English Summary/英文概要： His summer after college graduation was never supposed to turn out this way. But when Jack Duran’s older, vagabond brother Dan goes missing in Mexico, Jack heads to Puerta Vallarta to find him. With two friends in tow, Jack follows Dan’s trail of shady dealings, which leads him to a Bahamian yachtsman and his bikini-clad crew. Sailing down the jungle-covered coast, they soon discover that Dan had been searching for a shipwreck. But some treasures are meant to stay buried…

When they finally locate the sunken ruins, they begin their furious search for the booty until, one by one, the divers begin to disappear. Could they be the victims of el Diablo Blanco, a deadly local legend come to life? Blinded by the prospect of untold riches, Jack travels toward the very brink of the abyss as he pursues his harrowing quest for…

Awards//获奖情况： PRAISE:

“Sunken treasure, gorgeous women, and a nightmarish sea creature…luridly readable.”
—Entertainment Weekly

“Take another look at this book’s cover. What’s hidden inside will make your eyes widen.”
—David Morrell, New York Times bestselling author of Creepers

“A page-turner…for grown-up boys who lust for swashbuckling literary adventure… will take readers back to the days when a good book meant you stayed up all night under the covers with a flashlight.”
—Publishers Weekly

“[A] pastiche of Crichton, Lovecraft, Jules Verne, and Robinson Crusoe.”
—Entertainment Weekly

“I sat down with Angsten’s thriller this afternoon, and I was still reading at two A.M. Dark Gold builds to a frantic and explosive climax.”
—Royce Buckingham, author of Demon Keeper

“Taut and well-crafted. I couldn’t put it down.”
—John Scott Shepherd, author Henry’s List of Wrongs and The Dead Father’s Guide to Sex & Marriage, and screenwriter for Joe Somebody and Life or Something Like It

“Thrills and chills…sunken gold, black magic, sea monsters, a beautiful Brazilian in a bikini—what more could you want from a summer thriller?”
—Kirkus Reviews

“A first-class roller-coaster ride of a novel.”
—Nick Redfern, author of Three Men Seeking Monsters

“Like Benchley’s Jaws, David Angsten’s debut will once again chase swimmers out of the water. Fraught with shivering suspense and a hauntingly eerie atmosphere, Dark Gold grips with feverish intensity. As literate as it is frightening. Read it with both a silver cross and a speargun at your side.”
—James Rollins, the New York Times bestselling author of Map of Bones and Black Order