Ten-year-old twins Lacey and Casey Nicefolk have always wanted to fly, but kids can’t fly . . . or can they? They can if they know the mysterious Sucoh Sucop, a man who claims to have an enchanted box that can transform any toy into the real thing! Before you know it, the twins, along with their droopy-eared basset hound, Floopy, are soaring cross-country in a real-live Wright brothers biplane, which they name Vin Fiz (after Casey’s favorite grape soda). But dangers lurk everywhere, and if the twins are to make it all the way to New York, their courage will have to make heroes of them many times over. Thank goodness they have the magical Vin Fiz on their side!

On orders from the Pentagon, marine explorer Dirk Pitt must salvage crucial material from the world's most infamous maritime disaster in this novel in the #1 New York Times-bestselling series.The President's secret task force has developed an unprecedented defensive weapon that relies on an extremely rare radioactive element—and Dirk Pitt has followed a twisted trail to a secret cache of the substance. Now, racing against brutal storms, Soviet spies, and a ticking clock, Pitt begins his most thrilling mission—to raise from its watery grave the shipwreck of the century...

DIRK PITT’S FIRST, MOST TERRIFYING ADVENTURE!Dirk Pitt, death-defying adventurer and deep-sea expert, is put to the ultimate test as he plunges into the perilous waters of the Pacific Vortex—a fog-shrouded area where dozens of ships have vanished without a trace. The latest victim is the awesome supersub Starbuck, bearing America’s deep-diving nuclear arsenal. Its loss poses an unthinkable threat to national defense. Pitt’s job is to find it and salvage it before international forces beat him to the prize or the sea explodes in a nuclear blast—whichever comes first. Pitt’s mission also leads him into the arms of Summer Moran, the most stunningly exotic and dangerous woman ever to enter his life. As the countdown heads toward disaster, Pitt has no choice but to descend through the shark-infested depths to an ancient sunken island, from which he may never again emerge to see the light of day.

High seas explorer Dirk Pitt must stop an American millionaire from using impoverished nations for his own personal experiments in this #1 New York Times-bestselling action adventure series.A routine survey mission over the North Atlantic exposes a missing luxury yacht frozen inside a million-ton mass of ice. The ship had vanished en route to a secret White House rendezvous, making it the responsibility of the National Underwater and Marine Agency to find out what happened. In other words, it's time for Dirk Pitt to cut his sunny, California vacation short and get back to work.Of course, when Pitt arrives on the scene and discovers the charred remains of the entire crew, who burned alive but never left their posts, he begins to suspect the tragic loss of the ship to be only the first, deliberate step in a far more sinister plan.

Another “impossible to put down” (Houston Chronicle) classic Dirk Pitt adventure from the New York Times bestselling author of the NUMA Files and the Sam and Remi Fargo Adventures.A deadly tide of poison flows into ocean waters. A ghost ship drifts across the empty northern Pacific. A luxury Soviet liner blazes into a funeral pyre. The Presidential yacht cruises the Potomac night—and the President disappears without a trace.Dirk Pitt takes on a sinister Asian shipping empire in an intercontinental duel of nerves. In his most dangerous, fast-paced adventure, he fights to save the US government—and to seize one desperate moment of revenge!

cussler's Most Dazzling Bestseller.dirk Pitt's Most Dangerous Adventure.dirk Pitt Proved Invincible In raise The Titanic! Now, With The Future Of Virtually Every Person In The World At Stake, He Is Enlisted To Spearhead His Most Daring Mission Yet—the Rescue Of A Vital Document For The United States. To An Energy-starved, Economically Devastated America, Possession Of This Document Is Worth Billions. But To Great Britain, It’s Worth A War. Pitt’s Quest Plunges Him Into A Head-to-head Confrontation With Britian’s Most Cunning Secret Agent—and Into The Throes Of A Torrid Love Triangle. As Time Runs Out For A Desperate America, Dirk Pitt Races Toward An Underwater Clash More Terrifying Than Anything Clive Cussler Has Ever Created—the Breathtaking Climax Of night Probe!

The adventure that started it all, introducing readers to Dirk Pitt, "oceanography’s answer to Indiana Jones" (Associated Press), and a #1 New York Times-bestselling series.On a quiet Greek island, a U.S. air force base has come under attack—by a World War I fighter plane . . . a famous yellow Albatros supposedly lost at sea in 1918.Now it is up to Dirk Pitt, Al Giordino, and the rest of the NUMA team to root out the elusive truth behind the incident—and find out how it’s connected to mysterious acts of sabotage against a scientific expedition, an international smuggling ring, and a dark-haired beauty with some dangerous secrets. The search for answers will lead Pitt from a lavish island villa, to a moving freighter eerily empty of crew, to a massive underwater cavern housing the heart of a criminal operation that is larger and more elaborate than he ever could have imagined . . . a lucrative operation that its mastermind would kill to protect.With its fearless and dashing hero, high-stakes action, and non-stop excitement, The Mediterranean Caper is classic Dirk Pitt . . . and classic Cussler.

A classic, thrilling Dirk Pitt adventure from a master of the genre!Nearly five centuries ago a fleet of boats landed mysteriously on an island in an inland sea. There, an ancient Andean people hid a golden hoard greater than that of any pharaoh, then they and their treasure vanished into history—until now.In 1998, in the Andes Mountains of Peru, Dirk Pitt dives into an ancient sacrificial pool, saving two American archaeologists from certain drowning. But his death-defying rescue is only the beginning, as it draws the intrepid Pitt into a vortex of darkness and danger, corruption and betrayal. A sinister crime syndicate has traced the long-lost treasure—worth almost a billion dollars—from the Andes to the banks of a hidden underground river flowing beneath a Mexican desert. Driven by burning greed and a ruthless bloodlust, the syndicate is racing to seize the golden prize...and to terminate the one man who can stop them.

