Breakwater

This short science fiction novelette follows an engineer whose late husband was a marine biologist. Together the two of them once drew up plans for a platform built to work beneath the ocean surface. Now that platform sits at the center of a conflict between people and unknown creatures from the deep, which have been tearing apart coastal cities across the globe.

The story is told from the engineer's point of view and centers on her grief, her professional past, and the choices she faces as the struggle escalates. The work is compact, focused on a single protagonist and a near-future world reshaped by a threat from below.