Ark

by David Daniel

When one of its agents disappears while investigating rumors about the location of Noah's Ark, a U.S. government agency called "the firm" sends Vietnam veteran Jeff Rivers to look for missing archaeologist Bruce Hansman and for Hansman's daughter Eve

333 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1984

About the author

David Daniel's stories have appeared in magazines and anthologies alongside work by Ray Bradbury and Richard Matheson. He is author of more than a dozen books, including entries in the St. Martin’s Press prize-winning Alex Rasmussen mystery series: The Heaven Stone, The Skelly Man, Goofy Foot, and The Marble Kite. Other novels include White Rabbit, a novel of the 1960, and the bestselling political thriller The Tuesday Man.

His newest book, Beach Town, a collection of short stories, is a bittersweet look at the loves and losses of characters, young and old, living in a coastal town.

Born in Boston, Daniel has traveled widely and has been a teacher, surfer, tennis coach, clam digger, and brain slicer in the neuropathology lab at Harvard Medical School.

Reviews

[Adam · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very entertaining read, though some passages have not aged well.