AN AWESOME READ!!! I COULDN'T PUT THIS ONE DOWN. I CAN'T WAIT TO HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO BUY THE REST OF THE SERIES.
Jackson North and his teammates were treasure Hunters. They were currently in Prague, Czeck Republic celebrating their haul. Not all the men were at the bar and that didn't settle very well with Jackson. He decided to go find out where the others were. When he got to the house where they were staying, the front door was wide open and the proprietor was unconscious on the floor. He heard a noise on the next floor up and went to investigate. Two men came bounding down the stairs toward him, shoving him down. He got up and gave chase, but lost them. He knew they were Nash's men (another team of treasure hunter's, but they were out to kill to get the treasure)
A week later in Atlanta, Georgia, Charlotte "Charlie" Carver was pulling an all nighter for her job as an insurance agent. She had been yelled at by her boss for not doing her job well enough. It is midnight and she was making coffee when there was a knock at the door. It was Jackson. He was there asking for an atlas he had given to her a year before for her birthday.
She went to hand over the atlas, but Jackson told her to keep it, but to get out and get as far away as she could, not let anyone stop her or take it from her. The back door flew open. Jackson told her to run. Two men ran after her when she got to the street. She hid behind an air conditioner at a club center.
Jackson found Charlie. They were able to get to his car. The other men went back to their car and was watching her house. Since Jackson's car was the only one that started up, the bad guys came after Jackson's car until Jackson lost them. He then told her that he was part of a team of treasure hunters and told her the story of why he needed the atlas. He also told her that he suspected there was a mole on their team. Charlie persuades Jackson to take her with him.
They went to Split, Croatia. Leo, one of the teammates came to the airport and picked them up to take them to a boat. She met Toshi, Alexei, Xavier and Roth (the leader) of the team. She gave Roth the atlas. They sailed to Vis. Roth was to meet the only female on their team named Sloane. Toshi went swimming in the bay. Carlie decided she would like to swim too, so they stripped down to their underwear and dove in. Jackson was remembering everything about Charlie from nine months before and really wanted to make love to her, but Charlie finally remembered when Jackson left and backed away from him. Leo shouted above that there was trouble. They heard from Roth that Sloane didn't show up and couldn't be found Roth told Toshi and Xavier to stay in Vis and look for Sloane. They would sail to Hvar. When they arrived, Roth and Alexei went into the town to see what they could find. Leo, Jackson and Charlie stayed on the ship. Leo went to the end of the pier and found a woman selling grilled fish. He bought some for all to eat. In the meantime, Jackson and Charlie were talking and arguing. Charlie had enough and went below to go lay down in the bunk, but she saw the atlas and the journals lying on the table. She began to look through each. Then in the back of the atlas she noticed the material was different. She found a pocket that had been glued. She opened the pocket and found coordinates.She couldn't find a scrap of paper, so she wrote them on her arm.
Jackson came below deck and they began to talk. They were very close to the bunk. They were about to make love when a gunshot was fired above. Roth and Alexei came back to the ship, He decided to drop Charlie and Jackson off at Hvar. Charlie would find her way back to Split and Jackson was going after the man that shot Leo. The ship was going to sail back to Split where the crew would meet up and regroup with a new strategy.
On the island Jackson and Charlie followed the coordinates and Charlie found a tree with a star carved into it. In the meantime, Jackson was fending off two goons. Charlie helped by knocking one out with a bottle she had found in the cubby of the tree.
Inside the bottle were 10 rolled up scrolls. The one large one held a diamond necklace worth millions. The other nine were riddles of where the rest of the treasure is. They met up with the others in Split. She showed Roth what they found. Each member now had a piece of the scrolls and riddles. Sloane was still missing. Tav was still thought of as being the betrayer.
Personally, I think the betrayer is Roth. He seems too cool, calm and collected. He is not really worried about the missing teammate. It seems like he is trying to get Jackson off the team.
What an enjoyable read. I couldn't put the book down. If I could have started it earlier, I would have finished it in one day.