When Josh Alexander and his friend Jimmy embarked on a scuba diving vacation in the Bahamas, they knew they were in for the adventure of a lifetime. Sailing aboard the Sea Explorer, many amazing sights and exciting times were in store for them. What they couldn't know was that the ocean held not only a beautiful alien world of wonder but the ominous reality of natural forces at work, moving the dive boat towards its dangerous destiny. Seven days of realism at the mercy of the sea. Seven days of virgin sands and ocean life beneath the waves. Seven days before fortunes became important. For those dreaming of life on the sea or wondering about the spectacular creatures beneath it, The Final Voyage catapults the casual reading traveler into watery depths only true divers could perceive. You won't be able to come up for air. |
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Douglas Boren is a retired Physician Assistant who has been a Master Scuba Diver since 1990. With over 300 dives to his credit, he knows first hand the tropical seas and islands of which he writes. When he is not busy enjoying his many children and grandchildren, he divides his time between the Caribbean and his home in North Carolina. He invites you to visit his author's website at www.authorsden.com/briandboren where you will learn about his other writing accomplishments. The Final Voyage of the Sea Explorer in his second novel. |
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Professional Review by Bettie Corbin Tucker, for IP Book Reviewers The Final Voyage of the Sea Explorer by Douglas Boren is a book of fiction in motion that is threaded with descriptive and vivid reality. It is a story that only a master scuba diver could tell, and one that is aimed at young adult readers. Danger, adventure, and mystery lurk throughout the pages, but this is balanced by the delight of young, blossoming love, bonding friendships, and the feeling of independence that young adults enjoy when they are on vacation away from their parents. And how did this scuba diving vacation in the Bahamas come about? Josh Alexander is given this vacation as a special graduation present...one set up by his father. His best friend Jimmy joins him in what they expect to be a fabulous seven-day vacation of scuba diving while aboard the Sea Explorer. However, the two young men quickly learn that diving in the ocean is quite different and much more dangerous than diving in the lakes of Kentucky back home. Potential readers who are skeptical of curses and fortune tellers might possibly change their minds after reading this book. There is a scene where Josh and Jimmy tangle with a drug dealer who becomes infuriated when he fails to talk Jimmy into making a "buy" from him. He announces that he is putting a curse on these two Americans, promising that before three days pass, death will fall upon them. A fortune teller later predicts that the two young men will be facing dire circumstances, offering some advice that Josh comes to fully understand at the end of the voyage. Is there any book written about deep sea diving that doesn't touch upon a buried treasure? Probably so . . . but readers won't be disappointed when reading about this treasure and the legend behind it. Josh and Jimmy briefly view the remains of a shipwreck that had occurred centuries earlier...a ship that supposedly carried a treasure of Spanish gold worth millions. When Josh discovers that this is the ship linked to an ancestor of his, he is stunned. But he doesn't have much time to think about this as he struggles for his life...everyone on the Sea Explorer faces a life and death situation. Some survive; others do not. As an older adult, I found this story intriguing as it gave me a picture of ocean depths in vivid detail. The scenes described in the book are literally breathtaking. I can now understand my own son's passion for scuba diving. Though not a book of many pages, it is exciting, fast-paced and will continuously have readers wondering what is going to happen next. It is often difficult for a writer to go back into time and portray the feelings of the younger generation . . . to understand them in the present, apart from his or her past. However in The Final Voyage of the Sea Explorer, this author, during seven days of a vacation, literally becomes Josh, the main character. The ending provides a perfect opportunity for a treasure hunt and a sequel to this adventure. If it is written, I believe readers will be eagerly awaiting the publication. |
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Part of the Alexander Family Chronicles |
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