Description

Two hundred and ninety feet below the surface of the San Pedro Channel, just off the leeward coast of Santa Catalina Island, lies a secret. It's been there for more than eighty years and should have remained undetected in its dim and silent world.

But California's geology never rests. A strong earthquake shifts the crooked fault line that parallels Catalina and the SoCal Coast, creating a tsunami that crashes into the island's town of Avalon. It wrecks shoreline shops, capsizes boats moored in Seven Moons Bay, and churns the sea bottom.

Sergeant Paul Saldano, the Sheriff's Department's on-island watch commander, responds to the emergency. A ferryboat captain gives Saldano some suspicious debris that has floated to the surface after the tsunami hit. The debris is set on a shelf and almost forgotten – until a deputy recognizes its possible origin and our story explodes.

Saldano and his deep-sea diving partner in love and crime, Jamella, begin their investigation with the help of her tweener daughter, Lisa. Jamella's near-death dives expose a poignant story that dates back to World War II when the U.S. military occupied Catalina Island. But her underwater adventures also attract corrupt salvage divers who only see dollar signs in ravaging the secret. And they're willing to hurt others and tempt death to gain the rewards.

Come discover what is so important that lies in the deep water off Catalina Island that's worth human life and suffering.