Surge And Submit

The ocean doesn't drown you because it's cruel. It drowns you because you kept swimming toward the thing you were warned about.

Environmental photographer Thalia Kincaid is running a covert operation to destroy her father's corrupt real estate empire from the inside. Her mission brings her to the Pelican Point Marine Reserve, an untamed stretch of the Big Sur coastline watched by Orion "Ry" Blackthorn. A deeply scarred former big wave surfer, Ry serves as the fierce, self appointed protector of the reserve and views Thalia as the ultimate threat. When a massive tropical storm cuts off the coastal roads, Ry makes a calculated move, intentionally locking Thalia inside his claustrophobic concrete ranger station. Forced into extreme proximity while the Pacific Ocean rages outside, their hostile standoff begins to fracture. As Thalia discovers her deceased mother was the original marine biologist who fought to protect this very coast, layers of deception are stripped away. What starts as a possessive fight to protect the natural world transforms into an unexpected, toxic, and undeniable connection.