Riptide -- Douglas Preston

For generations, treasure hunters have searched for the key to the Water Pit, the labyrinth of shafts and tunnels that honeycombs Ragged Island. But the Pit is reluctant to give up its treasure, and many will die before its secret is revealed.<br><br><b>Author:</b> Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child<br><b>Publisher:</b> Grand Central Publishing<br><b>Published:</b> 07/01/1999<br><b>Pages:</b> 496<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.50lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 6.70h x 4.20w x 1.20d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780446607179<br><br><b>Accelerated Reader:</b><br><b>Reading Level:</b> 6.1<br><b>Point Value:</b> 20<br><b>Interest Level:</b> Upper Grade<br><b>Quiz #/Name: </b>66563 / Riptide<br><br><br><b>Review Citation(s): </b><br><i>Ingram Paperback Advance</i> 07/01/1999 pg. 9<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br>The thrillers of Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child stand head and shoulders above their rivals (<i>Publishers Weekly</i>). Preston and Child's <i>Relic</i> and <i>The Cabinet of Curiosities</i> were chosen by readers in a National Public Radio poll as being among the one hundred greatest thrillers ever written, and <i>Relic</i> was made into a number-one box office hit movie. They are coauthors of the famed Pendergast series and their recent novels include<i> Fever Dream</i>, <i>Cold Vengeance</i>, <i>Two Graves</i>, and <i>Gideon's Corpse</i>. In addition to his novels, Preston writes about archaeology for the New Yorker and Smithsonian magazines. Lincoln Child is a former bo