Dr. Francesca "Frankie" DeMarco, a beautiful Italian archaeologist, is searching an underwater site on the Adriatic Coast of Italy. Chasing stories of a mysterious group of Guardians, she runs into roadblocks. Someone is trying to keep her from discovering the truth. To unlock the mystery of the Guardians, Frankie and Mike Scott have to overcome a group of delusional fanatics. If they are successful, they might just find a religious artifact lost when the Romans overran the Temple in the Breastplate of Judgement, worn by the Jewish high priest when he went before the Ark of the Covenant to talk to God. If they aren't successful, they could be entombed for the rest of their lives. This is the third Mike Scott thriller.
Eric Douglas spent his childhood Sunday nights watching “The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau” and dreamed of diving alongside the Captain. He became a diver, and then a dive instructor, meeting his goals and pursuing a life of adventure and travel.
Through his fictional works, Eric take readers on adventures of their own. His stories have everything thriller junkies crave; action, adventure and intrigue, set against a backdrop beautiful locations, the ocean and the environment, and scuba diving. The fast-paced stories are exciting, but Eric also hopes to inspire future generations of explorers and adventurers like Cousteau did for him.
After completing a program at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, Eric jumped into documentary work, creating nonfiction works on lobster divers, war veterans, and cancer survivors.
Eric received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism from the W Page Pitt School of Journalism at Marshall University. After working in local newspapers, honing his skills as a story teller, and following a stint as a freelance journalist in the former Soviet Union, he became a dive instructor while working as a technical writer for Diving Science and Technology (DSAT) and as the Associate Editor for The Undersea Journal. About the same time he developed an interest in diving medicine becoming a Diving Medical Technician (DMT).
For 11 years, Eric worked for Divers Alert Network (DAN) as the Director of Education, contributing numerous articles to Alert Diver magazine. In 2007, he co-authored the diving reference text Scuba Diving Safety with DAN President Dan Orr.
In 2008, Eric returned to Russia and photographed many of the people and places he knew from the 1990s. In 2010, he had solo photographic exhibitions of his work in Russia, France and the United States. He now serves on the Board of Directors for the Russia and West Virginia Foundation.
Combining his interest in storytelling and documentary photojournalism, Eric recently completed a photodocumentary project on Harvesting Divers; a project that earned him a Certificate in Documentary Arts from the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University.
Eric also writes the regular Lessons for Life column for Scuba Diving Magazine, analyzing the circumstances behind dive accidents and helping other divers learn from those mistakes.