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Fearless adventurer Dirk Pitt returns in an explosive new instalment of the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling series created by the "grand master of adventure" Clive Cussler.
France, May 1940. As the German army blitzes Europe, a curator must take a mysterious cargo out of the country. When his intended ship sinks, his cargo's uncertain fate rests on a decrepit steamer, sailing under German fire.
Decades later, a diving expedition leads Dirk Pitt to a shipwreck's cache of uncut diamonds. No sooner than discovered, the diamonds are stolen - all while vital water treatment facilities around the globe are being targeted, placing humanity in grave peril.
Only Dirk Pitt can locate the treasure that will preserve the soul of a nation... and save the world from catastrophe.
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In 1959 Tibet, an important Buddhist artefact was seemingly lost in the Communist takeover. But when Dirk Pitt discovers a forgotten crash site, new clues emerge.
But Pitt has larger worries: he must recover a failed hypersonic missile before it's found by a Chinese adversary, who has hijacked a ship capable of stirring the ocean into a veritable Devil's Sea.
From the depths of the Pacific to the heights of the Himalayas, only Dirk Pitt and his children, Summer and Dirk Jr., can unravel the mysteries that will preserve a religion, save a nation... and save the world from war.
Fearless adventurer Dirk Pitt returns in an explosive new
instalment of the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling series created by
the "grand master of adventure" Clive Cussler. Fearless adventurer
Dirk Pitt returns in an explosive new instalment of the No. 1
Sunday Times bestselling series created by the "grand master of
adventure" Clive Cussler. Praise for Clive Cussler-- The Adventure
King - Sunday Express Cussler is hard to beat - Daily Mail Just
about the best in the business - New York Post
DIRK PITT IS BACK, AND ON HIS SHOULDERS RESTS THE FATE OF THE
ENTIRE PLANET . . . JOIN THE LATEST THRILL RIDE FROM THE GRAND
MASTER OF ADVENTURE, CLIVE CUSSLER _________ In 1959 a Skytrain
plane flees Tibet - carrying a precious artefact - but after
crossing the Himalayas it is never seen again . . . Sixty years
later Dirk Pitt and NUMA are surveying near the Philippines when a
rogue wave nearly sinks their ship. Diverting to rescue washed-away
islanders, Pitt discovers the wave has raised a sunken relic - an
ancient cargo plane. But before he can get to the bottom of one
mystery, Pitt is hit with another: beat the Chinese military to
find a lost hypersonic missile. Yet what should be a simple search
and retrieve reveals evidence of a far more dangerous weapon.
Because the rogue wave that almost sank Pitt and devastated the
islands was no natural phenomenon. And the weapon that caused it is
to be turned on a much bigger target . . . _________ Praise for
Clive Cussler: 'The Adventure King' Sunday Express 'Just about the
best in the business' New York Post 'Cussler is hard to beat' Daily
Mail
DIRK PITT IS BACK. AND ON HIS SHOULDERS RESTS THE FATE OF THE
ENTIRE PLANET. JOIN THE LATEST THRILL RIDE FROM THE GRAND MASTER OF
ADVENTURE, CLIVE CUSSLER _________ In 1959 a Skytrain plane flees
Tibet - carrying a precious artefact - but after crossing the
Himalayas it is never seen again . . . Sixty years later Dirk Pitt
and NUMA are surveying near the Philippines when a rogue wave
nearly sinks their ship. Diverting to rescue washed-away islanders,
Pitt discovers the wave has raised a sunken relic - an ancient
cargo plane. But before he can get to the bottom of one mystery,
Pitt is hit with another: beat the Chinese military to find a lost
hypersonic missile. Yet what should be a simple search and retrieve
reveals evidence of a far more dangerous weapon. Because the rogue
