The Deep Six

by Randy Striker and Randy Wayne White

Book Overview

When a well-known eccentric scavenger in Key West shows Dusky MacMorgan a golden chain, it's no ordinary trinket-it's the key to finding a treasure at the bottom of the sea. Before MacMorgan can find out where that is, the eccentric vanishes off his boat, the apparent victim of a shark attack. But MacMorgan suspects the true killer walked on two legs. Surrounded by predators in and out of the water who are armed with both brute strength and breathtaking...

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451219708
• ISBN13: 9780451219701
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Signet Book
• Length: 243 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.2" x 6.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 12 and higher

Customer Reviews

Randy Striker Novels

Randy's novels are incredibly easy to read, exciting to experience, and very difficult to set down! This one is no different. I don't think he can possibly write them as fast as I will read them!

Early Randy Wayne White, Good Randy Wayne White

Years before Randy Wayne White started writing his wonderful Doc Ford novels - and wound up with the best successor to John MacDonald's Travis McGee - he wrote a series of minor adventure novels featuring ex-SEAL Dusky MacMorgan. As even White more-or-less admits in his introduction to this reissue of these books, these were never intended to be great literature. They were cheap adventure novels filled with action and sex, cranked out quickly and with a minimum of rewriting. Even if these were, in effect, "training novels", they are still, however, good, which just shows that a great writer can often produce minor gems even when he is just learning his craft. In this second volume in the series, MacMorgan is wrapping up a "healing" voyage with Lisa-Lee Johnson from the first book, Key West Connection. "Lee" is recovering from a bad marriage; Dusky from more serious pains, both physical and emotional (including the death of his family and best friend). A month of lounging around with a beautiful woman out in the ocean off Florida has worked wonders. Towards the end of the trip, they meet amiable scavenger Gifford Remus, who produces a valuable gold chain and tells a tale of finding a lost Spanish treasure. Remus promises to tell Dusky more the next time they meet; of course, that means he will be killed before any more can be disclosed. Dusky investigates Remus's apparent murder and in the process learns of a boat filled with Cuban-Americans that is in the same waters that Remus occupied. These Cubans are apparently up to no good, although Dusky and his government connections are not sure if it is illicit treasure hunting, drugs or espionage. In the course of his work, Dusky gets an unusual ally: an ex-Green Beret who is now a devout Christian and is leading a group of men and women in their late teens and early twenties. This group is also searching the waters, although with the more benevolent goal of archaeological research. Although not a great novel, this is definitely a good one. The only real flaw in the book seems to be White's pacing; it takes a long time for the book to really cook into gear with Dusky's hitting the high seas in search of Remus's killer. That minor complaint aside, this is a fast-paced, entertaining story that can probably be read in a single sitting. If you are looking for a "beach read" or are a fan of White's other books, then this book should be enjoyable.