Split Rock

When a desperate man accepts a one-year post at the Split Rock Lighthouse, he believes the isolation is a small price to pay to save his ailing mother. But as the nights stretch into a relentless torment he begins to realize he’s not just battling insomnia—he’s fighting for his sanity. Alone on the edge of the Atlantic, where the light cuts through the fog and the darkness whispers back, one question looms: will he endure the year, or will Split Rock claim another soul? 

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