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Georgian Britain prepares for war with France. But a greater threat is stirring. It starts with a ball. News comes that a heroic Umbra has been murdered in the Other Realm. Shy young artist Arthur Tenebris wonders if his wilful Umbra, Amorrie, is involved. Earlier in the evening, she answered his summons, naked, injured, and drenched in blood.

Umbra are the dark hidden part of us that makes us whole. They visit us daily from their lives in the Other Realm. Arthur knows his Umbra, Amorrie, will be the death of him. It’s a mortal bond and both realms are on the cusp of war. She arrives for a ball naked, covered in blood and with a broken leg. That night he learns a celebrated warrior has been killed in the Other Realm.

Fear is primal. Instinctive. Unavoidable. And right now, there is something you fear - and you can feel it. Creeping up behind you. Lurking in the darkness that lives under your bed, or in your closet. A nameless dread. In Undercurrents: An Anthology of What Lies Beneath, 23 talented authors, including New York Times best sellers Kevin J. Anderson, Rebecca Moesta, and Jody Lynn Nye, have stood on the shores of their psyches and looked out over the ocean of possibility and wondered "What lies beneath?"