Echoes of Fortune

Jack Sullivan has sacrificed nearly everything chasing an untold secret—hidden for centuries during the chaos of war. Heartbroken and alone, he’s granted one last chance for redemption, plunging into historical mystery and peril. Transport yourself between the heat of battle during the French & Indian War and today’s high-stakes treasure hunt. When Major General Braddock faces his final foe, a fortune vanishes. Centuries later, Jack deciphers cryptic clues, evades traps, and battles enemies to uncover it.

When historian Jack Sullivan, Smithsonian curator Emma Wilson, and former Navy SEAL Steve Johnson set out for a Thanksgiving dive off Cozumel, they expect warm waters and forgotten wrecks. Instead, they discover a Confederate ghost ship that vanished in 1865—along with a secret powerful enough to rewrite history. But they aren’t alone. A black-hulled yacht shadows their every dive. Mercenaries close in from the deep. And someone is willing to kill to keep the past buried.

When Professor Jack Sullivan is asked to decode a cipher from the war's final days, he expects a historical curiosity. Instead, he uncovers a thread Jefferson Davis died protecting, a secret never meant to resurface. Jack, his fiancée Emma Wilson, and former SEAL Steve Johnson are pulled into a hunt more dangerous than any battlefield. From Washington's archives to the back alleys of New Orleans, from the coast of Mexico to the shadowed ridges of Arkansas, every trail leads deeper into the world of the Knights of the Golden Circle, a brotherhood long believed defunct.