The Deep Salvage

THE DEEP SALVAGE

In the azure waters off Bermuda’s coast lies a secret that powerful forces have kept buried for centuries.

Dr. Maya Reeves was once a rising star in marine archaeology until her controversial findings cost her everything. Now running dive tours for tourists, she discovers a Spanish coin that shouldn’t exist—not at this dive site, not after three hundred years underwater. The coin leads her to the legendary shipwreck Esperanza, rumored to carry not just gold but a priceless artifact that could rewrite history.

When mysterious investor Elijah Webb offers to fund a proper salvage operation, Maya sees a chance at redemption. But Webb has his own agenda, tied to a three-generation quest to clear his ancestor’s name and recover an indigenous astronomical device of extraordinary sophistication—evidence of scientific knowledge that colonial powers deliberately erased from history.

As Maya’s team begins recovering the artifact, competing interests converge: her academic rival Dr. Vanessa Cho, the ruthless treasure hunter Victor Kasdan, and Dr. Elena Vega-Martínez, who represents both indigenous cultural claims and a surprising connection to the ship’s original captain.

When a hurricane threatens to rebury the wreck forever, Maya must make a dangerous final dive into the collapsing ruins. What she discovers will challenge everything history has taught us about colonial contact, indigenous knowledge, and who gets to control the narrative of the past.

Some treasures were meant to stay buried. Some truths were never meant to surface. And some secrets are worth risking everything to recover.

The Deep Salvage is a pulse-pounding adventure that combines authentic diving action with thought-provoking exploration of how history is written—and by whom. Perfect for fans of Clive Cussler, James Rollins, and readers who appreciate strong female protagonists in scientific fields.