Steven Becker

A hidden cache. A weaponized lie. And a fuse already burning in the Florida Keys. When salvager Mac Travis pulls a sealed crate from a wreck off the backcountry, he expects contraband —maybe drugs, maybe guns.

Prepare to embark on a thrilling journey alongside Mac and Wood as they unearth the secrets of the past, face treacherous adversaries, and dive headfirst into danger.

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The best-selling Mac Travis Adventures are centered around South Florida and the Florida Keys, featuring plenty of Keys' counterculture along with scuba diving, boating, and fishing....

It's easy to become invisible in the Florida Keys. Mac Travis was doing his best to keep a low profile: diving, fishing, and enough salvage work to pay his bills. It's a good life until he discovers something while spearfishing that could change the pristine Keys forever.

Mac Travis went to the Florida Keys to disappear, but his new commercial diving job turns out to be more than he planned....

Within sight of Marathon, Florida, lies an island left to its own devices. While its harbor is picture-postcard perfect, abandoned, and hurricane-ravaged, Boot Key has a secret hiding deep in its mangrove tunnels and derelict fishing shacks....

When a body is found floating in the mangroves of Biscayne National Park, Special Agent Kurt Hunter has his first real case....

Mac Travis thought it was easy to disappear in the Florida Keys. Living on an island; fishing, diving, and some salvage work kept him busy - until his past catches up to him. When a famous treasure hunter is murdered, Mac is handed his research of 100 lost wrecks....

It's 1821, and pirate legend Jose' Gasparilla and his crew are about to split their treasure and retire. One more prize lures the crew to back to action, but they fall into a trap....

A cold front has blown through the islands, scattering abandoned stone crab traps across Pine Channel. What should be a simple cleanup turns sinister when Mac, Bear, and Trufante haul up a trap packed with a cache of engineered chemicals capable of destroying entire sections of reef.

When a small plane crashes in the backcountry of the Florida Keys, an unexpected and deadly chain of events is set in motion. While helping a friend salvage his boat, Mac Travis witnesses the crash and rushes to help. Following the rescue, Mac is led down a path of danger and deceit....

One man is ready to change history. Living on a small island in the Florida Keys is a dream for many. For salvor, diver, and fisherman Mac Travis, though, it’s a way to become invisible. But trouble has a way of finding Mac....

When a devastating explosion upsets the delicate ecosystem of the Florida Keys backcountry, Mac Travis is faced with a situation that could ruin his idyllic lifestyle. To stay on the island that has been his refuge, he must work outside the authorities....

It’s easy to become invisible in the Florida Keys. Mac Travis was doing his best to keep a low profile: diving, fishing and enough salvage work to pay his bills....

Kurt Hunter, Special Agent in Charge at Biscayne National Park, has always believed in protecting both the land and the people. But when a cutting-edge surface drone is discovered smuggling drugs through the park’s pristine waters, Hunter is thrust into a deadly game of cat-and-mouse.

Mac Travis is forced to save his name and everything he owns after a down-on-her-luck trust-fund heiress talks his deckhand into using his boat to poach lobster....

When several shipping containers are lost during a tropical storm, an unexpected and deadly chain of events is set in motion. A Russian oligarch plans to trade the contents of the containers for immunity....

Revolution spreads along the Central American coast. Steam power is reshaping trade. Empires maneuver for control of the isthmus —and the sea lanes that feed it. When a relic from a long-forgotten wreck surfaces, it brings documents never meant to be found.

Back home in the Florida Keys, Mac Travis finds a jury summons waiting for him. The case drags him right back into the underbelly of the Keys. Torn between protecting the confidential informant and doing the right thing, Mac is forced to take the law into his own hands.