Rival Ocean Divers

Dave Fearless is seventeen, fearless, and ready for danger when his father reveals a rumor that a fortune may lie in the wreck of the Happy Hour, hidden beneath the Pacific. Amos Fearless plans to join a government salvage expedition as master diver, with Dave at his side, but the search for treasure quickly becomes a battle of pride and rivalry when the wealthy Hankers family begins spying and scheming to claim the prize first. A dockside confrontation with Bart Hankers erupts into a public fistfight, and soon both families are racing west toward San Francisco and the waiting diving ship Swallow. Along the way, Dave is falsely accused of pocket-picking by a Hankers spy, only to be cleared by honest witnesses before the expedition can sail. Once aboard, the adventure plunges into the eerie deep: Dave and Amos face strange sea creatures, including the monstrous Sea Devil and the deadly Devil's Needle, in a thrilling test of courage and skill. But the dangers are not only beneath the waves. After a shipwrecked ordeal on a hostile island, Dave and his companions are captured by natives, then rescued by the wild, half-mad Pat Stoodles, who leads them to a hidden cave behind a waterfall. Pursued through jungle, wounded by arrows, and trapped between enemies, the party must rely on daring, deception, and nerve as they discover that survival may be as hard-won as the treasure itself. This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.