A remarkable adventure from the limitless imagination of Clive Cussler.Publishers WeeklyCussler takes a breather from his several ongoing series with this historical thriller set in the western states, circa 1906. The U.S. government hires the renowned Van Dorn Detective Agency and its equally renowned lead agent, Isaac Bell, to capture the bank robber known as the Butcher Bandit. The Butcher has gunned down 38 men and women and two children, leaving behind neither witnesses nor clues. Bell heads the manhunt and finally figures out the Butcher's true identity, which is when the real chase begins. Unfortunately, Cussler's style is patterned on the clunky dialogue ("I pray you catch the murdering scum") and improbable characters of the period's dime novels, and his in-depth research makes his descriptions sound like advertising. Once San Francisco gets hit by the 1906 earthquake and the principals climb aboard a pair of fire-breathing locomotives, the novel cranks up a head of steam and some high-speed thrills. (Nov.)Copyright 2007 Reed Business Information

Sam and Remi Fargo return for the thrilling third adventure in the acclaimed new series. In Spartan Gold and Lost Empire, Clive Cussler brought readers into the world of husband-and-wife team Sam and Remi Fargo, whose passion and instinct for treasure-hunting has led to extraordinary discoveries-and perilous journeys. Their next adventure, however, might be their most astonishing yet. The Fargos are used to hunting for treasure, not people. But then a Texas oil baron contacts them with a personal plea: an investigator friend of the Fargos' was on a mission to find the oil baron's missing father-and now the investigator is missing, too. Would Sam and Remi be willing to look for them both? Though something about the situation doesn't quite add up, the Fargos agree to go on the search. What they find will be beyond anything they could have imagined. On a journey that will take them to Tibet, Nepal, Bulgaria, India, and China, the Fargos will find themselves embroiled with black-market fossils, a centuries-old puzzle chest, the ancient Tibetan kingdom of Mustang, a balloon aircraft from a century before its time . . . and a skeleton that could turn the history of human evolution on its head. Packed with the endless imagination and breathtaking suspense that are his hallmarks, The Kingdom once again proves that Clive Cussler is "just about the best storyteller in the business" (New York Post).

A gorgeous tour through Clive Cussler's outstanding collection of rare, classic, and antique automobiles. Fans of Clive Cussler's bestselling Dirk Pitt series know that his hero has a soft spot for rare and classic automobiles...and that the vehicles that appear in the novels are actually part of Cussler's own vast collection. Through stunning color photographs and warm, informative commentary, fans of Cussler and Pitt can see fifty-six of these automobiles in all their glory, and learn about the history and acquisition of each classic car. Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Touring . . . Mercedes-Benz 630K . . . Duesenberg J-140 . . . Cadillac V-16 Roadster . . . Ford Cabriolet Hot Rod . . . Packard V-12 . . . it's a car lover's paradise!

1996, Egypt. Searching for a treasure on the Nile, DIRK PITT thwarts the attempted assassination of a beautiful U.N. scientist investigating a disease that is driving thousands of North Africans into madness, cannibalism, and death. The suspected cause of the raging epidemic is vast, unprecedented pollution that threatens to extinguish all life in the world's seas. Racing to save the world from environmental catastrophe, Pitt and his team, equipped with an extraordinary, state-of-the-art yacht, run a gauntlet between a billionaire industrialist and a bloodthirsty West African tyrant. In the scorching desert, Pitt finds a gold mine manned by slaves and uncovers the truth behind two enduring mysteries -- the fate of a Civil War ironclad and its secret connection with Lincoln's assassination, and the last flight of a long-lost female pilot....Now, amidst the blazing, shifting sands of the Sahara, DIRK PITT will make a desperate stand -- in a battle the world cannot afford to lose!

Japan, 1945: Two U.S. bombers take off with atomic bombs.Only one gets through.The Pacific, 1993: A Japanese cargo ship bound for the UnitedStates is instantly, thunderously vaporized, taking with it aNorwegian vessel. Japanese fanatics have developed a chillingplan to devastate and destroy the Western powers. From theocean depths to the discovery of cache of lost Nazi loot,DIRK PITT is untangling a savage conspiracy and igniting adaring counterattack. While Washington bureaucrats scramble,a brutal industrialist commands his blackmail scheme from asecret island control center. And DIRK PITT, the dauntlesshero of Sahara and Inca Gold, is taking on death-dealing robotsand a human-hunting descendant of samurai warriors. Pittalone controls the West's secret ace in the hole: a tidal wave ofdestruction waiting to be triggered on the ocean floor!

A RIVETING, DEATH-DEFYING DIRK PITT ADVENTURE!1954: Vixen 03 is down. The plane, bound for the Pacific carrying thirty-six Doomsday Bombs—canisters armed with quick-death germs of unbelievable potency—vanishes. Vixen has in fact crashed into an ice-covered lake in Colorado.1988: Dirk Pitt, who heroically raised the Titanic, discovers the wreckage of Vixen 03. But two deadly canisters are missing. They’re in the hands of a terrorist group. Their lethal mission: to sail a battleship seventy-five miles up the Potomac and blast Washington, D.C., to kingdom come. Only Dirk can stop them.

In the midst of an international crisis, Heidi Milligan, a beautiful, brilliant American naval commander, accidentally discovers an obscure reference to the long-buried North American Treaty, a precedent-shattering secret pact between the United States and Great Britain. The President believes that the treaty offers the single shot at salvation for an energy-starved, economically devastated nation, but the only two copies plummeted into the watery depths of the Atlantic in twin disasters long ago. The original document must be found—and the one American who can do the job is Dirk Pitt. But in London, a daring counterplot is being orchestrated to see that the treaty is never implemented. Brian Shaw, a master spy who has often worked hand in hand with American agents, now confronts his most challenging command. Pitt’s mission: Raise the North American Treaty. Shaw’s mission: Stop Pitt.Praise for Night Probe! and the Dirk Pitt® novels “A rich tale . . . an absorbing, carefully told mystery with plenty of surprises.”—Los Angeles Times “Dirk Pitt is a combination James Bond and Jacques Cousteau.”—New York Daily News

clive Cussler's Bestselling treasure will Now Be Published In Our Popular Premium Format With An Exciting New Cover. publishers Weekly when The Great Library Of Alexandria Was Ordered Sacked In A.d. 391, Could Some Of Its Fabulous Art Treasures And Volumes From Its Magnificent Library Have Escaped The Flames And Been Ferried Across The Atlantic? It's An Improbable If Intriguing Notion, But Probability Is Not The Strong Suit Of This Wild Charade Of A Novel That Features The Greatest Treasure Hunt Of All Timesome 1600 Years After The Fabulous Riches Disappeared. The Narrative Also Encompasses The Bloody Attempts Of Two Supposedly Religious Fanatics (who Turn Out To Be Brothers In A ``criminal Dynasty'') To Seize Power In Egypt And Mexico, Respectively; The Kidnapping Of The Legitimate Presidents Of Those Two Countries Aboard A Cruise Ship; And The Dazzling Exploits Of The Green-eyed Dirk Pitt, A Super-james Bond Type Whom ``no Woman Could Completely Possess.'' These Exploits Include Tracking The Cruise Ship To Tierra Del Fuego, Defeating, With The Aid Of Some Special Forces Agents, Hordes Of Arab And Mexican Terrorists In Several Brutal Encounters, And Locating And Saving The Treasure. It's Essentially Schoolboy Stuff, And It Leads One To Surmise That Cussler, Author Of The Bestselling Cyclops, May Have Been So Intent On Packing His Tale With Action That He Forgot About Credibility Altogether. Paperback Rights To Pocket Books; Literary Guild Main Selection. (april)

