When globe-trotting treasure hunter Leo Prawn poses as a marine scientist to gain access to forbidden waters in Southeast Asia, he expects to uncover legendary pirate gold. Instead, he discovers an ancient curse lurking beneath the surface. After a mysterious parasite claims the life of the woman he loves, Leo plunges deeper into the Andaman Sea, where seductive water nymphs, a ruthless sea witch, venomous creatures, and forgotten shipwrecks guard a treasure no man was ever meant to find. As deadly infections spread, loyalties crumble, and supernatural forces close in, Leo must choose between unimaginable riches and the woman trapped beneath the waves. But every dive brings him closer to a fate from which there may be no escape. Packed with tropical locations, underwater adventure, exotic monsters, supernatural suspense, beautiful women, and old-school exploitation thrills, Tropical Parasite is a wild descent into forbidden waters where the greatest treasure... could be your last breath.