From Below

"Creepy, claustrophobic, and thoroughly frightening." --Booklist

Darcy Coates, author of The Haunting of Ashburn House, pulls us under for mesmerizing ghost story about a documentary dive team that discovers a terrifying secret.

Hundreds of feet beneath the ocean's surface, a graveyard waits...

Years ago, the SS Arcadia vanished without a trace during a routine voyage. Though a strange, garbled emergency message was broadcast, neither the ship nor any of its crew could be found. Sixty years later, its wreck has finally been discovered more than three hundred miles from its intended course...a silent graveyard deep beneath the ocean's surface, eagerly waiting for the first sign of life.

Cove and her dive team have been granted permission to explore the Arcadia's rusting hull. Their purpose is straightforward: examine the wreck, film everything, and, if possible, uncover how and why the supposedly unsinkable ship vanished.

But the Arcadia has not yet had its fill of death, and something dark and hungry watches from below. With limited oxygen and the ship slowly closing in around them, Cove and her team will have to fight their way free of the unspeakable horror now desperate to claim them.

Because once they're trapped beneath the ocean's waves, there's no going back.

Also By Darcy Coates:

  • The Haunting of Leigh Harker
  • The Haunting of Ashburn House
  • The Haunting of Blackwood House
  • Craven Manor
  • The House Next Door
  • Voices in the Snow

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Published Jun 7, 2022

480 pages

Average rating: 7.82

33 RATINGS

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Community Reviews

Gias_BookHaven
Dec 30, 2025
4/10 stars
Overall, the story is creepy but the more I listened, the more I feel like it was an illness or delirium that got the  crew. And it's psychological paranoia that's affecting the dive team. The ending straddles these two lines and it left me unsatisfied with the outcome since I was so invested at the beginning.

Ambusler
Aug 30, 2025
10/10 stars
Amazing
DanniPhantomReads
Nov 13, 2024
10/10 stars
This book!!!!!!!!!! I’ve never read (surprisingly) a haunted ship book before and I can’t believe I never have, I freaking loved this!! The horror and the fear and the storytelling kept me on edge and on my toes and my god it was an amazing read. I will be reading and reading this over and over again. Right from the beginning you are hooked!

Thank you to NetGalley and Poisoned Pen Press for access to this ARC in exchange for an honest review!
desiree anderson
Sep 29, 2024
7/10 stars
This book is interesting in that it goes between two different time periods flawlessly. The reader finds themselves actually caring for the characters even as we ultimately know what their fate will be. It is also filled with vivid imagery that makes you almost unable to put it down.
torihbu
Dec 14, 2023
8/10 stars
4.5/5 actual rating

a creepy hainted house story--except it's a haunted boat. the horror of the undead was almost masked by the terrifying underwater setting & the threat of drowning, nitrogen narcosis, etc. the recounts of the ship's 1920s sinking were some of the best parts of the book. got a bit repetitive at the end, but still great nonetheless.

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