Something ancient waits beneath the surface. When the water rises, it doesn't just flood the land-it remembers.Antiquities dealer Caleb Morrow knows the South Carolina Lowcountry is built over buried secrets. But when he purchases a cursed, copper-bound alligator tooth from a desperate scavenger, he brings something far worse than history into his Beaufort antique shop. The relic doesn't just sit in a safe; it actively hunts, using the city's brackish water lines to pry open a predatory pathway that was sealed centuries ago.As a ruthless real estate developer begins blindly drilling into the block's foundations, the ancient horror below fully wakes. Forced into a brutal fight for survival, Caleb must team up with a cynical homicide detective and his own sharp-tongued assistant to stop the slaughter. To close the gate, they have to trace a blood-soaked road of corporate greed, broken seals, and Indigenous folklore before the entire coast becomes a feeding ground.The Teeth Below is a gritty, standalone Southern Gothic supernatural thriller about obsession, guilt, and the predators we create when we look away. Steven Infanti is the author of The Debt of Moytura series, The Blood & Gold Saga - a mythic retelling of the Siegfried legend - Bob the Caretaker, The Regulars, Devils Around the Clock, Shadow of Blood, and What Fear Owes. His work blends history, myth, and emotional precision, returning ancient stories to the weight and complexity they were always meant to carry.A veteran of the U.S. Army, he holds a B.A. in Journalism from Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania and two Master of Science degrees from Harrisburg University of Science and Technology. He is currently pursuing his doctorate at Franklin University. He lives in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, with his wife, Elizabeth.
