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Mac Travis Adventures #8
Wood's Tempest
Mac Travis thought it was easy to disappear in the Florida Keys.
Living on an island; fishing, diving, and some salvage work kept him busy—until his past catches up to him. When a famous treasure hunter is murdered, Mac is handed his research of a hundred lost wrecks, but to save a friends family from a crazed competitor he must find the right one—and find it first, before people dear to him start to die.
The latest in the Mac Travis Adventure Series from best-selling author, Steven Becker, is set against the backdrop of the awe-inspiring Florida Keys. If you enjoy boating, fishing, scuba diving, and the counter-culture of the Keys, you will love this new stand-alone adventure.
Living on an island; fishing, diving, and some salvage work kept him busy—until his past catches up to him. When a famous treasure hunter is murdered, Mac is handed his research of a hundred lost wrecks, but to save a friends family from a crazed competitor he must find the right one—and find it first, before people dear to him start to die.
The latest in the Mac Travis Adventure Series from best-selling author, Steven Becker, is set against the backdrop of the awe-inspiring Florida Keys. If you enjoy boating, fishing, scuba diving, and the counter-culture of the Keys, you will love this new stand-alone adventure.
302 pages, Paperback
First published November 29, 2018
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February 6, 2019
This series never ceases to impress me...this time, a hurricane is bearing down on the Keys and Mac & Mel are forced to evacuate Woods Island. Meanwhile, Tru is up to his usual shenanigans but things take a serious turn when the gang is forced to evade a dirty treasure hunter. Bugara knows that Mac has the research from Bugara’s deceased accomplice and can locate a huge treasure. He’s desperate enough to kidnap Justine and Allie, Kurt Hunter’s wife and daughter, to force Mac’s hand. Yes...Kurt and family have a cameo in this book. I kept wishing that we’d get to hear Martinez yelling at Hunter...but alas, I’ll just have to wait for the next Kurt Hunter book! I love how the author uses historical facts and references as the back story for Mac’s adventures and was intrigued by Fort Jefferson. In spite of a hurricane, corrupt official and a bad guy...Mac, his sidekick and friends survive...until the next adventure!
I eagerly accepted a complimentary copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
I eagerly accepted a complimentary copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
May 24, 2020
It took me a while to finish this one. Everytime I'd pick it up it would put me to sleep. There were other more exciting things to do like watching paint dry or watching the grass grow. So many times during the story I had flash backs to the same story being told in one of the Jesse McDerrmit stories. It was as if the author couldn't come up a new idea so he told a semblance of an old story with a different cast.
There were also many typos, poor grammar, and places in the story where there was no continuity. In one particular scene, they were about to land in a sea plane when some one was banged into the side of the "boat" and then everything was fine when the pontoons hit the water. Were they in a plane or a boat. Sure couldn't tell by the narrative. This was the last book by Becker that I'll be reading.
There were also many typos, poor grammar, and places in the story where there was no continuity. In one particular scene, they were about to land in a sea plane when some one was banged into the side of the "boat" and then everything was fine when the pontoons hit the water. Were they in a plane or a boat. Sure couldn't tell by the narrative. This was the last book by Becker that I'll be reading.
April 7, 2026
Wood’s Tempest follows Mac Travis, a man who wants nothing more than a quiet life in the Florida Keys but finds himself dragged into danger when a murdered treasure diver leaves him a cache of research pointing to dozens of lost shipwrecks. What begins as a reluctant curiosity turns into a fight for survival when a ruthless rival discovers the same information and is willing to kidnap, threaten, and kill to claim the treasure for himself. As a massive hurricane barrels toward the islands, Mac is forced into a race against time, navigating rising seas, violent criminals, and the moral weight of protecting the people he cares about. The storm becomes both a literal and symbolic force, pushing Mac to confront what he’s willing to risk for justice, loyalty, and the fragile sense of home he’s built on the water.
