In 1708, one of the wealthiest treasure fleets in history set out from Portobelo, Panamá to Cadiź in Spain. The ships carried billions in gold and gems meant to finance the War of Spanish Succession. 

But the fleet was attacked off the coast of Cartagena, Colombia. The prize of the fleet, the San José, exploded and sunk in the middle of the battle. The world has searched for that wreck, The Holy Grail of shipwrecks, for over 300 years.

But was there every really treasure onboard? The chests onboard one of the captured ships proved empty. Is the entire world looking in the wrong place? 

Enjoy Vic Adams's full-length historical fiction of the greatest treasure in Caribbean history; a preface to his hilarious upcoming satire, The Last One Out.

"The Sinking of the San José"

by Victor Adams