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Riptide

Riptide Hard cover - 1998

by Douglas J. Preston

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In the riveting tradition of Michael Crichton and Peter Benchley comes a fast-paced, electrifying new thriller about a hunt for buried treasure and a pirate's deadly curse. "A great read".--Clive Cussler. Movie rights have been optioned by Arnold Kopelson ("The Fugitive; Outbreak") and Twentieth Century Fox.

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  • Title Riptide
  • Author Douglas J. Preston
  • Binding Hard Cover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition New
  • Pages 432
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Grand Central Publishing, New York
  • Date 1998-07-01
  • Features Dust Cover
  • Bookseller's Inventory # ria9780446523363_pod
  • ISBN 9780446523363 / 0446523364
  • Weight 1.66 lbs (0.75 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.3 x 6.32 x 1.29 in (23.62 x 16.05 x 3.28 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: New England
    • Cultural Region: Northeast U.S.
    • Geographic Orientation: Maine
  • Library of Congress subjects Adventure stories, Maine
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 97023907
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

From the rear cover

For generations, treasure hunters have tried to unlock the deadly puzzle known as the Water Pit: a labyrinth of shafts and tunnels that honeycombs the heart of a small island off the coast of Maine. Reputed to be the hiding place of pirate treasure, the Water Pit possesses an inexplicable ability to kill those who venture into it, from professionals to innocent explorers. The most comprehensive, high-tech expedition ever assembled has come to Maine and to Dr. Malin Hatch, owner of the island. While the treasure hunters have their reasons for mounting this assault - $2 billion in gold - Hatch has his own motives to join them. For Hatch, whose brother died on Ragged Island thirty years before, the only escape from the curse is through the black swirling waters and bloodstained chambers of the Pit.

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Citations

  • Booklist, 05/15/1998, Page 1565
  • Kirkus Reviews, 06/01/1998, Page 774
  • Library Journal, 06/15/1998, Page 108
  • Library Journal Prepub Alert, 03/01/1998, Page 76
  • Publishers Weekly, 05/18/1998, Page 69
  • School Library Journal, 12/01/1998, Page 147

About the author

The thrillers of Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child "stand head and shoulders above their rivals" (Publishers Weekly). Preston and Child's Relic and The Cabinet of Curiosities were chosen by readers in a National Public Radio poll as being among the one hundred greatest thrillers ever written, and Relic was made into a number-one box office hit movie. They are coauthors of the famed Pendergast series and their recent novels include Fever Dream, Cold Vengeance, Two Graves, and Gideon's Corpse. In addition to his novels, Preston writes about archaeology for the New Yorker and Smithsonian magazines. Lincoln Child is a former book editor who has published five novels of his own, including the huge bestseller Deep Storm.
Readers can sign up for The Pendergast File, a monthly "strangely entertaining note" from the authors, at their website, www.PrestonChild.com. The authors welcome visitors to their alarmingly active Facebook page, where they post regularly.

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