<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>After lying dormant for thousands of years, a Shoggoth is aroused by an Antarctic survey expedition, wreaking havoc...<br>A year later, the expedition's sole survivor Sam Oliver must enter R'lyeh, newly risen from beneath the sea, to search for the woman who rescued him, who he loved until her terrible dreams tore them apart...<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Former Air Force Pararescue specialist Sam Oliver joins the Hobblestone-Thorpe 2012 Antarctic Expedition on the ice sheet at the base of Mount Takahe, never dreaming that within it he will encounter an absolute impossibility and be the only person to return alive and able to warn the world what has broken free...<br>One year later, Mayday and abandoning ship are the last words heard from Clementine Prioress, the only survivor of a ship torn apart somehow, sending Sam Oliver to the South Pacific to save her.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>B. B. Irvine was born in New York City in 1959. He graduated from the High School of Music and Art N.Y. (1976 music), New York State University at Stony Brook (1980 B.A. liberal arts), and in 1982 received a certificate as a Physician Assistant from the Bowman Gray School of Medicine in North Carolina. He has worked in settings including emergency medicine, AIDS research, and addiction treatment in New York City, where he lives. <br>In 1994 he earned a second degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do from Grandmaster Richard Chun. <br>His novels and screenplays evidence his knowledge of people and frequently weave medicine, science, history, romance, and martial arts into the action. He entered the Smashwords universe in 2012 and stepped into print in 2014.