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On New Year's Day 1959, with Castro on the brink of overthrowing the Batista regime, the soon-to-be-deposed dictator looted the Cuban treasury and loaded it into four B26 Marauder bombers headed for Tampa.

When Mac Travis witnesses a poacher working lobster traps in the backcountry of the Florida Keys—too near his island home to ignore—he takes action. The traps belong to a friend who enlists Mac to search for the poachers, but along the way, Mac makes a discovery that changes everything.

Congress can’t pass a budget and Biscayne National Park is paying the price. With Special Agent Kurt Hunter out of work, two rivals gangs start a turf war in the park. But when a body is found hanging from the railing of the iconic Boca Chita Lighthouse, Kurt refuses to sit back and fish while the gangs take over his park. Lies and deceit run rampant through the gangs, forcing Kurt deep into the labyrinth of Miami’s counterculture to solve the murder.

Desperate for money and with Alicia in danger, Mac is forced to deal with a dubious antiquities dealer. The treasure hunt turns deadly as he tries to solve the riddle of the relic he found years ago.

Congress can’t pass a budget, and Biscayne National Park is paying the price. With Special Agent Kurt Hunter out of work, two rivals gangs start a turf war in the park. But when a body is found hanging from the railing of the iconic Boca Chita Lighthouse, Kurt refuses to sit back and fish while the gangs take over his park.

The tides carry all kinds of things into Biscayne National Park, and most of them are bad. Kurt Hunter, the special agent in charge, has found more than his share of bodies, but the latest sends him into the world of drug cartels to find the killer. In nature, when voids are created they are quickly filled. The same thing happens in drug cartels. When a Miami kingpin goes down, another steps in, and the playing field shifts. Everything Kurt thought he knew about the drug trade is moot as he must battle not only a new adversary but a new and deadly blend of drugs.

It's a last chance for Will. Bringing boats back from Mexico and Central America seems like the ideal gig for a boat bum. But his latest job becomes complicated when he is offered a large bounty - a payoff big enough to set him up in his own business. The only problem is the boat is owned by a gangster who is still aboard. The situation is further complicated by two beautiful sisters.

When a string of not-so-accidental drownings in the parks attracts the attention of the FBI, Kurt is drawn into a quagmire of bureaucrats and politicians, each with their own agenda. Faced with the reality that the deaths are really murders - all with ties to Kurt - he is forced to make a decision: save his job...or his life.

On the run from his past, Nick and the crew of The Panther have enough treasure aboard to live like kings, but nowhere to spend it. Not all the crew agrees on his plan, and after a near mutiny, the crew decides to try for a new start. When his heritage catches up to him and a new treasure appears, bigger than anything they’ve tried to recover before, the crew is lured into an adventure off the coast of the Yucatan. The natives and legendary pirate Jean Lafitte stand in the crews way, forcing them to use everything they’ve learned to escape.

A twisted mob boss working with a crooked realtor have their sites set on Flamingo Key for their next real estate scam. When a fly fishing guide discovers his favorite spot is in jeopardy and the secret it holds. Together with the son of his nemesis and a reluctant local woman, he sets out to save the Key.

Living on an island, miles from the mainland, Mac Travis thought he could disappear. It was a simple life with no worries and fewer bills. Mac was content working his trap lines, fishing the seasons, and diving. That all ended when he and his mate found a turtle laden down with fifty kilos of pure cocaine floating in the Gulf Stream. What seemed at the time to be a simple rescue, entangles him in a web of deceit and lies. From Marathon to Key West and on to the Dry Tortugas, Mac has no choice but to find a treasure that is better left alone.

When an officer's murder in Biscayne National Park threatens to expose a corrupt agency, one man is tasked with finding the killer, but he’s running into a wall of organizational conspiracy built to conceal a devious plot. Special Agent Kurt Hunter is fighting to find the truth hidden behind a maze of twisted coworkers and inter-agency tensions. His investigation leads him through the pristine waters of the national park to the brightest and darkest sides of Miami. But when Kurt gets too close and his family is threatened, he’s forced to take justice into his own hands.

Kendra Hale and Ian Starbuck, agents for the FBI’s Special Projects Group and fresh from their recent case solving a string of murders on the Maine coast, are tasked with stopping a group of wreckers, modern-day criminal counterparts of 19th-century marine salvors. Technology is their weapon of choice, and blackmail is the payoff. Can the duo stop a plot to destroy an iconic harbor on the New England coast?

Boomtowns can be dangerous places especially when there is gold to be had. Nick and the crew of the Panther aren’t interested in the riches. They want to get out alive.

Terrorists target Lady Liberty. The Hudson River and Long Island Sound provide historic, vibrant, and simply beautiful settings - until terrorists begin setting off dirty bombs along their shores. Kendra Hale and Ian Starbuck, special agents for the FBI’s Special Projects Group, are called in to stop the mayhem, uncovering a sophisticated network of jihadists whose goal is to render Manhattan uninhabitable. Nuclear waste is their weapon of choice, and they have the financing and maritime assets in place to deliver unprecedented chaos.

Partnered with his charismatic son, Mako, they embark on a mission to thwart a diabolical plan to reshape the European Union. As they unravel the intricate threads of a plot involving a mystical artifact, they discover that betrayal lurks closer than they could ever imagine. With an ally turned adversary, playing a dangerous game, the father-son duo must navigate through ancient fortresses, decode historical mysteries, and outsmart their enemies in a race against time.

A rash of killings threatens “the way life should be” in Downeast Maine. The Downeast region of the Maine coast is known for its independent, hard-working people, its picturesque settings - and its seafood. But behind the thousand islands, the countless miles of coastline, and the postcard scenery, bad things are happening in Acadia National Park. Kendra Hale, fresh off a dangerous assignment in Miami, is brought in by the FBI’s Special Projects Group to assist area law enforcement in their investigation.

When a chilling murder rocks the tranquil shores of the Virgin Islands, Kurt Hunter, a seasoned Special Agent, finds himself thrust into the heart of paradise with a mission that goes deeper than the azure waters surrounding him. Assigned to the Virgin Islands National Park on a temporary basis, Hunter must untangle the threads of a sinister plot that weaves through the idyllic landscape, turning paradise into a perilous labyrinth.

When Special Agent Kurt Hunter is forced to follow the trail of a killer to the small ex-smuggling town of Everglades City, he faces some unique challenges—one of which is staying alive.

It's easy to become invisible in the Florida Keys. Mac Travis is laying low: fishing, diving and doing enough salvage work to pay his bills, until three fishermen trolling the Gulf Stream discover a square grouper.