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The race is on when a satellite tracks gold on the ocean floor – battles ensue with a madman and no help from Mother Nature

A gas company building an underwater pipeline in the Baltic Sea has made an extraordinary archeological find. Over a dozen centuries-old shipwrecks - some seemingly well preserved, is a huge undersea discovery. Several of the sunken shipwrecks are from the 17th to 19th centuries but the oldest wreck dates back to medieval times and could be over eight hundred years old!

With lost maritime secrets always shrouded in mystery, there has always been an incredible interest in locating sunken ships. UNESCO estimates that over 300,000 lost shipwrecks remain undiscovered, along with the valuable cargos that remain onboard. Despite discrepancies and secrecy within the treasure hunting professionals, long lost treasure ships are now becoming easier to locate with the use of satellite technology launched into space and focused upon the world's oceans.

Lost and Found (ArcheBooks), by Tom Williams, is an exhilarating novel that centers around two English expatriates hired by a major oil company to find oil reserves anywhere in the world using a geological survey satellite. Under threats from the company’s corrupt president to find oil, and knowing the satellite does not work for this purpose, the expats decide to reconfigure the orbiting spacecraft to search for gold. During the next three days of orbital flight, the satellite does not find gold mining potential over land but does find ninety-seven sunken shipwrecks and their exact GPS coordinates all underwater.

Together with a beautiful dive master and salvage expert, the oil company engineers go after the treasures of antiquity that are all there for the taking—if the adventuresome trio can just stay alive long enough. Antiquated superstitions seem to find substance with every anticipated wreck site as a murderous security director follows along every step to acquire the ultimate 21st century treasure map. The chase that follows leads from the exotic, tropical waters of South Florida to the depths of the Black Sea in Europe. A quest for unimaginable riches ensues filled with unpredictable twists and turns and non-stop action. In the exciting race for the biggest and oldest treasure of all, the cast of characters battle lost legends from the past and newly found enemies from the present.

Please visit www.lostandfoundadventure.com  for exciting details about the book and the author - no stranger to underwater adventures, having been a master merchant marine officer licensed by the U.S. Coast Guard for over twenty-two years, specializing in shipwrecks and salvage diving, which only serves to further enrich his novel with true life experiences. Once on his website, visit the Press Room to watch videos of his recent television interviews.

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TIP SHEET:

Steve Alten, NY Times Best-Selling author of Meg and The Shell Game: "A promising debut novel that combines a ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ flavor with 21st century technology. Perfect for sipping Pina Colada’s on a tropical azure shoreline."

Midwest Book Review: “There’s no such thing as easy money. Lost and Found tells the tale of science and lost treasure, and two men who use a satellite to explore, originally looking for oil. But on the ocean floor they find countless sunken treasure, ripe for the taking…It won’t be a simple excavation as there are forces out to prevent their seizing of the riches…An exciting novel of adventure, highly recommended.”

Elizabeth Ellis, Book Notes: “Even with the horizontal rain, the darkness, and the storm shrieking in the rigging, it was obvious that a heavy weight had shifted deep inside the hull. Now the ship was struck with a new affliction. She was heeling more than normal for the wind and seas, and it was clear a new and unknown peril was active below decks.”

Ron Polli, Offshore Editor of Extreme Boats Magazine: “An adrenaline filled rollercoaster ride with a pot of gold as the prize…Williams takes the reader on the ultimate high tech treasure hunt…Fiction but someone in NASA could turn it into reality. A unique story written by a great storyteller. All the wit and emotion of Clive Cussler’s best novel. Great read, a page-turner that you won’t want to put down.”