Treasure-unbelievable, historic, and dangerous-awaits Perry Sachs. The famous engineer knows the treasure is buried just outside Tejon, California. And he knows that whoever buried the booty years before rigged it with enough booby traps to send would-be fortune hunters into early retirement-or the grave. But Perry is no mere fortune hunter. He and his team of workers from Sachs Engineering tackle the task with vision and faith. The greatest challenge is not simply outwitting the traps that keep the treasure out of reach-it's surviving the increasingly desperate attempts of a modern-day murderer. Someone with power, money, and mysterious incentive doesn't want Perry to succeed. The treasure is there, but much more is at stake: Something that will change the world-and could cost Perry his life.
Average Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars(3.5 out of 5 stars)
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4 out of 5 stars
Reviewed by Patsy Bodden (Muncie, IN), November 09, 2009
Excellent read - intrique, mystery and realistic dialogue. I like the adventure and authenticity of the work being done.
3.5 out of 5 stars
Reviewed by Lawrence Lewis (Flowery Branch, GA), October 27, 2009
I like Gansky's books. I compare this with the others that is why 4.5. I imagine it would be 5 compared to a lot of other authors. A good read.
1 out of 5 stars
Reviewed by farb (seward, illinois), March 24, 2009
At first I thought this book was going to be great and I did a search for more books by this author,(but only in larger print please!) I got lost when I tried to visualize the "dig" they were doing. Visualization is very important to me as I read. I think it got too technical, then too wordy, and then not believable anymore. I stuck with the tiny print most of the way through and gave up a few chapters short of the end. I had totally lost interest. And... What did he mean, "minutes turned into moments"?
5 out of 5 stars
Reviewed by Jim McMahon (Syracuse NY), December 17, 2008
I thoroughly enjoyed this book!! It's written in such a fashion that it jumps from character to character back and forth and brings everything together near the end. Twists and turns here and there...Christian values...a very entertaining book!! I'll read more by Mr. Gansky!!
0 out of 5 stars
Reviewed by Carolyn Culpepper (Dumas, AR), December 12, 2008
This was a really good mystery based upon Biblical knowledge and an unusual surprise ending. A story of architects who are searching for a Bibical buried treasure. The main characters are committed Christians, making a book hard to put down. I loved this book and have placed it in our church library and several have already read it.
5 out of 5 stars
Reviewed by Julie Letteer (Stillwater, PA), September 24, 2008
A good, light read. I wanted to see what happened next. The story line is interesting and it keeps up a good pace for the most part.
2.5 out of 5 stars
Reviewed by nora (Rehoboth, MA), August 15, 2008
Too much back and forth between the past and present causes the story to plod along.
2.5 out of 5 stars
Reviewed by carl (se), May 02, 2008
"A Treasure Deep" got me interested from the very start and kept me interested for a while. Perry Sachs tries to save a man from being killed, and finds an ancient document in the process. He then goes to California to find a treasure. The small town mayor, Anne, gets suspicious and wants to know what he's looking for, but Sachs is very secretive. At first, this is intriguing, but after a while it became more annoying to not know what our heroes are looking for. Halfway through the book, Perry lets most of his associates in on the secret. They are obviously thrilled, but the reader is still kept in the dark. This might have worked, if Gansky had provided us with enough suspense to keep us interested, but unfortunately, after the opening sequence, there is very little suspense until the last 80 pages or so. Instead, too much time is spent on character development on a minor character (Anne), all in a rather preachy fashion.
Gansky's writing is good for the most part, except for contrived sentences like "Light danced through the liquid like carefree nymphs skipping through a pond in a European forest". Towards the end, the action picks up again, but the climax is disappointing. Everything is solved, not by our heroes, but by the clumsiness of one of the villains.
All in all, the book was somewhat entertaining, but promised more than it delivered.
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