wave that almost sank Pitt and devastated the islands was no
natural phenomenon. And the weapon that caused it is to be turned
on a much bigger target . . . In his twenty-sixth adventure, Dirk
Pitt is once again plunged into dangerous waters in a desperate
race against time. Praise for Clive Cussler: 'The Adventure King'
Sunday Express 'Just about the best in the business' New York Post
'Cussler is hard to beat' Daily Mail
FOLLOW DIRK PITT ON THE TRAIL OF AN ANCIENT MYSTERY IN THE SUNDAY
TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLER FROM MASTER OF ADVENTURE, CLIVE CUSSLER A
deadly collision puts Dirk Pitt on the trail of an ancient mystery
stretching back thousands of years . . . When a rogue cargo
freighter strikes an oil tanker in the Detroit River, the oil spill
is the worst marine disaster in years. Dirk Pitt's NUMA team lead
the clean-up operation, with the help of new green tech firm,
BioRem. But when one of NUMA's best divers dies suspiciously while
working on the wreck, Pitt fears there's more to BioRem than simply
saving the environment. Discovering a trail of unexplained deaths
which appear to be linked to BioRem's sites around the world, Pitt
unravels a mystery from our past that could jeopardise mankind's
future. But someone is determined to make sure Pitt and his
associates don't survive to learn the truth... Praise for Clive
Cussler 'The Adventure King' Sunday Express 'Just about the best in
the business' New York Post 'Cussler is hard to beat' Daily Mail
DIRK PITT IS BACK. AND ON HIS SHOULDERS RESTS THE FATE OF THE
ENTIRE PLANET. JOIN THE LATEST THRILL RIDE FROM THE GRAND MASTER OF
ADVENTURE, CLIVE CUSSLER _________ Tibet, 1959. In the turmoil of
the Communist takeover of the mountain kingdom, a Buddhist artefact
of immense importance appears to have been lost to history. Until,
sixty years later, clues to its survival emerged from the wreckage
of a cargo plane discovered deep beneath the surface of the
Philippine Sea . . . NUMA Director Dirk Pitt and his old friend Al
Giordino already have their hands full dealing with the recovery of
a top secret hypersonic missile that went down in the Luzon Strait.
Especially when it becomes clear that a rogue Chinese military team
has its sights set on the same prize. And that, after making their
own earth-shattering discovery about what lies below the waves,
they're prepared to go to any lengths to ensure that they possess
it. Any lengths at all. From the cold, dark depths of the Pacific
Ocean to the vertiginous peaks of the Himalayas, only Dirk Pitt can
unravel the mysteries that will bring the world back from the brink
of war . . . Praise for Clive Cussler: 'The Adventure King' Sunday
Express 'Just about the best in the business' New York Post
'Cussler is hard to beat' Daily Mail
Legendary oceanographer Dirk Pitt must work with his children to
unravel old battle plans from WWII to prevent a present-day
massacre in this novel in the #1 New York Times-bestselling
adventure series. In the waning days of World War II, the Japanese
tried a last desperate measure. Kept secret from all but a few
select officials, two submarines were sent to the West Coast of the
United States, their cargo a revolutionary new strain of biological
virus, their mission to unleash hell. Neither sub made it to the
designated target.But that does not mean they were lost. Someone
knows about the subs and what they carried, knows too where they
might be, and has an extraordinary plan in mind for the prize
inside-a plan that could reshape America, and the world, as we know
it. All that stands in the way are three people: a marine biologist
named Summer, a marine engineer named Dirk . . . and their father,
Dirk Pitt, the new head of NUMA. Pitt has faced devastating enemies
before, has even teamed up with his children to track them down.
But never before has he encountered such pure evil-until now.
