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Douglas J. Preston (Author),
Lincoln Child (Joint Author)
A captivating action and adventure thriller from bestselling duo, Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child.
In 1695, a notorious English pirate buried his bounty in a maze of booby-trapped tunnels on an island off the coast of Maine. In three hundred years, no one has breached this cursed and rocky , a treasure hunter and his high-tech, million-dollar recovery team embark on the perfect operation to unlock the labyrinth’s the computers fail. The then crewmen begin to die. The island has guarded its secrets for centuries, and it isn’t letting them go without a fight.
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For generations, treasure hunters have tried to unlock the deadly puzzle known as the Water Pit: a labyrinth of shafts and tunnels that honeycombs the heart of a small island off the coast of Maine. Reputed to be the hiding place of pirate treasure, the Water Pit possesses an inexplicable ability to kill those who venture into it, from professionals to innocent explorers. The most comprehensive, high-tech expedition ever assembled has come to Maine and to Dr. Malin Hatch, owner of the island. For Hatch, whose brother died on Ragged Island thirty years before, the only escape from the curse is through the black swirling waters and bloodstained chambers of the Pit.
Author Biography
The thrillers of Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child “stand head and shoulders above their rivals” (Publishers Weekly). Preston and Child’s Relic and The Cabinet of Curiosities were chosen by readers in a National Public Radio poll as being among the one hundred greatest thrillers ever written, and Relic was made into a number-one box office hit movie. They are coauthors of the famed Pendergast series and their recent novels include Fever Dream, Cold Vengeance, Two Graves, and Gideon’s Corpse. In addition to his novels, Preston writes about archaeology for the New Yorker and Smithsonian magazines. Lincoln Child is a former book editor who has published five novels of his own, including the huge bestseller Deep Storm.
Readers can sign up for The Pendergast File, a monthly “strangely entertaining note” from the authors, at their website, . The authors welcome visitors to their alarmingly active Facebook page, where they post regularly.
Number of Pages: 432Dimensions: 1.29 x 9.3 x 6.32 INPublication Date: August 24, 2004Accelerated Reader:Quiz Name: RiptideInterest Level: Upper Grades, 9-12Reading Level: 6.1Point Value: 20
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