April 23, 2020
Again, Steven Becker has upped his game, as far as I am concerned, with these last two books in the Mac Travis series. I like the new addition to the cast of players -- Ned. A cantankerous old man, that doesn't like to be told that he can't do something (because of his age). This story involves the whole ensemble of characters (Mac, Mel, Tru, Pamela, Kurt and Justine -- and the adventure involves them all. There is a twist in the telling of the tale, that involves another OLD friend, that I really enjoyed. I would recommend this to people that like the suspense, mystery thriller -- and like for the local to be in the Florida Keys.
December 2, 2018
Each Mac Travis book gets better and better. I especially like when my fav authors share their characters as is the case with this book.
Steven Becker has “borrowed” Rusty and Jesse McDermitt from Wayne Stinnett and The Rusty Anchor Bar & Grill as a safe docking area on Marathon Key to furthe enhance our reading pleasure.
Steven Becker has also brought Kurt & Justine Hunter to Key West to avoid the same Hurricane as Mac Travis and arranged for them to reconnect after Backwater Tide at Fort Pierce in the Dry Tortugas.
This is a book not to be missed.
Steven Becker has “borrowed” Rusty and Jesse McDermitt from Wayne Stinnett and The Rusty Anchor Bar & Grill as a safe docking area on Marathon Key to furthe enhance our reading pleasure.
Steven Becker has also brought Kurt & Justine Hunter to Key West to avoid the same Hurricane as Mac Travis and arranged for them to reconnect after Backwater Tide at Fort Pierce in the Dry Tortugas.
This is a book not to be missed.
December 5, 2018
AN AWESOME READ!!
A can't put down, until the very end read!!
All my favorites are here!! Mac Travis and Mel, also Trufante with his girlfriend Pamela. Add in Ned, you have a crew that can find treasure from wreckage in the deep blue sea!
We get the addition of Kurt Hunter, along with his wife, Justine and his daughter Allie.
Of course there is a bad guy, who kidnaps Justine and Allie!!
A MUST READ!!
A can't put down, until the very end read!!
All my favorites are here!! Mac Travis and Mel, also Trufante with his girlfriend Pamela. Add in Ned, you have a crew that can find treasure from wreckage in the deep blue sea!
We get the addition of Kurt Hunter, along with his wife, Justine and his daughter Allie.
Of course there is a bad guy, who kidnaps Justine and Allie!!
A MUST READ!!
November 4, 2019
Hurricane
Effectively this seems to be part one of a two-parter, although the main story is wrapped up within this volume. But, oh, the teaser! No, of course I'm not going to share--no spoilers! But Mac and Kurt Hunter are back in action together with a number of other favorite crew members, hot on the trail of ancient seaborne treasure. Some interesting nuggets of history are thrown in for your delectation, as well.
Effectively this seems to be part one of a two-parter, although the main story is wrapped up within this volume. But, oh, the teaser! No, of course I'm not going to share--no spoilers! But Mac and Kurt Hunter are back in action together with a number of other favorite crew members, hot on the trail of ancient seaborne treasure. Some interesting nuggets of history are thrown in for your delectation, as well.
March 5, 2019
An SB. Key West Adventure Thriller (MTAB - 8)/Key West and the surrounding areas.
SB. has. penned the eighth Mac Travis mystery thriller, which contains a man falling into his lap with many notorious maps. Before he is able to help his old friend he was murdered. This led MT. To go on a very dangerous wreck. This is an excellent read for the genre.....DEHS
SB. has. penned the eighth Mac Travis mystery thriller, which contains a man falling into his lap with many notorious maps. Before he is able to help his old friend he was murdered. This led MT. To go on a very dangerous wreck. This is an excellent read for the genre.....DEHS
May 17, 2020
Great Read
I would recommend anything that Steven Becker has written. Author has a gift and I feel fortunate to have found one of his books. Those times you stumble across an author and you think i am going to read every single book he wrote - hang on Steven Becker is the real thing.
I would recommend anything that Steven Becker has written. Author has a gift and I feel fortunate to have found one of his books. Those times you stumble across an author and you think i am going to read every single book he wrote - hang on Steven Becker is the real thing.
November 14, 2022
This series gets better and better. They are well written, the characters full and the desprictions of the location makes you feel like you are there. Best to read these in order at the story starts where the last book left off. There is some filler information to help you along if you haven't read previous books, but it leaves much out.
