknamed Coral, AGAINST THE WAKING TIDES follows Theo West, a coral gardener on a small island in the middle of the North Atlantic. When Theo’s best friend dies with a piece of the island’s magic-laden coral clutched in her hand, everyone is suspect—including him.

Status: Final Revision (hopefully)
Plan: Query Spring 2025

“Another breeze this time, seemed to push him forward a step, whispered in his ear. 
He could taste his fear, a kind of knowing that came from the sea.  
When next the wind blew, and Theo dragged his gaze from the exposed fingertips to the top of the tarp, he saw it. He saw her.”

— BETWEEN THE WHISPERING TREES, Marina Green

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AGAINST THE WAKING TIDES - a trailer

This trailer was edited using iMovie with NORMAL PEOPLE, FOE, THE PERFECT COUPLE, THE DUBLIN MIRDERS, and royalty free video clips of the Isle of Lewis. Featuring “Salt and the Sea” by The Lumineers.

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“The sinking was quick. As the small boat was sucked down, down into the vacuum of the sea, Finlay yelled something at Theo. His words were stolen by the gale and punctuated by a violent crash of thunder. Afraid was too small a word to describe how Theo felt at that moment. It cracked open his heart, the fissures in the sinew that kept him alive splitting open like the wood of the boat.”

— BETWEEN THE WHISPERING TREES, Marina Green

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“Her back arched and she pressed into him. Her hand found that familliar scar on his shoulder blade, the one he got the night his brother died. He carried that day with him always. She couldn’t see it now, but she had memorized the shape of it. When she pressed her hand into it, Theo shivered.”

— BETWEEN THE WHISPERING TREES, Marina Green

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