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"In actual life-especially off the Florida coast-things may have deadly outcomes. deadly Treasure is a very compelling read."-Aphrodite Jones, manhattan instances bestselling writer of merciless Sacrifice and All She WantedIn 1622, 1000's of individuals misplaced their lives to the curse of the Spanish galleon Atocha-and they wouldn't be the final. deadly Treasure combines the rousing experience of send of Gold within the Deep Blue Sea with the compelling characters and native colour of nighttime within the backyard of fine and Evil. It tells the strong actual tale of the relentless quest to discover the Atocha and reclaim her worthwhile treasures from the ocean. you are going to stick to Mel Fisher, his kinfolk, and their intrepid staff of treasure hunters as they dive underneath the treacherous waters of the Florida Straits and scour the sea ground looking for gold, silver, and emeralds. and you may notice that almost 4 centuries after the shipwreck, the curse of the Atocha remains to be a perilous force."On today, the ocean once more relinquished its carry at the riches and glory of seventeenth-century Spain. And through the grace of God, i might percentage the instant of glory . . . . i used to be attaining for my 8th emerald, one other large one, while the invisible palms squeezed my trachea. In desperation, I clutched at my throat to pry away the enemy's palms. yet nobody had carry of me."-From the Prologue

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Her 21-year-old husband, Dirk Fisher, Mel and Deo’s beloved oldest son, never made it out of his bunk. 5 The Curse of the Atocha # The sea never changes and its works, for all the talk of men, are wrapped in mystery. —Joseph Conrad, Typhoon I am incapable of dealing with grief, especially when it presents itself in the form of a woman crying over the loss of a loved one. When her tears start to flow, my mind shuts down, my hands lie slack at my side, and I have a deep desire to be somewhere else—anywhere, just as long as I do not have to witness her pain.

Fatal Treasure 17 “There’s one other thing that’s important to keep in mind,” he said, chuckling. ” # Mel Fisher spoke for almost an hour and a half that day. I was later told this was almost 80 minutes longer than normal: he was noted for his short attention span, even when the subject was long-lost treasure. S. Supreme Court. He went on about his troubles with “smallminded government”—how the state of Florida continually sought to confiscate the fruits of his lifelong labor. ” In my mind’s eye I had already “jined” Mel Fisher’s band of merry men and women.

When I asked Deo what exactly attracted her to Fisher, she blushed. Her smile was overpowering as she relived the early years of their 32-year love affair, describing the man she not only called the world’s greatest treasure hunter, but also the world’s greatest husband and father and dreamer. There was no doubt in her mind that someday the entire world would think of him as she did. Deo was uncertain when Mel first locked onto the idea of going after the Atocha and its fabled horde of treasure.

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