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Conents And the Sea Shall Give Up Her Dead... 4 Introduction: Rising Tides 8 Chapter One: Seas of Darkness 12 Chapter Two: Denizens 32 Chapter Three: Spinning Yarns 84 Chapter Four: Lurkers 96 SampleAppendix file114

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4 World of Darkness: Blood-Dimmed Tides Commander Jaime Rodriguez, United States Coast situation in the Bahamas, the Keys, southern Florida: Guard, hates the sea. It’s a horrible sentiment, he knows, mass exoduses away from the coast, families huddled for a man in his position, but he’s never felt anything in bathrooms or basements… wives and children and but hatred and contempt — and, yes, more than a little parents praying for his crew to come back. Don’t think bit of terror — for the thing that defi nes his existence. about that, he tells himself. On a night like this, he can almost imagine that the The captain turns away from the railing, unsnaps sea returns the sentiment. his safety line, and steps back onto Thetis’ bridge. Back USCGC Thetis, Rodriguez’ ship, plows doggedly to work. “XO, status?” through the 25-foot waves of the Caribbean at 14 knots, The executive offi cer of Thetis is Lieutenant Com- an excellent speed to be making in some of the worst mander David Jordan. He’s served under Rodriguez for weather of the decade. She’s a good vessel, 270 feet of over a decade now, and they’ve developed an eerily solid Pittsburgh steel, and the 103 men and offi cers smooth partnership. Jordan looks up from the chart of her crew are some of the best in the Coast Guard, table to meet his captain’s gaze, and his own eyes say certainly the best their captain has ever served with. Skipper, we are well and truly fucked. Rodriguez doesn’t give a damn about that just now. Rodriguez nods curtly and jerks his eyes at the He’d rather be anywhere but where he is. His mind’s bridge crew. Don’t I know it. But don’t say it that way. eye still holds the last satellite weather image received Morale. beforeSample lightning blew the main communications mast to Jordan clears his throat. “Damagefile control party’s hell and gone. There isn’t a clear patch of sea for a good almost fi nished rigging a temporary radio antenna. 200 miles in any direction. Rodriguez can imagine the We’ve still got GPS feed on our own position and

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