Snyder left the "Swamp Thing" series as of issue #18 (May 2013) and began writing "The Wake", a 10-issue, ocean-based horror miniseries drawn by Snyder's "American Vampire: Survival Of The Fittest" collaborator Sean Murphy. The series follows marine biologist Lee Archer, who along with the Department of Homeland Security, discovers a potential threat to humanity that may involve strange, humanoid creatures that inhabit the ocean depths. The story shifts between three time periods: the near future, two centuries in the future and the distant past. The covers of the first five issues form a mural when placed side by side.