A group of wreck hunting adventurers discover a mystery submarine in the brilliant turquoise waters of the Australian Torres Strait. Forced to seek shelter from a storm in the lee of a nearby island the men by misadventure encounter something which dramatically changes their lives forever. Paradise rapidly changes to Purgatory in this fast moving adventure story which is based on fact. The characters in Scorpion Reef are totally fictional and any resemblance to any person living or dead is purely coincidental.