The Sea

By R. Karl Largent

Book Overview

A salvage expert learns that a sunken German U-boat contains more than the Nazi gold he has been hired to retrieve. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0843944951
• ISBN13: 9780843944952
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Leisure Books
• Length: 362 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.3" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Crucial Setting

R. Karl Largent's title refers to the Sargasso, a patch of the Atlantic famous for its floating weed. This setting has unusually high significance to the events of this "techno-thriller". It is beneath the surface amid the sargassum and "swarm quakes" as well as the above-surface fog that the villains perpetrate their deceit. The protagonist, Elliott Wages, is a thoughtful and, as we discover, vulnerable sort that relates the action in the first person. A salvage expedition (treasure hunt) is being sabotaged and Elliott assumes the task of peeling the onion. The reader is privy to his suspicions and discoveries, making for a very quick read. I enjoyed this story and consider it reminiscent of the best classic mysteries, if not a little too formula. In spite of the occasional credibility stretch the premise is not all that far-fetched. Very entertaining.