内容简介
Forgenerations,treasurehuntershavesearchedforthekeytotheWaterPit,thelabyrinthofshaftsandtunnelsthathoneycombsRaggedIsland.ButthePitisreluctanttogiveupitstreasure,andmanywilldiebeforeitssecretisrevealed.
作者简介
DouglasPrestonwasbornin1956inCambridge,MA,wasraisedinnearbyWellesley(where,byhisownadmission,heandhisbrotherswerethescourgeoftheneighborhood!),andgraduatedfromPomonaCollegeinCaliforniawithadegreeinEnglishliterature.Preston'sfirstjobwasasawriterfortheAmericanMuseumofNaturalHistoryinNewYork--aneightyearstintthatledtothepublicationofhisfirstbook,DinosaursintheAtticandintroducedhimtohisfuturewritingpartner,LincolnChild,thenworkingasaneditoratSt.Martin'sPress.Thetwomenbonded,astheyworkedcloselytogetheronthebook.