Dark Water: A Ryan Weller Maritime Thriller 1

Stolen sailboats, murdered crews, and abandoned wrecks are scattered across the waters from the Florida Keys to the Dry Tortugas. Former Navy bomb tech Ryan Weller has left his dangerous past behind and is working construction, seeking a quieter life. When asked to investigate a series of mysterious sailboat thefts along the Gulf Coast, he reluctantly agrees. Diving the wrecks with insurance investigator Emily Hunt, Ryan discovers the boats weren't stolen for profit—they were used and then scuttled to conceal something far more dangerous. As evidence accumulates, pirates target Ryan and his friends, forcing him to use his own sailboat as bait. What appears to be a hunt for modern-day pirates reveals a hidden network preparing for something larger. The stolen boats are only the beginning, and Ryan realizes the violence spreading across the Gulf is intended to ignite a war that extends beyond the border. Hunted above and below the waterline, Ryan must sail into enemy territory and stop a growing insurgency before it triggers a wider conflict.