The tenth action-packed thriller in the Dirk Pitt series, where the adventurer must foil the deadly conspiracy of a group of Japanese nationalist fanatics.\nA NUCLEAR PEARL HARBOUR\nBuried in the depths of the Pacific Ocean lies one of the greatest secrets of World War Two a crashed B-29 Bomber that was carrying a third atomic bomb to Japan in 1945.\nIts deadly cargo, lost in the sea for nearly fifty years, could be Dirk Pitt s only hope of stopping the conspiracy of a group of Japanese nationalist fanatics. They re hell-bent on neutralizing and blackmailing the USA with nuclear weapons planted strategically in the country s major cities and only he can stop them...

Clive Cussler’s breathtaking thriller is now available in a premium edition in an exciting new package. Egypt, 1996. Searching for a treasure on the Nile, Dirk Pitt thwarts the attempted assassination of a beautiful U.N. scientist who’s investigating a disease that is driving thousands of North Africans into madness, cannibalism, and death. The suspected cause of the raging epidemic is vast, unprecedented pollution that threatens to extinguish all life in the world’s seas. Racing to save the world from environmental catastrophe, Pitt and his team, equipped with an extraordinary, state-of-the-art yacht, run a gauntlet between a billionaire industrialist and a bloodthirsty West African tyrant. In the scorching desert, Pitt finds a gold mine manned by slaves and uncovers the truth behind two enduring mysteries—the fate of a Civil War ironclad and its secret connection with Lincoln’s assassination, and the last flight of a long-lost female pilot. Now, amidst the blazing, shifting sands of the Sahara, Dirk Pitt will make a desperate stand—in a battle the world cannot afford to lose.

Clive Cussler's bestselling Treasure will now be published in our popular premium format with an exciting new cover. Publishers Weekly When the great Library of Alexandria was ordered sacked in A.D. 391, could some of its fabulous art treasures and volumes from its magnificent library have escaped the flames and been ferried across the Atlantic? It's an improbable if intriguing notion, but probability is not the strong suit of this wild charade of a novel that features the greatest treasure hunt of all timesome 1600 years after the fabulous riches disappeared. The narrative also encompasses the bloody attempts of two supposedly religious fanatics (who turn out to be brothers in a ``criminal dynasty'') to seize power in Egypt and Mexico, respectively; the kidnapping of the legitimate presidents of those two countries aboard a cruise ship; and the dazzling exploits of the green-eyed Dirk Pitt, a super-James Bond type whom ``no woman could completely possess.'' These exploits include tracking the cruise ship to Tierra del Fuego, defeating, with the aid of some Special Forces agents, hordes of Arab and Mexican terrorists in several brutal encounters, and locating and saving the treasure. It's essentially schoolboy stuff, and it leads one to surmise that Cussler, author of the bestselling Cyclops, may have been so intent on packing his tale with action that he forgot about credibility altogether. Paperback rights to Pocket Books; Literary Guild main selection. (April)

the Past And The Future Collide In This New York Times Bestseller. Confronting An Extraordinary Series Of Monsters, Both Human And Mechanical, Modern And Ancient, Numa Special Projects Director Dirk Pitt Treads Upon Territory Previously Known Only To Legend As He Investigates The Sinking Of A Luxury Cruise Ship, The Emerald Dolphin.booklistthis Novel Is Great Fun To Read And Will Prove To Be As Popular As The Rest Of The Series.

The towering iceberg drifting in the North Atlantic was a floating tomb. Embedded in the great gleaming mass was a ship - sealed in so solidly that not even its mast protruded. Here was a sea mystery to rank alongside the Bermuda Triangle and the Marie Celeste. But for Major Dirk Pitt, top troubleshooter for the National Underwater and Marine Agency, it was also the first link in a fantastic chain of events that would lead him too close - and too often - to violent death. And to the discovery of the most sinister and bizarre conspiracy of the century ...ICEBERG.

Marine explorer Dirk Pitt must rely on the nautical lore of Jules Verne to stop a ruthless oil baron with his sights set on political power in this #1 New York Times-bestselling series.In the middle of its maiden voyage, a luxury cruise ship using revolutionary new engines suddenly catches fire and sinks. Its alarms stay silent; its sprinkler system remains inactive. Nearby NUMA special projects director Dirk Pitt notices smoke and races to the rescue. He's too late to save the engineer behind the ship's new technology, but helps the man's daughter, Kelly Egan, escape with her father's work in a leather briefcase. While Ms. Egan strives to uncover the hidden value in her father's inventions, Pitt is hired on by maritime insurers to investigate the wreckage. Neither are prepared for the mechanical marvels they'll soon be forced to confront. The machines could only be the stuff of legend, described in the tales of Viking explorers or the accounts of Jules Verne. And they may be Pitt and Egan's only hope when an oil tycoon with a plan of his own appears on the scene. Before journey's end, Pitt will take on a power-mad millionaire, tread upon territory previously known only to Verne's illustrious Captain Nemo, and make shocking discoveries about his own past.

In “a four-star page turner” (The Denver Post) from #1 New York Times bestselling author Clive Cussler, Dirk Pitt discovers a trail leading straight to priceless treasures. But it also thrusts him into conflict that could tip the world’s balance of power the wrong way…Charts of lost gold…breathtaking art and rare volumes…maps of hidden oil and mineral deposits that could change the world’s balance of power. Now Dirk Pitt discovers the secret trail of the treasures of Alexandria—a trail that plunges him into a brutal conspiracy for total domination of the globe. Zealots threaten to unseat the governments of Egypt and Mexico, exposing America to invasion and economic collapse. Suddenly, from East to West, anarchists reach their deadly tentacles into the heart of the United States. And Dirk Pitt, the hard-hitting hero of Clive Cussler’s smash bestsellers Sahara and Inca Gold, is up against the most feared assassin known to man. An international band of terrorists is making its play for world power on the high seas—and Pitt is the only man alive who can stop them!In “a novel that features the greatest treasure hunt of all time” (Publishers Weekly), “Cussler moves the players around the global chessboard with a compelling clarity that keeps you captivated…And the conclusion is gangbusters” (The Washington Post). Treasure is “an ingenious roller-coaster of a story” (Daily News, New York).