July 24, 2019
Terrific,truly enjoyed this book, did not want to see it recEntly 'll his chy
Really enjoyed this book. Good story and great bunch of characters. Truly appreciate the best of info on the waters in the Florida Keys.
Really enjoyed this book. Good story and great bunch of characters. Truly appreciate the best of info on the waters in the Florida Keys.
January 5, 2022
A hurricane, crooked treasure hunter,and a park director all in one book!
Mac Travis reunites with Pamela to enlist her help in finding Tru to save his trawler from a hurricane. He also needs their help to rescue his new friends from a ruthless treasure hunter.
Mac Travis reunites with Pamela to enlist her help in finding Tru to save his trawler from a hurricane. He also needs their help to rescue his new friends from a ruthless treasure hunter.
August 22, 2025
great series
I'm amazed that this author can write so many fantastic novels, I hope that he never stops writing. His books are some of the best Entertainment I have read and worth the time to read them. Thank you for a very fun entertaining read.
I'm amazed that this author can write so many fantastic novels, I hope that he never stops writing. His books are some of the best Entertainment I have read and worth the time to read them. Thank you for a very fun entertaining read.
December 5, 2018
Excellent as expected!
December 10, 2018
Looking forward
To the next installment of this trilogy. Two things I want; Bugarra's nuts in a terminal twist and what's under the Sumter? Or is that the next Kurt Hunter?
To the next installment of this trilogy. Two things I want; Bugarra's nuts in a terminal twist and what's under the Sumter? Or is that the next Kurt Hunter?
January 10, 2019
Another great story from a master story teller!
July 8, 2019
Good easy read.
Good easy read. Always enjoy reading g about the Keys. Becker has good characters and has enough suspense.
Looking forward to start the next one.
Good easy read. Always enjoy reading g about the Keys. Becker has good characters and has enough suspense.
Looking forward to start the next one.
November 21, 2020
A badly written novel
Another childish story from someone who cannot write well or think through plot lines. Not worth the cost, even with kindle unlimited.
Another childish story from someone who cannot write well or think through plot lines. Not worth the cost, even with kindle unlimited.
January 26, 2022
Best one yet !!!!!
Well done Steven Becker tieing all three story lines into one very well written book you are a true master
Well done Steven Becker tieing all three story lines into one very well written book you are a true master
March 12, 2024
Awesomest
Could not put this book down, just like all of Mr Beck's books
I have tried to wear in order
Could not put this book down, just like all of Mr Beck's books
I have tried to wear in order
November 1, 2021
Mel and Mack are at it again
Love these short stories. Tru gets in trouble less buts finds more. Well developed characters and story line read non stop.
Love these short stories. Tru gets in trouble less buts finds more. Well developed characters and story line read non stop.
December 27, 2018
Hurricane
Effectively this seems to be part one of a two-parter, although the main story is wrapped up within this volume. But, oh, the teaser! No, of course I'm not going to share--no spoilers! But Mac and Kurt Hunter are back in action together with a number of other favorite crew members, hot on the trail of ancient seaborne treasure. Some interesting nuggets of history are thrown in for your delectation, as well.
Effectively this seems to be part one of a two-parter, although the main story is wrapped up within this volume. But, oh, the teaser! No, of course I'm not going to share--no spoilers! But Mac and Kurt Hunter are back in action together with a number of other favorite crew members, hot on the trail of ancient seaborne treasure. Some interesting nuggets of history are thrown in for your delectation, as well.
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December 31, 2018Pirate Treasure
I think everyone's imagination is stirred when pirate treasure is mentioned. Even, I think, armchair treasure hunters like me. Each book in this series, it seems, has a different treasure in it. Where Mac goes, trouble follows. If Tru is with him, it is double the trouble. So, get your diving gear ready and jump in!!!
I think everyone's imagination is stirred when pirate treasure is mentioned. Even, I think, armchair treasure hunters like me. Each book in this series, it seems, has a different treasure in it. Where Mac goes, trouble follows. If Tru is with him, it is double the trouble. So, get your diving gear ready and jump in!!!
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