Riptide (original 1998; edition 1998)

by Douglas Preston (Author)

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Fiction. Science Fiction. Thriller. IN 1695, a notorious English pirate buried his bounty in a maze of booby-trapped tunnels on an island off the coast of Maine. In three hundred years, no one has breached this cursed and rocky fortress. Now a treasure hunter and his high-tech, million-dollar recovery team embark on the perfect operation to unlock the labyrinth's mysteries. First the computers fail. The then crewmen begin to die. The island has guarded its secrets for centuries, and it isn't letting them go�??without a fig… (more)

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This is not one of Douglas and Preston's series. In this book a billionaire hires a man with medical training to help excavate an island owned by the doctor's family. His brother disappeared there years before. (

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DrApple | Apr 17, 2024 |

For someone who has watched The Curse of Oak Island show, this was very fun to read. Some of the same real problems they encounter on the show come up in the book as well. (

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lieblbiz | Aug 30, 2023 |

Riptide was a predictable story. Although it tried to be thrilling with the characters chasing each other and terrible weather, it seemed to lack something. Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child usually create a good story. However, in this book the characters were not particularly likeable nor was the setting. Unfortunately only 3 1/2 stars were awarded to Riptide in this review. (

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lbswiener | Mar 11, 2023 |

http://pro-libertate.net/20090331/70-read-riptide (

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davdittrich | Feb 14, 2023 |

Good fun but a little slow in spots. (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Preston, Douglas	—	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Child, Lincoln	—	main author	all editions	confirmed
Brick, Scott	Narrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Contreras, Susana	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Garène, Michèle	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Houweling, Marcella	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Robert Laffont, Best-sellers

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Riptide

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1998

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Maine, USA

Stormhaven, Maine, USA

Ragged Island

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Lincoln Child dedicates this book to his daughter, Veronica.

Douglas Preston dedicates this book to his brother, Richard Preston.

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On an afternoon in June 1790, a Maine cod fisherman named Simon Rutter became caught in a storm and a strong riptide.

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"Medical school, the Peace Corps, Medecins sans Frontieres, Mount Auburn Hospital. And then one day your Captain walked into my office. There you have it." - Malin Hatch on the 25 intervening years (page 291).

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Fiction. Science Fiction. Thriller. IN 1695, a notorious English pirate buried his bounty in a maze of booby-trapped tunnels on an island off the coast of Maine. In three hundred years, no one has breached this cursed and rocky fortress. Now a treasure hunter and his high-tech, million-dollar recovery team embark on the perfect operation to unlock the labyrinth's mysteries. First the computers fail. The then crewmen begin to die. The island has guarded its secrets for centuries, and it isn't letting them go�??without a fig

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