Clive Cussler brings his dramatic narrative to real-life in his New York Times bestselling Sea Hunters, now in mass market premium edition. Ken Wisneski If you've ever wondered how Clive Cussler does research for his fabulous Dirk Pitt series, The Sea Hunters should be a tip-off....Reader-friendly....fascinating...The Sea Hunters reads as well as a Cussler novel. -- Minneapolis Star-Tribune

A Secret Moon Base Called The Jersey Colony Constructed By A Group Of Powerful Americans And A Secret American/cuban Pact Between The President And Fidel Castro Challenges All Of Dirk Pitt's Incomparable Skills

Marine explorer Dirk Pitt faces off against an elite army from an era gone-by in order to uncover the secrets of an ancient civilization in this #1 New York Times-bestselling series. A group of anthropologists uncover strange inscriptions on the wall of a Colorado mine just as an explosion traps them deep within the earth. But their work won’t stay buried long. Dirk Pitt is on hand during the blast and quick to initiate a rescue operation. He is then tapped to lead a research crew on behalf of the U.S. National Underwater and Marine Agency to further study these uncanny artifacts. And that’s when his ship is set upon and nearly sunk by an impossibility—a vessel that should have died 56 years before. Clearly, another group knows about the relics of this long-forgotten but highly-advanced seafaring culture. And they’ll stop at nothing to keep the rest of the world in the dark.

In his first adventure since the revelation that he’s a parent, Dirk Pitt must uncover the truth behind the myth of another long-lost father-figure, Homer’s Odysseus, if he’s going to stop a dangerous cult from reshaping the earth in their own image. Fraternal twins, Summer Pitt and Dirk Pitt, Jr., are working to determine the origin of a strange brown tide infesting the ocean off the shore of Nicaragua when two startling things happen: Summer discovers an artifact, something strange and beautiful and ancient. And the worst storm in years boils up out of the sky, heading straight for them and a nearby floating luxury resort hotel called Ocean Wanderer. The peril for everybody concerned is incalculable. And now that Dirk Pitt has learned he’s a father, he will stop at nothing to protect his two children. He rushes into the chaos, only to find that what’s left in the storm’s wake makes the furies of nature pale in comparison. For there is an all-too-human evil at work in that part of the world, and Summer’s relic may be the only clue to the man calling the shots. Whoever he is, he’s connected to a cult that believes the Celts, also known as the Achaeans, reached the New World millennia before the accepted history suggests. If he’s right, his ancestors laid the foundation for the work he will soon complete—and our world will be a very different place. Though if Summer's discovery is to be believed, the world is already a very different place...

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.

As with all Clive Cussler's dazzling Dirk Pitt novels, critics said Treasure of Khan “amazes, informs and entertains” (Publishers Weekly), “the action zipping along until a final powerhouse showdown” (Entertainment Weekly). “What's not to like?” proclaimed the Los Angeles Times—and hundreds of thousands of readers agreed.In his new novel, however—the twentieth Dirk Pitt adventure— Cussler may have topped even himself.A potential breakthrough discovery to reverse global warming . . . a series of unexplained sudden deaths in British Columbia . . . a rash of international incidents between the United States and one of its closest allies that threatens to erupt into an actual shooting war . . . NUMA director Dirk Pitt and his children, Dirk. Jr. and Summer, have reason to believe there's a connection here somewhere, but they also know they have very little time to find it before events escalate out of control. Their only real clue might just be a mysterious silvery mineral traced to a long-ago expedition in search of the fabled Northwest Passage. But no one survived from that doomed mission, captain and crew perished to a man—and if Pitt and his colleague Al Giordino aren't careful, the very same fate may await them.Filled with the breathtaking suspense and audacious imagination that have become his hallmarks, this is a tour de force— further proof that when it comes to adventure writing, nobody beats Clive Cussler.Publishers WeeklyBestseller Cussler and son Dirk imagine the U.S. and Canada on the brink of war in their third collaborative Dirk Pitt novel (after Treasure of Khan and Black Wind). In 2011, as the price of gas hits $10 a gallon, President Garner Ward must contend with a corrupt Canadian cabal that's subverting efforts to solve America's energy problems. Pitt barely escapes serious injury when a bomb destroys a D.C. lab along with records of research into an artificial photosynthesis process that could, almost immediately, eliminate the threat of global warming. That discovery may be connected with a legendary failed 19th-century sailing expedition to the Arctic as well as a series of deaths due to the phenomena that the Native Americans of British Columbia know as "the Devil's Breath." The Cusslers won't suspend many readers' disbelief, but thriller fans in search of a quick, exciting read should be satisfied. 750,000 printing; author tour. (Dec.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Dirk Pitt returns in the extraordinary new novel from the #1 New York Times—bestselling author. In A.D. 327, a Roman galley barely escapes a pirate attack with its extraordinary cargo. In 1916, a British warship mysteriously explodes in the middle of the North Sea. In the present day, a cluster of important mosques in Turkey and Egypt are wracked by explosions. Does anything tie them together? NUMA director Dirk Pitt is about to find out, as Roman artifacts discovered in Turkey and Israel unnervingly connect to the rise of a fundamentalist movement determined to restore the glory of the Ottoman Empire, and to the existence of a mysterious manifest, lost long ago, which if discovered again . . . just may change the history of the world as we know it.Publishers WeeklyIn the bloated fourth Dirk Pitt novel from Cussler and son Dirk (after Arctic Drift), evildoers Ozden Aktan Celik and Ozden's sister, Maria, who are bent on Muslim domination of the Middle East, plot to blow up sacred Muslim sites like Jerusalem's Dome of the Rock and pin the blame on the CIA in particular and the West in general. Dirk, the director of the National Underwater and Marine Agency, and the Celiks are both searching for lost religious artifacts related to Jesus, artifacts whose rediscovery could embarrass certain powerful members of the British establishment. The authors keep the action moving with plenty of wreck diving, running sea battles, and ships laden with explosives. Fans of the indefatigable Pitt will enjoy watching their hero as he joins the battle on land, in the air, and at sea, but others might wish the Cusslers had picked less familiar terrorist targets. (Nov.)

An Attack Submarine Capable Of Incredible Underwater Speeds Is Missing. At The Same Time, Ships Have Started Vanishing Mid-ocean, Usually Never To Be Found Again, But When They Are, Sometimes Bodies Are Found Aboard, Burned To A Crisp. What Is Going On? And What Does It Have To Do With An Italian Submarine That Disappeared In 1943, Lost At Sea? Or Was She?

