The muckle man

Tragedy strikes the Clarke family with the death of young Malcolm and the near-drowning of his brother Harvey. Their parents' grief splinters the family. Addison, a marine biologist, buries himself in his work, the study of the Architeuthis, a giant squid. His wife Marina, staring out at the sea, becomes more and more isolated on the icy shores of Newfoundland. Two portentous events take place on the same day: a live Architeuthis washes up on shore, and a man walks naked out of the sea and approaches Marina. The discovery of these two creatures, and the series of events that are unleashed by…