The Admiral's Mark (Short Story)

Eightyears ago Cotton Malone was an agent for the Justice Department, handling thetoughest and most sensitive international investigations. But sometimes thingsbecame intensely personal. In his latest eBook original short story, NewYork Times bestselling author Steve Berry lays out just such a tale-onewith shocking historical implications.

Cotton Malone never cared for the shady dealings of his brother-in-law, ScottBrown. But when Scott dies while scuba diving, Cotton's wife and her grievingsister demand more than just a secondhand police report. So Malone heads toHaiti. There, beneath crystal clear waters, he learns that Scott found thesunken wreckage of the Santa Maria, the fabled flagship of ChristopherColumbus, and he paid for the discovery with his life. Setting out to piecetogether what happened, Malone quickly realizes that he's not the only manthere with questions. An Israeli intelligence agent is in top secret pursuit ofwhat Scott died trying to protect. And a sinister Austrian with a hidden agendahas no qualms about killing for the mysterious prize. On the hunt for somethingthat has been lost for 500 years, Malone is suddenly enmeshed in a deadly catand mouse game being played across the north shore of Haiti and beneath theCaribbean Sea-and he'll have to fight just to get out of there alive.

Features an exciting preview of Steve Berry's much-anticipated new thriller,The Columbus Affair

SteveBerry is the New York Times bestselling author of The Balkan Escape,The Paris Vendetta, The Charlemagne Pursuit, The Venetian Betrayal, TheAlexandria Link, The Templar Legacy, The Third Secret, The Romanov Prophecy,and The Amber Room. His books have been translated into 37languages and sold in 50 countries. He lives in the historic city of St.Augustine, Florida and is at work on his next novel. He and his wife,Elizabeth, have founded History Matters, a nonprofit organization dedicated topreserving our heritage. To learn more about Steve and the foundation,visit www.steveberry.org.

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