D.C. Monahan (Books)

D.C. Monahan Books

D.C. Monahan splits time between a small town in northern New Hampshire and a remote fishing village on the island of Curaçao. There, the discovery of a link to a long-lost Jewish heritage sparked a flight of imagination realized in their work. The author's writing explores the profound connections between heritage and the creative spirit.

The Navigator's Treasure

322 pages
12 hours of reading

Past and present weave together as a centuries-old Caribbean legend comes to life on the sun-drenched beaches of modern-day Curaçao.In the first decade of the 16th century... a crew of Spanish conversos – Jews forced to convert to Christianity to evade the Inquisition – sail to the New World with the Great Navigator, Christopher Columbus. Their discovery of Mayan gold leads to slaughter, piracy, betrayal and a tantalizing mystery that lies unresolved until...Five hundred years later... when a beautiful Afro-Irish archaeologist and a small-town New England cop cross paths on the Caribbean island of Curaçao. Following a centuries-old diary written by a fated cabin boy on Columbus' third voyage, they stay one step ahead of shadowy rivals to uncover the trail of a secret society, Nazi gold – and something bigger than either saw coming.