While Investigating A Toxic Outbreak In The Caribbean Sea That May Ultimately Threaten The United States, Pitt Unwittingly Becomes Involved In Something Even More Dangerous -- A Post-castro Power Struggle For The Control Of Cuba. Meanwhile, Pitt's Children, Marine Engineer Dirk And Oceanographer Summer, Are On An Investigation Of Their Own, Chasing An Aztec Stone That May Reveal The Whereabouts Of A Vast Historical Aztec Treasure. The Problem Is, That Stone Was Believed To Have Been Destroyed On The Battleship Maine In Havana Harbor In 1898, Which Brings Them Both To Cuba As Well -- And Squarely Into Harm's Way. The Three Of Them Have Been In Desperate Situations Before... But Perhaps Never Quite As Dire As The One Facing Them Now. Clive Cussler And Dirk Cussler. Maps On Inside Front And Back Cover.

Over The Years, Dirk Pitt Has Always Had A Knack For Finding Trouble. This Time, It Has Found Him. The Extraordinary New Novel From The Grand Master Of Adventure And #1 New York Times-bestselling Author. Pitt, The Director Of The National Underwater And Marine Agency, Is On The Black Sea, Helping To Locate A Lost Ottoman Shipwreck, When He Responds To An Urgent Mayday - Under Attack! - From A Nearby Freighter. But When He And His Colleague Al Giordino Arrive, There Is Nobody There. Just Dead Bodies, A Smell Of Sulfur In The Air, And, As Pitt And Giordino Explore, A Blast From The Stern That Scuttles The Ship Swiftly, Almost Taking Them With It. The More The Two Of Them Search For The Secret Of The Death Ship, The Deeper They Descend Into An Extraordinary Series Of Discoveries. A Desperate Attempt In 1917 To Preserve The Wealth And Power Of The Romanov Empire. A Cold War Bomber Lost With A Deadly Cargo. A Brilliant Developer Of Advanced Drone Technology On An Unknown Mission.modern-day Nuclear Smugglers, Determined Ukrainian Rebels, A Beautiful Anti-terrorism Agent From Europol - All Will Combine To Present Pitt With The Most Dangerous Challenge Of His Career. And Not Only Pitt. His Two Children, Marine Engineer Dirk And Oceanographer Summer, Are Exploring A Mysterious Shipwreck Of Their Own, When They Are Catapulted Into His Orbit. The Three Of Them Are Used To Perilous Situations - But This Time, They May Have Found Their Match. Filled With Breathtaking Suspense And Remarkable Imagination, Odessa Sea Is Further Proof That When It Comes To Adventure Writing, Nobody Beats Clive Cussler-- Pitt, The Director Of The National Underwater And Marine Agency, Is On The Black Sea, Helping To Locate A Lost Ottoman Shipwreck, When He Responds To An Urgent Mayday - Under Attack! - From A Nearby Freighter-- Over The Years, Dirk Pitt Has Always Had A Knack For Finding Trouble. This Time, It Has Found Him. The Extraordinary New Novel From The Grand Master Of Adventure And #1 New York Times-bestselling Author. Pitt, The Director Of The National Underwater And Marine Agency, Is On The Black Sea, Helping To Locate A Lost Ottoman Shipwreck, When He Responds To An Urgent Mayday -- Under Attack! -- From A Nearby Freighter. But When He And His Colleague Al Giordino Arrive, There Is Nobody There. Just Dead Bodies, A Smell Of Sulfur In The Air, And, As Pitt And Giordino Explore, A Blast From The Stern That Scuttles The Ship Swiftly, Almost Taking Them With It. The More The Two Of Them Search For The Secret Of The Death Ship, The Deeper They Descend Into An Extraordinary Series Of Discoveries. A Desperate Attempt In 1917 To Preserve The Wealth And Power Of The Romanov Empire. A Cold War Bomber Lost With A Deadly Cargo. A Brilliant Developer Of Advanced Drone Technology On An Unknown Mission.modern-day Nuclear Smugglers, Determined Ukrainian Rebels, A Beautiful Anti-terrorism Agent From Europol -- All Will Combine To Present Pitt With The Most Dangerous Challenge Of His Career. And Not Only Pitt. His Two Children, Marine Engineer Dirk And Oceanographer Summer, Are Exploring A Mysterious Shipwreck Of Their Own, When They Are Catapulted Into His Orbit. The Three Of Them Are Used To Perilous Situations -- But This Time, They May Have Found Their Match. Clive Cussler And Dirk Cussler. Maps On Endpapers.

kurt Austin, Crew Leader Of The National Underwater & Marine Agency, Investigates A Mysterious Venezuelan Tribe And Its Legend Of A White Goddess. Meanwhile, In California, A Billionaire Tycoon Plans To Monopolize The Earth's Freshwater Reserves, And So To Dominate The World.

The hero of Serpent and Blue Gold confronts a deadly global plot, in the breathtaking new Kurt Austin adventure.Book MagazineKurt Austin is the dashing leader of the National Underwater & Marine Agency, an exploration team that has a knack for saving the world from global disasters and ruthless megalomaniacs. The dastardly villain is Boris Razov, a potentially insane Russian millionaire who thinks he's the second coming of Ivan the Terrible and has plans to destroy the East Coast with an enormous tidal wave. The premise may sound silly—would-be czars, giant tsunamis—but the authors skillfully make it all come together. This intriguing, high-tech adventure has thrills, wit and a dose of testosterone. Especially clever is Austin's post-Cold War relationship with his Russian black operative doppelgänger known only as Ivan. While Tom Clancy's books may have gotten bogged down in incomprehensible techno-speak, Cussler knows how to keep a story surging ahead. Gadgetry never gets in the way of 007 flair. —Michael Phillips

