Reading Maps

Journeys from fiction drawn on the real world

Wilbur Smith · 1975 · thriller

Wilbur Smith's 1975 adventure. Harry Fletcher runs a charter fishing boat in the warm waters off St. Mary's Island, a quiet life that ends when a mysterious client hires him to find something on the sea bed. Drawn into a murderous hunt for a thousand-year-old treasure, Harry follows the trail from the Indian Ocean to London and back, matching wits with a ruthless criminal.

  1. 1
    St. Mary's Island

    Harry Fletcher has found peace running a charter fishing boat from the island of St. Mary's off the African coast - until a mysterious client charters him to dive for something beneath the Indian Ocean.

  2. 2
    London

    Betrayed and hunted for what he has found, Harry follows the trail of his enemies to London, hunting the criminal Manny Resnick and the secret of a treasure that has lain a thousand years on the ocean floor.

  3. 3
    Gunfire Reef

    Back in the waters off St. Mary's, on the coral of Gunfire Reef, Harry makes his stand - battling treasure hunters, the sea and the sharks to raise a priceless relic from the wreck that has guarded it for a millennium.

  • Scroll to load more
Powered by MapTiler

The Eye of the Tiger Map: Wilbur Smith's Journey