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In the twenty-first century, modern-day treasure hunters scour the seas for ancient shipwrecks. The rarest of these are worth colossal fortunes, and can make their finders fabulously wealthy in the blink of an eye.
Against this backdrop, young Houston lawyer Jack Carver meets his newest client, Ashley Marcum. She is looking for help after the mysterious death of her brother, who died while working for a giant oil company. Jack and Ashley’s only clue about his death is a set of unidentified gold coins, of indeterminate age and value.
As Jack and Ashley scramble to discover how her brother died, they soon discover that the coins belong to an ancient shipwreck—perhaps one of the greatest of all time. As the oil company tries to subvert legal process and shut them out, Jack and Ashley are forced to fight a case that begins in Texas but soon spreads across the globe. Amidst twists, turns, and roadblocks, Jack and Ashley must race through a history shrouded in secrets, spurred on by a case that ignites a firestorm around the world.
Rating: 4.4 - 788 reviews
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“One of the best. Lost treasure - international intrigue - high court drama - death on the oceans & a bit of romance.”
“Baldachi meets Grisham. realistic and believable yet written so well it was hard to put down.”
“equal to the best adventure and legal authors writing today. Well written, well developed, well edited. A sheer pleasure to read.”
“a Class A Top-Tier winner..I am amazed that this is a first novel. Gerard seems to have been cloned from Victor Hugo, Alexander Duma and other old and contemporary writing hands that know exactly how to tell a story.”
“Dave Gerard is without question one of the best young legal novelists in the United States. the page-turner of the year. I couldn't put it down. I enjoyed every second and wished it never ended.”
About dave gerard
Dov Gerard Preminger, pen name Dave Gerard, is an attorney practicing in Austin, Texas. Dov was born in Israel to parents from Chile and Zimbabwe. He moved to the U.S. when he was two, and grew up in Los Angeles. Over the course of his career, he has been a salesman, a journalist, an entrepreneur, and now a corporate litigator. Dov wrote The Law of the Sea during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is his first novel.