A Novel from the NUMA(r) Files Abridged read by James Naughton Unabridged read by Scott Brick The hair-raising new Kurt Austin adventure from the authors of the bestselling Fire Ice. Publishers Weekly Cussler's multitude of fans arrive at the table expecting a roiling stew of seafaring adventure, exotic travel destinations, cutting-edge science, a splash of romance and insider tips on food and drink. In this latest starring series hero Kurt Austin (Fire Ice; Blue Gold), readers will find all their expectations extravagantly fulfilled. The bronzed, rugged Austin, leader of the NUMA (National Underwater and Marine Agency) Special Assignments Team, and his partner, Joe Zavala, are called in to free survivors trapped inside a Danish warship sunk after a collision with the flagship of the radical environmentalist group Sentinels of the Sea. After a successful rescue, Austin's investigations lead him from the haughty environmentalists to the Oceanus Corporation, a shadowy fish farming organization: "A miasma of pure evil seemed to hang over the Oceanus operation." Austin sneaks into one of the fish farms on a solo recon and is nearly killed by the swarthy, black-clad, facially tattooed Eskimos of the evil Kiolya tribe who guard the company's many operations. The Kiolyas are led by albino madman Toonook, a genius fish geneticist who has engineered members of the harmless salmon family into a breed of 10-foot, piranha-like Frankenfish. All the villains have satanic smiles and pitiless eyes, and snarl their dialogue. If it all sounds highly preposterous, it is, but Cussler manages with his usual aplomb, impressively juggling his plots and bringing everyone home in an action-fueled, rip-roaring finale in which evil doers are soundly defeated and swashbuckling heroes reign supreme. Who would have guessed that the world of high-stakes fish farming could be so thrilling? Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

Years After An Ancient Phoenician Statue Is Stolen From The Baghdad Museum, A Series Of Murders Sparks Interest In The Statue's Relevance In Austin And Zavala, Who Lead The Numa Team On A Historical Investigation Into The Lost Treasures Of King Solomon. Clive Cussler ; With Paul Kemprecos.

Kurt Austin Puts The Numaa Team On A Case Involving A Hideous Series Of Medical Experiments, An Extraordinarily Ambitious Chinese Criminal Organization, And A Secret New Virus That Threatens To Set Off A Worldwide Pandemic.

A Japanese Cargo Ship Cruises The Eastern Atlantic Near The Azores- When It Bursts Into Flames. A Gang Of Pirates Speeds To Take Advantage Of The Disaster-when Their Boat Explodes. What Is Happening In This Part Of The World? As Kurt Austin, Joe Zavala, And The Rest Of The Numa Special Assignments Team Rush To Investigate, They Find Themselves Drawn Into The Extraordinary Ambitions Of An African Dictator, The Creation Of A Weapon Of Almost Mythical Power, And An Unimaginably Audacious Plan To Extort The World's Major Nations. The Penalty For Refusal? The Destruction Of Their Greatest Cities. Clive Cussler And Graham Brown. Series Statement From Book Jacket.

It Is Called Zero Point Energy, And It Really Exists - A State Of Energy Contained In All Matter Everywhere, And Thus All But Unlimited. Nobody Has Ever Found A Way To Tap Into It, However - Until One Scientist Discovers A Way. Or At Least He Thinks He Has. The Problem Is, His Machines Also Cause Great Earthquakes, Even Fissures In Tectonic Plates. One Machine Is Buried Deep Underground; The Other Is Submerged In A Vast Ocean Trench. If Kurt Austin And Joe Zavala And The Rest Of The Numa Team Aren't Able To Find And Destroy Them, And Soon, The World Will Be On The Threshold Of A New Era Of Earth Tremors And Unchecked Volcanism. Hardback -the Dazzling New Novel In The -1 New York Times -bestselling Series From The Grand Master Of Adventure. It Is Called Zero Point Energy, And It Really Exists -- A State Of Energy Contained In All Matter Everywhere, And Thus All But Unlimited. Nobody Has Ever Found A Way To Tap Into It, However -- Until One Scientist Discovers A Way. Or At Least He Thinks He Has. The Problem Is, His Machines Also Cause Great Earthquakes, Even Fissures In Tectonic Plates. One Machine Is Buried Deep Underground; The Other Is Submerged In A Vast Ocean Trench. If Kurt Austin And Joe Zavala And The Rest Of The Numa Team Aren't Able To Find And Destroy Them, And Soon, The World Will Be On The Threshold Of A New Era Of Earth Tremors And Unchecked Volcanism. Now, That Can't Be Good. It Is Called Zero Point Energy, And It Really Exists -- A State Of Energy Contained In All Matter Everywhere, And Thus All But Unlimited. Nobody Has Ever Found A Way To Tap Into It, However -- Until One Scientist Discovers A Way. Or At Least He Thinks He Has. The Problem Is, His Machines Also Cause Great Earthquakes, Even Fissures In Tectonic Plates. One Machine Is Buried Deep Underground; The Other Is Submerged In A Vast Ocean Trench. If Kurt Austin And Joe Zavala And The Rest Of The Numa Team Aren't Able To Find And Destroy Them, And Soon, The World Will Be On The Threshold Of A New Era Of Earth Tremors And Unchecked Volcanism. Clive Cussler And Graham Brown. Novel From The Numa Files.

The Dazzling New Novel In The #1 New York Times-bestselling Series From Clive Cussler, The Grand Master Of Adventure. When Kurt Austin Is Injured Attempting To Rescue The Passengers And Crew From A Sinking Yacht, He Wakes With Fragmented And Conflicted Memories. Did He See An Old Friend And Her Children Drown, Or Was The Yacht Abandoned When He Came Aboard? For Reasons He Cannot Explain, Kurt Doesn't Trust Either Version Of His Recollection. Determined To Know The Truth, He Begins To Search For Answers, And Soon Finds Himself Descending Into A Shadowy World Of State-sponsored Cybercrime, And Uncovering A Pattern Of Vanishing Scientists, Suspicious Accidents, And A Web Of Human Trafficking. With The Help Of Joe Zavala, He Takes On The Sinister Organization At The Heart Of This Web, Facing Off With Them In Locations Ranging From Monaco To North Korea To The Rugged Coasts Of Madagascar. But Where He Will Ultimately End Up, Even He Could Not Begin To Guess-- The Tenth Entry In The Numa Files Series, By The Author Of Zero Hour And The Storm-- Clive Cussler And Graham Brown.

Kurt And Joe Tangle With The Most Determined Enemy They've Ever Encountered When A Ruthless Powerbroker Schemes To Build A New Egyptian Empire As Glorious As Those Of The Pharaohs. Part Of His Plan Rests On The Manipulation Of A Newly Discovered Aquifer Beneath The Sahara, But An Even More Devastating Weapon At His Disposal May Threaten The Entire World: A Plant Extract Known As The Black Mist, Discovered In The City Of The Dead And Rumored To Have The Power To Take Life From The Living And Restore It To The Dead. With The Balance Of Power In Africa And Europe On The Verge Of Tipping, Kurt, Joe, And The Rest Of The Numa Team Will Have To Fight To Discover The Truth Behind The Legends -- But To Do That, They Have To Confront In Person The Greatest Legend Of Them All: Osiris, The Ruler Of The Egyptian Underworld. Clive Cussler And Graham Brown. Subtitle From Dustjacket Cover.