Arctic Drift sees Clive Cussler's greatest hero, Dirk Pitt,
fighting his enemies in the cruel Arctic. A foundered Victorian
ship looking for the fabled Northwest Passage holds a secret in its
icy grave . . . When Dirk Pitt of NUMA is almost blown to pieces in
a lab explosion, he suspects sabotage. The lab in question belongs
to a scientist hoping to use a rare mineral to combat greenhouse
gases - but who would want to destroy our one chance to save the
planet? But there are those who will do anything to control such a
valuable prize. Pitt's investigations take him to the Arctic in
search of a clue to the origins of this precious mineral. There he
and NUMA colleague Al Giordino must battle for survival against the
hostile elements and an evil megalomaniac who is about to plunge
the North American continent into war . . . Arctic Drift is a
white-knuckle ride of a novel that once picked up you won't want to
put down. It is the twentieth of Clive Cussler's bestselling Dirk
Pitt novels - the series that also includes Raise the Titanic!and
his first novel, Mayday - and is co-authored with his son Dirk
Cussler. Praise for Clive Cussler: 'Clive Cussler is hard to beat'
Daily Mail
FOLLOW DIRK PITT ON THE TRAIL OF AN DECADES-OLD MYSTERY, FROM THE
BESTSELLING AUTHOR AND GRAND MASTER OF ADVENTURE, CLIVE CUSSLER In
the dark, final days of World War Two, two submarines set out from
Japan bearing a deadly virus destined for US cities. But neither
boat was heard of again . . . Present day: NUMA Special Projects
Director Dirk Pitt rescues a team of scientists from a deadly cloud
of poison gas in the North West Pacific. Discovering that this was
no natural phenomenon, Pitt is quickly on the hunt for a pair of
lost WWII submarines and their deadly cargo. But he soon learns
that he's not the only one searching for the virus: a sinister
group of very able terrorists are aiming to relaunch the attack on
the US some sixty years later. With time running out, only Dirk
Pitt and the NUMA team stand between evil forces and a terrifying
assault on America's west coast . . . With pulse-pounding suspense
and jaw-dropping action on almost every page, Black Wind is a Clive
Cussler story that no adventure junkie dare miss. Praise for Clive
Cussler: 'No holds barred adventure . . . a souped-up treat' Daily
Mirror 'Frightening and full of suspense . . . unquestionably
entertaining' Daily Express
Treasure of Khan is Clive Cussler's nineteenth Dirk Pitt thriller.
From the frigid lakes of Siberia to the hot wastes of the Gobi
desert, Dirk Pitt is on the trail of fabled treasure . . . Rescuing
an oil survey team from a freak wave on Russia's Lake Baikal is all
in a day's work for adventurers Dirk Pitt and partner Al Giordino.
Yet when their ship is sabotaged and the survey team vanishes, Pitt
is forced to get to the bottom of a mystery with far-reaching
consequences. Soon he's on his way to Mongolia. There, a powerful
and ruthless business tycoon holding an astonishing secret about
Genghis Khan is hoping to emulate the legend's greatest conquests -
but on a global scale! With the legacy of Khan and the lost
treasures of Xanadu as the prize and the future security of the
world at stake, Dirk Pitt for one isn't going to stand idly by . .
. Treasure of Khan is the nineteenth of Clive Cussler's bestselling
Dirk Pitt novels - the series that also includes Shock Wave and,
his first novel, Mayday - and is co-authored with his son Dirk
Cussler. Praise for Clive Cussler: 'Cussler is hard to beat' Daily
Mail
The new Dirk Pitt adventure from the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling
author As Director of the National Underwater and Marine Agency,
Dirk Pitt has always had a knack for finding rouble. This time,
though, trouble has found him . . . On a NUMA mission to the Black
Sea to locate the wreck of a lost Ottoman Empire ship, Pitt and his
friend Al Giordino respond to an urgent Mayday from a nearby
freighter. But by the time they reach the area there's no one left
alive - just dead bodies and the smell of sulphur in the air. When
a massive blast from the stern suddenly scuttles the ship, Pitt and
Giordino are lucky not to add to the death toll. As they
investigate the fate of the lost ship, they're plunged deep into an
extraordinary series of discoveries. And when connections emerge
between a desperate attempt in 1917 o preserve the wealth and power
of the Romanov empire, a Cold War bomber lost with a deadly cargo,
modern-day nuclear smugglers and a brilliant engineer developing
cutting-edge drone technology, Pitt is face with the most dangerous
challenge of his career. One that will threaten the lives of his
family and friends. Packed with breathtaking suspense, switchback
plotting and remarkable imagination, Odessa Sea proves once again
that, when it comes to adventure, Clive Cussler is in a league of
his own. Praise for Clive Cussler: 'Cussler is hard to beat' Daily
Mail 'Oceanography's answer to Indiana Jones. Exotic locations,
ruthless villains, and many narrow escapes - Cussler's fans come
for swashbuckling and he delivers' Associated Press 'Nobody does it
better. . . nobody!' Stephen Coonts 'Just about the best
storyteller in the business' New York Post 'The adventure king'
Daily Express
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