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Book Review of Riptide

Riptide
Riptide
Author: Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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Preston and Child's book kept me up l-o-n-g past my bed time, turning pages to see what was going to happen next. This is not part of the History Museum Series containing RELIC, RELIQUARY and others.
Three hundred years ago a pirate buried his ill-gotten loot on a treacherous island off the coast of Maine. Now a high-tech treasure hunter is bringing his million-dollar recovery team to Ragged Island. They have the best hardware, the best divers, and the perfectly planed operation. There's only one problem: this island kills.
First the computers fail. Then one man dies-and then another. Now the wind has begun to blow and the seas to rise. The mysteries of Ragged Island start cracking open in the midst of a howling Nor'easter.
Inside a rocky fortress of tunnels, traps, and tides, a priceless treasure lies waiting...and so does an unimaginable evil.