Salvage diver Kyle Dawton has a paranormal knack for finding lost shipwrecks. But his erratic visions of the remote past and near future provide no clues as to how they should be interpreted or dealt with. They in fact threaten his grip on ordinary reality. And they ill-prepare him for the diverse calamities that arise to give Dawton and his fellow treasure hunters more than they'd wished for in "The Devil's Sea."
In Brown’s (Snowmen, The Crevasse, etc.) thriller, a man who can envision the locations of shipwrecks searches for treasure while dealing with Russians and an oil tycoon. Kyle Dawton . . . uses his ability to sense the locations of sunken vessels for Argos Salvage, which he owns and runs with his buddy, former SEAL Wayne Chizzick . . . [and] an archaeologist . . . who aims to use the company’s resources to find valuable historical sites.There’s a plethora of characters in the novel, including pirates and hijackers, but . . . it’s easy to keep track of them all.Brown keeps the story’s supernatural element ambiguous and sublimely understated; . . .. sufficiently describes scenes set underwater and onboard vessels, but he shines brightest with his nautical-inspired metaphors; for instance, an irate Wayne “stomped the decks like peg-legged Ahab pacing The Pequod.”A clever, sprightly tale, whether it’s set in, atop, or near the ocean.
