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Blue Descent: A Dane Maddock Adventure

Dane Maddock Adventures, Book 1

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Blue Descent: A Dane Maddock Adventure

By: David Wood
Narrated by: James Conlan
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About this listen

Classic adventure for the modern listener! Fans of Indiana Jones, Dirk Pitt, and National Treasure will love the Dane Maddock Adventures

A legend of the deep guards the secret to eternal life!

Dane Maddock just wants to hunt for treasure and leave his past behind. After a series of tragedies, the former Navy SEAL and his crew travel to the Bahamas in search of the wreckage of Maelstrom, the flagship of notorious pirate Riddick Blackwood. But what they find sets them on a hunt for one of the greatest legends of the New World—The Fountain of Youth!

But has their discovery unleashed something terrible upon the world? As the deaths mount, Maddock and his partner Bones Bonebrake must prevent a dangerous shadow organization from seizing the power that lies beneath the waters.

A rollicking archaeological adventure from the USA Today Bestselling author of Loch and Crocalypse!

©2019 David Wood (P)2024 Gryphonwood Press Action & Adventure Genre Fiction Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Sea Adventures Spies & Politics Thriller & Suspense Adventure Pirate Caribbean

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Critic reviews

“Dane and Bones.... Together they're unstoppable. Rip roaring action from start to finish. Wit and humor throughout. Just one question - how soon until the next one? Because I can't wait.” Graham Brown, author of Shadows of the Midnight Sun

“What an adventure! A great read that provides lots of action, and thoughtful insight as well, into strange realms that are sometimes best left unexplored.” Paul Kemprecos, author of The NUMA Files
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I enjoyed the story overall but the narration I struggled with as the voices for the different characters didn’t differ greatly enough.

A fun start to the series

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I usually love these books, they are so different to what I usually read, but to be totally honest if I had started the series with this one I probably wouldn't have carried on. Which is a shame because they are good adventures. So why didn't I get on with it? Hard to say really, I think it is because there is usually something that makes the stories and the myths they are based on at least partly believable but with this story it seemed to super natural for my tastes, what with a giant sea creature that can be controlled with an amulet. I prefer the bad guys to be human. The usual banter is also missing, as both Bones and Maddock are too busy failing in love, they also failed to save the day (like they usually do) for everybody and the body count was high. Yes I know they isn't a Maddock book without bullets flying and bodies falling but it just seemed a lot of innocents. Not my favourite but still listenable.
While looking for pirate Riddick Blackwood treasure Dane Maddock and his team meet a brother and sister who talk then into entering a diving competition. For ex Navy SEAL'S seeing how far they can dive in the blue pool on one breath should be a piece of cake but they are not alone. When they surface they quickly discover the small island has been plagued with a number of unexplained disappearance. Can the ex seals discover what is going on and find there pirate treasure or will they become the next victims?
I did like the narrator. He kept me listening until the end.

Not my favourite

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