Title: Going to the Six
Author: A.C. Hessenauer
Link: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0GX36VTRP/
Release Date: June 16th, 2026
Summary
“Compulsively readable… Do yourself a open up this book and let the story in.” — Viggy Parr Hampton, bestselling author of The Rotting Room
On Lake Superior, some wrecks never rest.
When acclaimed documentary filmmaker Owen Wheeler leads a four–person crew aboard a Michigan DNR research vessel to investigate the wreck of the Keuka—a floating speakeasy long lost beneath the cold, black waters of Lake Superior—he believes he’s chasing history. What they bring back instead is something far stranger.
Told through fragmented footage, blog journals, news clippings, and Owen’s own testimony from inside a psychiatric facility, this haunting novel unfolds across two the ill-fated expedition, and the haunted present. Just as the record fractures, so too does Owen’s grip on what truly happened aboard the vessel.
Locals whisper of an old superstition—six signs that come before a person loses their mind. Did the crew uncover a secret buried with the Keuka? Or are Owen’s memories a labyrinth of guilt, grief, and madness?
A story of truth versus memory, the collapse of time, and the thin seam between reality and delusion, Going to the Six drags the reader down into the depths—where silence presses in, light cannot reach, and dread waits patiently in the dark.
My Review
4/5 Stars
Don’t let the lake in!
When Owen leads a crew to explore the ruins of the Keuka, he’s excited to see what secrets they can uncover. Except nobody is prepared for the truth that lies in the depths of Lake Superior.
Deep water terrifies me, so combining that fear with a haunting shipwreck made this book absolutely chilling. The atmosphere is thick with dread from the very first page, building into a slow-burn horror story that becomes impossible to put down.
What really stood out was the balance between psychological horror and pure aquatic terror. It made me think of the saying as above, so below, because whether they were on board their own ship or in the depths of the lake, they couldn’t escape the horror.
Told in a found-footage style, this story pulls you in and keeps the tension tight. I’m still thinking about that ending. Creepy, unsettling, and incredibly well done.
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