[In Progress] [3,428] [Sci-Fi Horror/Suspense] Entity Echo: Julie (Chapter 1)

Hello there. Aspiring author. I have a story, I would love to get a read and feedback on.

Title: Entity Echo: Julie
Genre: Sci-Fi Horror / Suspense
In the depths beneath Lake Wexler lies Theta-4, a cave system that defies every known law of biology. Dr. Lorraine Choi leads an elite research team into its bioluminescent labyrinth to investigate a decades-old mystery. Alongside her is Julie Reynolds, an intern eager to prove herself—until contact with a strange, living moss begins to alter her mind and body in ways the team doesn’t understand.

As the expedition presses deeper, they encounter the entity known as Echo—an apex lifeform older and more intelligent than they imagined. What began as a controlled mission becomes a desperate fight for survival, where science blurs into obsession and the greatest danger may be the choices they make to understand the unknown.

Fans of Annihilation and The Descent will find an atmospheric mix of claustrophobic tension, strange beauty, and creeping dread.