The Lost Island-Preston and Child

Gideon Crewe - brilliant scientist and brilliant thief - knows he doesn't have long to live. When his enigmatic employer Eli Glynn assigns him a task that makes him raise his eyebrows in amazement, Crewe has no reason to refuse. Gideon's assignment: to steal a page from the priceless Book of Kells, on display in New York and protected by impenetrable security.

Gideon achieves the impossible and steals the parchment only to discover that beneath the beautifully illustrated page lies a map of a treasure dating back to the time of the ancient Greeks. As they ponder the strange find, they realize that the treasure it leads to is no ordinary treasure. It is something far more valuable: an incredible discovery that may even save Gideon's life.

Together with his new partner, Amy Gideon, he follows a trail of mysterious clues to an unknown island in a remote corner of the Caribbean. There, on the hostile and desolate Mosquito Coast, the two realize that the extraordinary treasure they’re seeking holds an even greater surprise—a revelation so profound that it could benefit all of humanity... that is, if Gideon and Amy manage to survive.