âRosson is a talent to be watched, and Riptide is one of the most immersive fictional settings in recent memory.â - Jason Heller, NPR
Riptide, Oregon, 1983. A sleepy coastal town, where crime usually consists of underage drinking down at a Wolf Point bonfire. But then strange things start happeningâa human skeleton is unearthed in a local park and mutilated animals begin appearing, seemingly sacrificed, on the townâs beaches. The Mercy of the Tide follows four people drawn irrevocably together by a recent tragedy as they do their best to reclaim their livesâleading them all to a discovery that will change them and their town forever.