the Sunken Legacy of Ocean

The Sunken Legacy of the Ocean is a gripping and contemplative tale that follows the exploits of the underwater research team "The Argonauts," an elite group of eight American treasure seekers: four men and four women, all world-renowned experts in marine archaeology, underwater engineering, and extreme diving. Their mission is not private enrichment, but the ethical rediscovery of submerged history for the common good, in close and transparent collaboration with international museums and cultural institutions. The Argonauts' mission, led by Dr Amy Rourke, begins as a treasure hunt to recover the legendary "Sunken Treasure" of an Inca-Chimú clan exiled in the seventeenth century. It soon transforms into a complex historical, cryptographic and engineering investigation that reveals a vast transatlantic network of cultural and economic resistance. The true treasure is not gold, but the intellectual and legal legacy of a civilisation determined to survive the Spanish conquest. Through three distinct geographical phases (the Pacific, the Caribbean, and the Andes), and an epilogue in Europe, the team reconstructs the four-century-old plan of a visionary political leader: Don Huáscar Chimú.

Pagina's: 102, Paperback, Independently published