When The Most Advanced Aircraft Ever Designed Vanishes Over The South Pacific, Kurt Austin And Joe Zavala Are Drawn Into A Deadly Contest To Locate The Fallen Machine. Russia And China Covet The Radical Technology, But The United States Worries About A Darker Problem. They Know What Others Don't: That The X-37 Is Carrying A Dangerous Secret, A Payload Of Exotic Matter Extracted From The Upper Reaches Of The Atmosphere And Stored At A Temperature Near Absolute Zero. As Long As It Remains Frozen, The Cargo Is Inert. But If It Thaws, It Will Unleash A Catastrophe Of Nearly Unthinkable Proportions. From The Galapagos Islands To The Jungles Of South America To An Icy Mountain Lake Many Believe To Be The Birthplace Of The Inca, The Entire Numa Team Will Risk Everything In An Effort To Avert Disaster. But They May Be Caught In A Race That No One Can Win. Clive Cussler And Graham Brown.

An Alarming Rise In The World's Sea Levels--much Larger Than Could Be Accounted For By Glacier Melt--sends Kurt Austin, Joe Zavala, And The Rest Of The Numa Scientific Team Rocketing Around The Globe In Search Of Answers. What They Find At The Bottom Of The East China Sea, However, Is Even Worse Than They Imagined: A Diabolical Plan To Upset The Pacific Balance Of Power--and In The Process Displace As Many As A Billion People. A Rare Alloy Unlike Anything Else On Earth, A Pair Of Five-hundred-year-old Japanese Talismans, An Assassin So Violent Even The Yakuza Has Disowned Him, An Audacious Technological Breakthrough That Will Become A Very Personal Nightmare For Kurt Austin - From The Shark-filled Waters Of Asia To The High-tech Streets Of Tokyo To A Forbidden Secret Island, The Numa Team Must Risk Everything To Head Off The Coming Catastrophe. Clive Cussler And Graham Brown.

The World's Oil Supply Is Vanishing, The Stock Market Is Plummeting, And The Key To Saving The Future Seems To Be A Baffling Historical Mystery. Can The Numa Crew Crack It In Time? Sea Of Greed Is The Suspenseful New Numa Files Novels From The #1 New York Times-bestselling Grand Master Of Adventure. After An Explosion In The Gulf Of Mexico Destroys Three Oil Rigs Trying To Revive A Dying Field, Kurt Austin And The Numa Special Projects Team Are Tapped By The President Of The United States To Find Out What's Gone Wrong. The Trail Leads Them To A Brilliant Billionaire In The Alternative Energy Field. Her Goal Is The End Of The Oil Age; Her Company Has Spent Billions Developing The Worlds' Most Advanced Fuel-cell Systems. But Is She An Environmental Hero...or A Rogue Genetic Engineer? The Numa Crew Discovers That The Oil Fields Are Infected With Bacteria That Are Consuming The Oil Before It Can Be Pumped Out Of The Earth--a Bacteria Originally Lost Decades Ago When Two Submarines Vanished In The Mediterranean. With Hired Killers On His Trail, Can Kurt Austin Locate A Submarine That's Remained Hidden For More Than Fifty Years? And Even If He Can, Can The Biological Terror That's Been Unleashed Be Stopped?

Kurt Austin And The Numa Crew Risk Everything To Stop A Cutthroat Arms Dealer From Stealing A Priceless Ancient Treasure In The Thrilling New Novel From The #1 New York Times-bestselling Grand Master Of Adventure. In 1074 B.c., Vast Treasures Disappear From The Tombs Of Egyptian Pharaohs. In 1927, A Daredevil American Aviator Vanishes On An Attempted Transcontinental Flight. And In The Present Day, A Fishing Trawler--along With Its Mysterious Cargo--sinks Off The Coast Of Scotland. How Are These Three Mysterious Events Connected? And, More Importantly, What Do They Mean For Kurt Austin And His Numa Team? As They Search For Answers, The Numa Squad Join The Agents Of The British Mi5 To Take On A Wide-reaching International Conspiracy. Their Common Enemy Is The Bloodstone Group, A Conglomerate Of Arms Dealers And Thieves Attempting To Steal Ancient Relics On Both Sides Of The Atlantic. Kurt And His Team Soon Find Themselves Wrapped Up In A Treacherous Treasure Hunt As They Race To Find The Lost Egyptian Riches. . . Before They Fall Into The Wrong Hands.

After A Former Numa Colleague Disappears While Researching The Icebergs Of Antarctica, Kurt Austin And His Assistant Joe Zavala Investigate. Even As They Confront Perilous Waters And Frigid Temperatures, They Are Also Are Up Against A Terrifying Man-made Weapon: A Fast-growing Ice That Could Usher In A New Ice Age. Pitted Against A Determined Madman And A Monstrous Storm, Kurt And The Numa Team Must Unravel A Nazi-era Plot In Order To Save The Globe From A Freeze That Would Bury It Once And For All.

The author of the bestselling NUMA and Dirk Pitt series returns with an all-new novel of adventure and intrigue featuring his unbeatable hero of the high seas-Juan Cabrillo. Cabrillo and his motley crew aboard the clandestine spy ship Oregon have made a very comfortable and very dangerous living working for high-powered Western interests. But their newest clients have come from the Far East to ask for Cabrillo's special brand of assistance: a consortium of Japanese shipping magnates whose fortunes are being threatened by brutal pirates trolling the waters of Southeast Asia. Normally, such attacks on the high seas are limited to smaller ships and foreign-owned yachts-easy targets on the open ocean. Now, however, giant commercial freighters are disappearing. But when Cabrillo confronts the enemy, he learns that the pirates' predations hide a deadly international conspiracy-a scheme of death and slavery that Juan Cabrillo is going to blow out of the water.

Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the covert combat ship Oregon have barely escaped a mission on the Congo River when they intercept a mayday from a defenseless boat under fire off the African coast. Cabrillo takes action, saving the beautiful Sloane Macintyre-who's looking for a long-submerged ship that may hold a fortune in diamonds. But what surprises Cabrillo is her story about a crazy fisherman who claims to have been attacked on the open sea by giant metal snakes in the same area. What begins as a snake hunt leads Cabrillo onto the trail of a far more lethal quarry-a deranged militant and his followers who plan to unleash the devastating power of nature itself against all who oppose them.

