The Solomon Curse

There are many rumors about the bay off Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. Some say it was the site of the lost empire of the Solomon king and that great treasure lies beneath the waters. Others say terrible things happened here. On a hunt from the Solomons to Australia to Japan, what Sam and Remi Fargo find is both wonderful and monstrous - and like nothing they have ever seen before.

In the clear blue waters of the Solomon Islands the ruins of an ancient city have lain undisturbed for hundreds of years - until now.GUARDED BY AN ANCIENT CURSE Legend - even recent history - tells of a terrible fate befalling anyone foolish enough to venture near. Visitors do not return alive.OR SOMETHING MORE DEADLY?But when treasure-hunting team Remi and Sam Fargo dive to investigate the city, they find more than ancient monuments and lost artefacts. Because someone is using the legends to hide their own dark and grisly secret. And the closer Remi and Sam get to discovering the truth, the closer they come to being the curse''s next victims . . .''Cussler is hard to beat'' Daily Mail ''The Adventure King'' Sunday Express ''Nobody does it better... nobody!'' Stephen Coonts ''Just about the best storyteller in the business'' New York Post ''Oceanography''s answer to Indiana Jones. Exotic locations, ruthless villains, and many narrow escapes-Cussler''s fans come for swashbuckling and he delivers'' Associated Press>

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Clive Cussler (Author)
Clive Cussler was the author and co-author of a great number of international bestsellers, including the famous Dirk Pitt® adventures, such as Celtic Empire; the NUMA® Files adventures, most recently Fast Ice; the Oregon Files, such as Marauder; the Isaac Bell historical thrillers, which began with The Chase; and the recent Fargo Adventures, which lastly included Wrath of Poseidon. Cussler died in 2020.

Russell Blake (Author)
Russell Blake is the author of twenty-nine acclaimed thrillers, including the Assassin, JET, and BLACK series. He has co-written two Fargo novels with Clive Cussler: The Eye of Heaven and The Solomon Curse. He lives on the Pacific coast of Mexico.

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Husband-and-wife treasure-hunting team Sam and Remi Fargo try to unravel yet another ancient and cryptic mystery. There are many rumors about the bay off Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. Some say it was the site of the lost empire of the Solomon king and that great treasure lies beneath the waters. Others say terrible things happened here. On a hunt from the Solomons to Australia to Japan, what the Fargos find is both wonderful and monstrous - and like nothing they have ever seen before.

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BENEATH THE WAVES A SECRET LIES
In the clear blue waters of the Solomon Islands the ruins of an ancient city have lain undisturbed for hundreds of years - until now.

GUARDED BY AN ANCIENT CURSE
Legend - even recent history - tells of a terrible fate befalling anyone foolish enough to venture near. Visitors do not return alive.

OR SOMETHING MORE DEADLY?
But when treasure-hunting team Remi and Sam Fargo dive to investigate the city, they find more than ancient monuments and lost artefacts.

Because someone is using the legends to hide their own dark and grisly secret. And the closer Remi and Sam get to discovering the truth, the closer they come to being the curse's next victims . . .

'Cussler is hard to beat'
Daily Mail

'The Adventure King'
Sunday Express

'Nobody does it better... nobody!'
Stephen Coonts

'Just about the best storyteller in the business'
New York Post

'Oceanography's answer to Indiana Jones. Exotic locations, ruthless villains, and many narrow escapes-Cussler's fans come for swashbuckling and he delivers'
Associated Press