J. A. Johnson – författare

Exiles in Time.Discovered as infants on a South Carolina beach, Alex and Jessica Harker have grown up believing themselves to be orphans. But when the wards of the Briar Ridge Orphanage arrive at Camp Sea Grass for a summer vacation, the twins find themselves whisked back through time to a South Carolina quite distinct from the one they have known. It is a world of talking animals, magic spells, sea serpents and living skeletons.It is a world gripped in fear of the sorceress (Elektra Stith) and her rival, the infamous pirate, Captain Skarz. Both of whom want the twins for purposes of their own.With the help of strange new friends and allies, Alex and Jessica must embark on a perilous adventure to unravel the truth of their origins and save the world from the rise of a seemingly unstoppable Evil.

On a red-sand world that will one day be called Mars, there are the Three Lands. The Land Above is a vast desert full of thirst and violence and deadly creatures, where nomadic tribes eke out a bare existence. The Great City of Geb sits in a vast sinkhole, where King Tuon rules; other cities likewise rest in deep valleys carved by the subterranean waters which rush beneath them. Then there is the Land Below, a labyrinth of caverns and tunnels where the sunken rivers run and the people never see the sun or the two moons. But King Tuon is old and will soon return to his ancestors, and all his heirs are dead…or are they?

Marine biologist Hannah Bowman once loved the sea, but when it took everything from her, she walked away from it.  However, she didn't walk far enough away.  Estranged from the ocean, Hannah, now lives alone in a cottage on the grounds of a decommissioned lighthouse in her hometown of, Stone Harbor. A barista by day, Hannah has few friends. A recluse by night, Hannah's sleep is plagued by nightmares.  For three years, she has resisted the lure of the sea. But Hannah Bowman's self-imposed exile ends in a wave of unforgettable terror when the Spines of the Deep come calling.

Known as the River Man, he wanders the banks of the Mississippi fin search of the monster that took everything he had. When his quest brings him a small river town on an island in the river, he knows that this is where his quest will end, one way or the other, for this forlorn place is the lair of the monster called the Mississippi Catfish Queen.

When Evan O'Neil inherits his grandparents' tiny, private island off the coast of the sleepy seaside town of Palmetto Dunes, he and his wife relocate there to begin life anew. But, upon arriving, they find a town and a people strangely untouched by time.It seems that Palmetto Dunes harbors a dark and deadly secret, and that the sea around their tiny island home might well be the beating heart of that evil. For something monstrous calls the surrounding ocean home, something with a deadly reach that extends well beyond the endless tides.

Spending his days out on the tidal mudflats digging for bloodworms wasn't a glamorous occupation, but it was honest work and it had always provided Joe Bryant and his forefathers a good life: a life he wouldn't change for anything. Yet, when things begin to happen; a wrecked lobster boat, a Great White shark bitten in half, and missing people, it soon becomes apparent that, like it or not, change has come to Joe's life anyway.Soon, the small coastal community of Tide Port is awash in a wave of death and transformation. The citizenry are being mutated into a strange new form of life. They are also being summoned to the sea by something more terrifying than they could have ever imagined. And as they go, they are taking anyone and everyone who has not been changed with them.With nowhere to escape too, Joe and his friend Cassidy find themselves in a fight for their lives against... the COPPER FANGS.

When Gwen Ericksen, a struggling science vlogger desperately struggling to pay her bills, gets an offer from the richest man on the planet, well, how can she possibly refuse? Her sweet new job: spend six weeks underwater on the Nereus I, a cutting-edge facility for exploration and eco-tourism in the East Atlantic. There she'll use her skills to share with the world what life is like on the station and the new and exciting discoveries being made there. What could be more inspiring? What could be more thrilling? What could be more deadly…..?

When Tanner settles in a Montana town called Wolverine Flats as a respectable tintype photographer, he finds two things he never would have thought possible: love and a bright future.But Wolverine Flats is a town built upon lies and treachery, where secrets abound and few people are what they seem. So when Hell comes to town to claim an old devil his due, no one is safe. Not even the innocent. And when the killings begin, there is no one to stand in the way.

Gwen Ericksen swore she'd never take another job from Lando Reyes…until a hacker called Spider finally manages to decipher the final message left her by the oceanographer, Dr. Baako Abara. Now she knows what happened on the Nereus I was just the beginning. The entire world could soon be facing the utmost danger. But Gwen needs more information. The only place she knows it can be found is on Reyes' newest project, a complex of aquaculture domes called Nereus II off Brazil's coast. Get in, get the information, get out. Easy.Then the attacks begin…

After the outbreak, the recently dead came seething out of morgues and hospitals. And s he walking dead are called 'seethers'. And the disease isn't spread just by bites from these risen dead, oh no. Mosquitoes can also spread the illness, so mosquito repellent is worth its weight in gold. So when a man sends a policeman to help his wife and three little girls, will the policeman escape the horde of ravening seethers and make it out of town? THE SEETHING. A new kind of horror….

On a small island of the Louisiana coast, prospects for a better life grow fewer with each passing year. So, when a mysterious blood red pearl is discovered, John Hightower and his friends begin diving in search of more. Soon however, relationships are put to the test and lifelong friendships begin to unravel amid a flurry of betrayals, lies, and death.While the drama plays out among the friends, something stirs in the sea; something that has lain dormant for centuries. A creature that has grown to an unimaginable size, with an appetite to match. An appetite… for human blood.Should John and his friends somehow survive their mutual greed and paranoia, there is no guarantee that they will survive the monstrous creature that awaits them in the deep.

In the remote South Pacific, the floating, Kāoa Hotel and Resort welcomes its first lucky guests for a five day, four night stay in a tropical paradise. What they find, however, is Hell on the high seas.A man of the sea, Alex Gregory is living the dream. Working on the Kāoa feels more like a permanent vacation than a real job. However, not long after the guests arrive, things begin to go wrong. The sea becomes unsafe as the first of the man-of-wars arrive on the scene. Physalia physalis, 10 to 30 centimeters long, not including their stinging tentacles, their stings are powerful but seldom deadly.Just when Alex thinks things can't get any worse, they get far, far worse when an unimaginable menace finds them. Physalia Maximus, Man-of-war Supreme. Two to three meters in size, this never before seen species is not bound to the sea, the land, or the air.They are calculating, vicious, and ravenous.They swarm by the hundreds.They are an armada of death... and their hunger will be satisfied.

Gwen has found her stolen daughter at long last. But now she and her team are trapped onboard the sinking Nereus III, pursued by monsters both human and otherwise. As the waters rise and the creatures swarm, will they be able to survive the ocean within?