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New dive adventure novel, Flooding Hollywood, features California diving

Criminals in Los Angeles are using a dive operation to smuggle illegal drugs into the City of Angels. Or are they up to something even more sinister? It is up to photographer Mike Scott to figure it out. And he has to do it before disaster strikes the heart of the city.

Beginning as a simple photo shoot to capture glamorous images of an actress enjoying the sport she loves–scuba diving around Santa Catalina Island–things quickly turn serious. Before it all ends, the two will face danger and fanaticism in the Hollywood Hills.
“I love diving and have been a writer for my entire professional career, working on newspapers and magazines. Writing and diving have both given me the opportunity to travel all over the world and meet loads of interesting people. I try to represent both in my books,” Douglas explained. “I often get asked what made me want to write a book. I tell people that diving needs heroes. We need another ‘Sea Hunt.’ I hope I write stories that get people excited about diving. That’s why I set my stories in real places where people dive, so they can put themselves in the story.”

Flooding Hollywood takes readers to dive sites around Catalina Island, off the coast of southern California. The characters in the book make dives in kelp forests and have an underwater sea lion encounter, while setting up the intrigue and adventure that makes the book exciting. Flooding Hollywood, is Douglas’ second dive adventure novel. His first novel was set at Sunset House on Grand Cayman and described dives off of Sunset Reef, including a dive with the Sunset House Mermaid.

Douglas began diving in 1990 and became a dive instructor in 1998. He is currently the Training Director for Divers Alert Network in Durham, North Carolina. Trained as a journalist, he has written and photographed thousands of stories.

Flooding Hollywood will soon be available internationally through online retailers such as Amazon.com, Barnes and Nobles, Books OnLine or directly through the publisher PublishAmerica. For more information, an excerpt from Flooding Hollywood and purchasing information, visit the author’s website at www.booksbyeric.com .