What monster could kill an entire ship's crew without spilling an ounce of blood? What monster could sink a solid steel freighter? What monster could devour twenty-five men and disappear without a trace? Professor Nicholas Voigt is about to find out. Conscripted to locate the SS Ourang Medan, a shipwreck of myth and legend, Nicholas is ferried to the Strait of Malacca. There, he meets his shipmates and his eccentric employer-millionaire Bryan Dunston. He thinks the expedition will lead to personal and professional success. He's wrong. Within days, Nicholas discovers his employer's true intentions. He discovers that Bryan Dunston is a man driven by desire. By lust. By evil. The millionaire believes that a weapon of unfathomable power is hidden in the Ourang Medan's bowels...and he will stop at nothing to retrieve it. Rife with murder, mystery, action, and the occult, From Below is a no-holds-barred thriller that is sure to leave you breathless! "Reads like a young Stephen King." -Iain McKinnon, author of Domain of the Dead, on Mute