{"product_id":"cave-dweller-paperback-1","title":"Cave Dweller - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam Nikkel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"William Nikkel's \u003ci\u003eCAVE DWELLER\u003c\/i\u003e has everything I love: ripping adventure, buried mysteries, and intrigue that spans centuries. Written in a fantastic cinematic style, I read this book in one sitting. Great story, great adventure, great new writer!\"\u003cbr\u003e-James Rollins, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestselling Author \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDecember 7, 1941, Pearl Harbor: \u003c\/b\u003eFive Japanese two-man mini-subs speed toward the mouth of the harbor. Four mini-subs are sunk or captured. The fate of the fifth sub, I-16, is unknown. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLate at night, nearly three quarters of a century later: \u003c\/b\u003e Marine biologist Jack Ferrell sails into a mysterious fog off of Kauai's Na Pali coast. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDense fog banks don't form in Hawaii . . . or so he thought. They certainly don't glow in the dark. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eConcealed within the mist is the sloop Julie Ann floundering in a rogue remnant of drift net. A young woman's scream pierces the damp air, and he rushes to her rescue. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe next morning, Jack dives to check the damage done to the reef by the net and discovers a sunken WWII Japanese mini-sub and the answer to a Pearl Harbor enigma: the fate of I-16. But in a depression in the coral, lies a greater mystery: a human skull the size of a grapefruit. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough a colleague, he learns the skull is from an extinct species of child-sized human being that lived 12,000 years ago on the remote Indonesian island of Flores. But this skull is no 12,000-year-old fossil. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn search of answers, Jack, the woman from the Julie Ann, two close friends, and a select team of scientists plunge into a subterranean world deep within the rugged mountains of the mystical Na Pali coast. And what should have been a routine scientific excursion becomes a deadly encounter with the unknown and a race against time when the expedition battles the elements, personal fears, and even one of their own to unearth the key to the origin of the skull and the surprising truth behind one of Hawaii's famous legends: The Menehune.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam Nikkel is the author of four Jack Ferrell novels and a steampunk, zombie western featuring his latest hero Max Traver. A former homicide detective and S.W.A.T. team member for the Kern County Sheriff's Department in Bakersfield, California, William is an amateur scuba enthusiast, gold prospector, and artist who can be found just about anywhere. He and his wife Karen divide their time between California and Maui, Hawaii.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 350\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.73 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 18, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48048661168279,"sku":"9780615988160","price":21.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/4552\/4631\/files\/ih5CWDku729780615988160_85632ddd-c9ee-4754-8225-1eb43752b7c8.webp?v=1784852988","url":"https:\/\/leyambercollective.com\/products\/cave-dweller-paperback-1","provider":"Ley Amber Collective","version":"1.0","type":"link"}