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When the Deep Opened — Volume 2

The rescue continues as the struggle beneath the vanished ocean widens. Moving the vulnerable to safety may demand more than any one survivor can give.

Coming Soon · January 2027

When the Deep Opened — Volume 2 by Steven E Cook

The rescue continues.

The survivors are no longer traveling alone. Wounded people need safe passage, supplies are finite, and every route asks who can be carried—and who gets to decide. Tavren’s search for his son continues amid decisions that will reach far beyond his own family.

Volume 2 contains Chapters 91–170 and continues directly from Volume 1. The preview begins at Chapter 91, “The Route We Changed,” and may reveal circumstances from the first volume.

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