MartinBayerle,whofirstlocatedthesunkenRMSRepublicin270feetofwatersouthoftheislandNantucketin1981,makeshissecondmajorrecoverymissiontothewreck.Thevessel,builtin1903andsunkwhenshewasinadvertentlyrimmedbroadsideinpoorvisibilityin1909,isrumoredtohaveonboarduntoldmillionsinface-valuegoldcoins-anamountthatcouldexceed$1Billionintoday’scurrencyvalues.Bayerle,whowasonceimprisonedformanslaughteraftershootingandkillingamanwhowashavinganaffairwithhiswifeandattemptedtoextortmoneyfromBayerletoleave,maypossessbetterinformationastowhereonthewreckagethegoldmayrest;he’sassembledagroupofprovensalvers,includinghisownson,todive,explore,andifpossiblerecovertheentombedriches.Writtenbyjb0579

Progressive Amputation is introduced as a new form of punishment for particularly heinous crimes, in this pitch-black social satire by Matt Richards.