by Buddy Cox
Some of us remember growing up, watching the adventures of Lloyd Bridges on Sea
Hunt and wished we could live such an exciting life. Author, Buddy Cox, has lived that
type of adventurous life. This ex-Marine, who has sought out true-life adventures with
skydiving and rockclimbing, also spent ten years of his life in one of man's most
dangerous occupations, deep sea diving, working deep below oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico.
Buddy uses his own experiences, as well as tales heard from his diver friends to weave a
saga of dangerous underwater exploits, of romance, and of hoped-for booty, reportedly
waiting to be found deep in the Gulf of Mexico, at a place some call appropriately,
as we will discover, the Crater of Doom (Campeche Bay, off the Yucatan Peninsula). Our
divers, Stretch and Wes, are used to facing danger daily, but they must decide if they are
willing to face new, unaccustomed and unforeseen dangers as they race against unscrupulous
rivals to recover supposed treasure. A rare coincidence will make their journey weirder
than their wildest dreams.
