I picked the first scene of the novel, starting with the dream portion and working from there.
Scene begins in a dank, eerie cave. Camera, in first-person point of view, pans over the jagged surfaces of its interior while soft dripping noises echo in the background. This goes on for three beats, uninterrupted. The camera turns to the boy, who looks into it for a beat, then turns and walks away, pulling on the man’s hand as he goes.
The camera goes to third person point of view as it follows the boy and man stumble through the rocky passageway. Footsteps splash in scattered pools in the cave floor. After 10 to 15 beats the passage begins to widen and a faint, wavering, silver light glows from the opposite side. They pause, then pass into the chamber. They stop with their backs to the camera, then the camera cuts off and shows what they’re looking at: a giant, black lake. As the camera pans across the rooms, we see the walls of the room give off a faint luminescence that is swallowed by the murkiness of the lake. The camera cuts back to the boy and the man, who are solemnly taking everything in.
Soft footsteps are heard off camera and the two characters turn to see what it is. The camera cuts to the opposite side of the lake, where a white creature is approaching the water to drink. AS it takes in water we see its eyes are large, flawless orbs without pupils. Its skin is silver yet thin and translucent; a closer shot reveals that veins, throbbing organs, muscles, bones, and the like can be seen. After a few beats it pauses and looks up, realizing that the man and the boy are watching. It stares into the camera, growling, then lopes away.
The camera cuts to the man in real life, who bolts upright from the dream, gasping for air. He coughs, then gropes around for the boy among the folds of the blankets under their tarp- made tent. After a second of patting the blankets he moves a layer over, revealing the boy, still asleep, laying perfectly still on his side with his arms tucked in for warmth. The camera cuts back at the man, who solemnly stares down at the boy. The camera fades, focused on the boy.