For over two hundred years, Oak Island has consumed the fortunes, and in some cases the lives, of those who have obsessively set out to unlock its secret. Despite all that, the mystery remains unsolved, and not a single dime of treasure has ever been recovered.

Yet even today the search continues. An estimated $5 million (in today’s dollars) has so far been sunk into the quest; and now the current search group is prepared to spend as much as $20 million in possibly the final assault on Oak Island. It would be an archaeological dig exceeding anything ever done anywhere for similar purposes, and it may well result in the discovery of one of the world’s richest and most historically important treasures.

But this book is also a story of people. The men who are driven by a lust for gold, by archaeological curiosity, and by their determination to outwit the unknown engineer who was responsible for the Oak Island enigma.

—D’Arcy O’Connor