Sands of the South Pacific #1

Salvage skipper Scott Sands takes on a perilous mission to raise the cargo-laden Moresby Pride, a damaged vessel drifting off the New Guinea coast—but when a brutal cyclone threatens to tear the ship apart and saboteurs plot to eliminate Sands during his dangerous underwater work, every dive becomes a gamble between the crushing depths and treacherous crew. With four million dollars at stake and the vessel literally breaking apart in monstrous seas, Sands must rely on nerve and quick thinking to survive threats both natural and human.

Scott Sands runs a crocodile-hunting expedition in Australia's remote northern territory, where the treacherous work of stalking massive reptiles in jungle swamps demands every ounce of nerve—until a mysterious woman arrives at camp claiming to have fled from another hunting party. Scott welcomes her as cook and company for the dangerous nights on the water, though his wary partner Mike suspects her arrival is anything but innocent. As the expedition pushes deeper into crocodile-infested lagoons and the skins stack up for shipment, tensions rise between the hunters and the puzzling newcomer whose true motives remain shrouded.

Fiji Joe makes a desperate gamble to save his friends and thwart the ruthless Captain Trask, a pearler bent on stealing the secrets of the Malatea tribe's guarded diving grounds. When Trask kidnaps Fiji Joe's companions and threatens to kill them unless the secret is revealed, Fiji Joe is forced into an impossible choice—but he may have one final card to play. This 1953 adventure explores loyalty, cunning, and the legendary curse that haunts the lagoon's depths.