SKELETON GOLD: Scorpion (James Pace Book 3)
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The discovery of a desiccated, century-old corpse in the far reaches of the Namibian desert shouldn't have been a threat to national security but the chilling contents of the old seaman's diary, clutched in its skeletal fingers, threatens to unleash a plague of biblical proportions! A lost WW1 submarine, laden with tons of illicit gold bullion from the coffers of wartime Britain, mysteriously lost with all hands on its way to a secret rendezvous, may just hold the key.
James Pace and his team must find it if they are to have any hope of solving the riddle and stopping the madness. Still bruised and bloodied from his trials in the Amazon jungle, this journey will risk everything and everyone he cares about.
A powerful new enemy is determined to open Pandora's Box and it is up to Pace to keep the lid firmly closed!
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