Secrets of a Dominican Mine. When his father dies without warning, a Bronx teenager inherits a set of journals that lead him past the edge of everything he thought he knew — into a buried mining operation, a family of defectors and geologists, and a truth two generations tried to keep underground.
Tony Costa is a high school senior in the Bronx when his father, Mario, dies suddenly — and unravels a inheritance no one warned him about: journals belonging to a grandfather he barely knew.
Decades earlier, Antonio Rossi, a young Italian soldier who defected in search of a different life, arrived in the Caribbean with his brother Mario — a geologist chasing something larger than ambition. Together they found an abandoned mine that would quietly reshape everything that came after.
Page by page, Tony pulls his family's history out of the dark: a mining operation kept secret for a reason, a legacy built on more than luck, and shadows that were never meant to reach the shore.
“Engaging story with a perfect blend of mystery, family saga, love, and unexpected twists that propel us into uncharted territories.”
Shadows Beneath the Shore draws directly from Victor Acosta’s own heritage — his grandfather and great-uncle’s history as geologists and mining entrepreneurs in the Dominican Republic. This photograph is one of the few surviving traces of that operation.
Archival photograph — Pueblo Viejo mining district, Dominican Republic
The Author’s StoryA high school senior whose father's sudden death hands him a set of journals — and a family history he never asked for.
A young Italian soldier who defected in pursuit of a new life, and found it in the Caribbean — at a cost.
Antonio's brother, driven by an unquenchable thirst for knowledge — and the discovery that would define them both.
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Rated 5 stars by Readers’ Favorite — “Enthralling and beautifully written.”
