Kiss the Undertow : A Novel

The water slurps my shoulders, torso, and back in a big, wet kiss, bending my image into an ironic clone of the truth.

I bow to its dominance and let it break me open. The water alone will have me. Watched obsessively by her guru-like coach, a nameless swimmer battles the element of water in a gruelling physical regimen.

Outside of training, she floats loose in waters murky, salty, and chlorinated, engaging in aimless self-destruction, restraint looming just beyond her drifting hand.

Incrementally, swimming is killing her; the pool is killing her.

Hovering always nearby is a prickly vulture, waiting to feed on the swimmer’s remains …Intense and immersive, Kiss the Undertow is a psychologically gripping account of endurance pushed to extremes.