Waves

Nicholas Evans came to the sea carrying everything he couldn't let go of

He left behind a marriage ended by an illness, a child that never had the chance to be born, and a life that had stopped moving forward. The sea was meant to be quiet. A place to breathe again, to remember how it feels to be held by something that asks for nothing in return.

He let the sea hear his cries and questions left unanswered

Then one day, it answered.

The tide revealed something else.
An island that appears only when the water allows it.
A structure that welcomes without resistance.
A place that learns who you are the moment you step inside.

What begins as curiosity becomes pressure. What feels like comfort turns into control. People are separated not by force, but by choice that isn't really a choice at all. Fear is dulled. Pain is managed. Compliance feels like relief. And silence felt like a sharp knife that cuts through the peace they want to protect

And some never come back.

As Nicholas and the strangers who have become his lifeline realize they are being watched, not for safety, but for use, escape becomes more than survival. It becomes a reckoning with the cost of progress, the danger of good intentions, and the lie that control can replace love.

He must confront a truth more terrifying than grief: that systems built to protect can learn how to take, and that love, when paired with fear, can justify a decision that could lead to unimaginable pain and harm.

Beneath the sea, a pharmaceutical empire hides its most devastating truth.
Above it, every decision makes waves.

WAVES is a gripping blend of mystery, science fiction, and emotional drama, a heart-wrenching, high-stakes novel about grief, consent, and the quiet terror of systems that promise to care for us better than we care for each other.

Some waves destroy.
Some teach you how to stand.