North Canton, OH – From the first paragraph to the last page, Sean McCartney’s debut book, The Treasure Hunters Club: Secrets of the Magical Medallions (Mountainland Publishing), will have readers in its grip.
It was the love of mystery he found as a child in the Hardy Boys series combined with the non-stop action from movies such as National Treasure and Indiana Jones that became the inspiration for McCartney to create his own unforgettable young characters in the first of his Treasure Hunters Club series.
Three hundred years before Tommy Reed started his own Treasure Hunters Club as a way of emulating his famous treasure-hunting uncle ‘Diamond’ Jack Reed, a gypsy placed a magical ‘power of the light’ into a blue-stoned medallion to protect her people but was forced to throw it into the ocean when thieves tried to steal it from her.
While Tommy knew nothing about the existence of the gypsy or her magical medallion, his uncle had, in fact, been commissioned to find it for a very wealthy and unscrupulous collector.
With the help of his crew and trusted assistant, Jack Reed accomplishes his goal. Finding four medallions, he discards two and keeps the ones that have strange markings around blue stones – giving one to the collector who hired him and sending the other to his nephew Tommy, knowing Tommy will be thrilled and will show it to his friends in the Treasure Hunters Club. Tommy soon realizes the medallion has special powers and he and his friends set out to do research at the library and uncover the medallion’s secrets.
After discovering that it takes both medallions placed together to create infinite power and realizing Reed had sent one to his nephew, the collector sends his henchmen to find Tommy. When Tommy gets captured the collector places the medallion over his own and unleashes a power that transforms him into a gigantic demon. A fight ensues between the collector and his evil followers, Tommy and his friends, Diamond Jack and his arch rival Slider, with everyone racing to claim the medallions in an exciting finale!
While McCartney’s debut book covers the antics of Tommy and his friends in 8th Grade, each new book in the series will follow the lives of his protagonists from young adulthood into high school and college where the treasure hunts get more dangerous and the excitement builds in intensity. For more information on this exciting adventure, visit Sean McCartney’s website at: http://www.treasurehuntersclubbook.com.
Douglas Savage, Author, Court Martial of Robert E. Lee: “Sean McCartney’s respect and affection for his young readers shines on every page …Tommy Reed and his famous uncle, treasure hunter Diamond Jack Reed, are real and enduring characters along with Tommy’s friends …who are The Treasure Hunters Club. Exciting adventure, vivid characters, and a touch of real history combine skillfully to entertain and teach. The author’s master’s degree in education enables him to present a little history in a page-turner adventure. When the Magical Medallion mystery is finally solved, the reader wants more of The Treasure Hunters Club. Fortunately for young readers and parents of young readers, Magical Medallion is only the first in the series …”
Stacia Deutsch, best-selling author of Blast to the Past Series: “The Treasure Hunters Club is a gripping tale from the get-go. With engaging characters following an exciting adventure, this book is sure to be a big hit! An adrenaline packed rush, guaranteed to keep readers on the edge of their seat. Kids everywhere are going to love Sean McCartney’s new novel!”
Stacey Cochran, best-selling author of The Colorado Sequence: “Sean McCartney is definitely a writer to watch. He has mainstream sensibility that appeals to a broad audience. He knows how to write adventure.”
