Ravi's Treasure

A fast, cinematic adventure about a missing fortune, dangerous rivals, and a family of treasure hunters. Growing up in the salvage business taught them to work hard and have fun while they're at it.

They were searching for a lost Spanish galleon. They found a private jet no one had seen in thirty years.

Salvage divers Sofía Ramírez, her younger brother Nico, and her husband Carter are good at their jobs and very good at giving each other a hard time. But the wreck they discover east of Miami offers more than another day's work.

Its tail number points to Ravi Omkar, a notorious cult leader who vanished while fleeing the FBI in 1991. The trail brings them to retired investigative journalist Martin Voss, who spent decades chasing the gold, diamonds, and stolen treasures that disappeared with Ravi.

The answers are inside the plane at the bottom of the sea.

But they are not the only ones looking. Ravi's former enforcer has spent three decades searching for the missing fortune, and he will do anything to stop the Ramírez family from taking it.

With the FBI circling and dangerous men closing in, the family must unravel Ravi's secrets and outsmart the competition. They have the skills, a few clever ideas, and some questionable notions about salvage rights. Reaching the treasure first may mean crossing the line from treasure hunters to thieves.

Ravi's Treasure is the first novella in C. J. Shuler's Hidden Treasure series.