Color pictorial descriptions of recent successful efforts by divers to recover treasures and artifacts from sunken ships, the sea floor, et al.

A guide to ships lost at sea and the treasures they have yielded, with maps that plot the sites of over 1,400 wrecks around the world.

Surveys lost treasures around the world, including pirate loot and treasures lost in wars and natural disasters.

On a snowy Christmas morning in 1979, Gunther Fahnstiel, traveling with his wife, accidentally backed his RV over a stranger, killing him instantly. In the poor soul's car was a satchel containing plane tickets, a .22-caliber pistol, a bottle of Johnnie Walker and more money than Gunther had ever seen in his life. For the debt-ridden old couple, it would indeed be a merry Christmas. But nobody can buy a happy ending, especially not Gunther. Ten years...

When editor Lynda Austin discovers the last chapter of a sure best-selling novel missing along with its treasure map, Lynda and her cowboy friend follow the trail that leads to trouble in the Montana wilderness.

Dirk Pitt faces the most formidable foe of his career when he encounters billionaire shipping magnate Qin Shang who is obsessed with salvaging the Princess Dou Wan, a ship reportedly loaded with Chinese art treasures--including the bones of Peking Man.

Desert guide Joe January is hired to find a missing father and a legendary lost treasure in the North African desert.