The biggest mystery of my father's life was how he could believe everyone was worth saving … except himself.

A 2018 Wishing Shelf Award Finalist & an Indie B.R.A.G. Medallion Winner. A heartbreaking - but life-affirming - novel about loss, forgiveness, and redemption.

Idealistic and sheltered Brose Serafeim grew up believing his heart surgeon father, Alec, was a superhero in a white coat. Determined to follow in Alec's footsteps, Brose embarks on becoming a cardiologist. However, when Alec does the unfathomable during Brose's final year of medical school, his perfect world is shattered. Angry and hurt, Brose vows never to forgive his father and turns to running as a coping mechanism.

But Alec's demons are also Brose's demons. And when an injury in a running race shatters Brose's world for a second time, he finds himself staring into the same black abyss that claimed his father.

To be or not to be? For Brose, the answer to that question may lie in finding a way to craft a meaning from the meaninglessness of his father's death.

A powerful and heart-wrenching, but ultimately life-affirming, story, Five Fathoms Beneath is an unforgettable literary novel about a father and son, an existential quest for meaning, forgiveness, and redemption.

Please note that Five Fathoms Beneath is a novel that focuses on suicide and mental illness. The novel contains content and scenes that readers may find graphic or triggering.

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