Lost Empire

Sam and Remi Fargo are a married treasure-hunting team. While scuba diving off Tanzania, they come upon a relic from a long-lost Confederate ship. Something about the object strikes them as wrong, and they set out to learn what it means.

They are not alone in the chase. Mexico's ruling party, the ultranationalist Mexica Tenochca, wants the same artifact, because it holds a secret that could destroy the party completely. The people hunting it will go to any length to get there first.

The search carries both sides from Tanzania to Zanzibar, then into the rainforests of Madagascar. It continues across the Indian Ocean to Indonesia and the site of the 1883 Krakatoa explosion. Only one side can come out ahead, and failure means death.

This is an adventure thriller with a treasure-hunt structure and a wide, globe-crossing setting. Expect fast movement from one location to the next, with danger close behind the Fargos at every stage. The Fargos first appear in Spartan Gold, and this is their second outing.