The Crew Of The Oregon Has Just Completed A Top Secret Mission Against Iran In The Persian Gulf, When They Come Across A Cruise Ship Adrift In The Sea. Hundreds Of Bodies Litter Its Deck, And As Ship Captain Cabrillo Tries To Determine What Happened, Explosions Rack The Length Of The Ship. Barely Able To Escape With His Own Life And That Of The Liner's Sole Survivor, Cabrillo Finds Himself Plunged Into A Mystery As Intricate--and As Perilous--as Any He Has Ever Known, And Pitted Against A Cult With Monstrously Lethal Plans For The Human Race . . . Plans He May Already Be Too Late To Stop.--from Publisher Description. Clive Cussler ; With Jack Du Brul.

for Five Novels, Clive Cussler Has Brought Readers Into The World Of The oregon, A Seemingly Dilapidated Ship Packed With Cutting Edge Technology And Captained By The Daring Juan Cabrillo. Now, The oregon And Its Crew Face Their Biggest Challenge Yet-with A Danger Torn From Today's Headlines... publishers Weekly when A Plane Carrying The U.s. Secretary Of State, En Route To A Middle East Peace Conference, Disappears Over Libya, The Techno-wizards Aboard The Supership oregon Try To Track It Down And Recover Any Survivors. Juan Cabrillo And His Crew Discover A Terrorist Presence That Reaches To The Highest Levels Of The Libyan Government. This Exciting Story Translates Well Into Audio Format, And Scott Brick's Performance Enhances The Action-adventure. His Moderate Tone Makes For Easy Listening, And His Clarity Renders The Scientific And Political Elements-and Intrigues-at The Heart Of The Book Comprehensible. Brick Has Narrated Previous Cussler Novels And His Renditions Of The Characters Will Be Familiar To Fans, Who Will Find Themselves In The Company Of Old Friends. a Putnam Hardcover (reviews, Jan. 26). (mar.)copyright © Reed Business Information, A Division Of Reed Elsevier Inc. All Rights Reserved.

the Thrilling New Adeventure From The #1 New York Times- Bestselling Author.clive Cussler's Tales Of The Oregon And Its Crew-the Clever, Indefatigable Juan Cabrillo And His Merry Band Of Tough, Tech-savvy Fighting Men And Women (publishers Weekly)-have Made Fans Of Hundreds Of Thousands Of Readers. But The Oregon's Sixth Adventure Is Its Most Remarkable One Yet.on December 7, 1941, Five Brothers Exploring A Shaft On A Small Island Off The Coast Of Washington State Make An Extraordinary Discovery, Only To Be Interrupted By News Of Pearl Harbor. In The Present, Cabrillo, Chasing The Remnants Of A Crashed Satellite In The Argentine Jungle, Stumbles Upon A Shocking Revelation Of His Own. His Search To Untangle The Mystery Leads Him, First, To That Small Island And Its Secret, And Then Much Farther Back, To An Ancient Chinese Expedition-and A Curse That Seems To Have Survived For More Than Five Hundred Years. If Cabrillo's Team Is Successful In Its Quest, The Reward Could... publishers Weekly in The Winning Seventh Entry In The Oregon Files Nautical Adventure Series From Bestseller Cussler And Du Brul (after Corsair), Juan Cabrillo, The Heroic Skipper Of The Oregon, A State-of-the-art Warship Disguised As A Tramp Steamer, Faces A Multitude Of Difficulties And Challenges. A Fabulous Pirate Treasure May Lie At The Bottom Of A Deep Well On Pine Island In Washington State. In Argentina, A Junta Of Generals Has Seized Power And Turned The Country Into A Police State With Designs On The Rest Of South America. The Discovery Of The Remains Of A Wwii-era Blimp In The Argentine Jungle Ups The Ante. At The Bottom Of The Sea Off Antarctica, Where The Argentines Have Opened A Secret Oil Field, Lies A Huge, Ancient Chinese Vessel, Which Could Help The Chinese, Who Are In League With The Argentines, In Any Legal Claim To Antarctic Territory. The Action Seesaws From Subtropical Jungles To The Bitter Cold Of The Antarctic As Juan Leads His Band Of Intrepid Scientist Warriors Into Battle Against A Host Of Nefarious Enemies. A Cliffhanger Ending Will Leave Fans Panting For More. (mar.)

To Pull Off Their Latest Mission, Cabrillo And The Crew Of The Oregon Must Survive A Devastating New Weapon Unleashed In Thirteenth-century China ... A Daring Rescue In The Snowbound Mountains Along The Afghanistan-pakistan Border ... A Woman Gone Missing In The Jungles Of Northern Thailand And Myanmar ... For Cabrillo And Company, All Of These Events Will Come Together -- Leading To The Greatest Threat Against Us Security That The Country Has Ever Known.

The extraordinary new novel in the #1 New York Times–bestselling series from the grand master of adventure. In October 1943, a U.S. destroyer sailed out of Philadelphia and supposedly vanished, the result of a Navy experiment with electromagnetic radiation. The story was considered a hoax—but now Juan Cabrillo and his Oregon colleagues aren’t so sure. There is talk of a new weapon soon to be auctioned, something very dangerous to America’s interests, and the rumors link it to the great inventor Nikola Tesla, who was working with the Navy when he died in 1943. Was he responsible for the experiment? Are his notes in the hands of enemies? As Cabrillo races to find the truth, he discovers there is even more at stake than he could have imagined—but by the time he realizes it, he may already be too late.

Covertly Recreating The 1902 Sinking Of A Ship On Which A German Scientist Was On The Brink Of An Astonishing Breakthrough, Juan Cabrillo And His Team Are Targeted By An Assassin Before Learning That A Traitorous Weapons Designer Has Finished The Scientist's Work. Clive Cussler And Boyd Morrison.

As They Hunt For A Bunch Of Paintings Worth A Walloping Half A Billion Dollars, Juan Cabrillo And The Crew Aboard The Oregon Chance Upon A Much Bigger Problem. A Filipino Rebel Leader Is Not Only Using Them To Finance The Insurgency But Has Discovered A Drug Developed Yet Never Used By The Japanese During World War Ii That Makes Mega Warriors Of Ordinary Soldiers. Not So Far-fetched Given The Revelations Of Norman Ohler's Recent Blitzed: Drugs In The Third Reich. Hired To Search For A Collection Of Paintings Worth Half A Billion Dollars, Juan Cabrillo And The Crew Of The Oregon Soon Find Themselves In Much Deeper Waters. The Vicious Leader Of A Filipino Insurgency Is Not Only Using Them To Finance His Attacks, He Has Stumbled Upon One Of The Most Lethal Secrets Of World War Ii: A Japanese-developed Drug, Designed, But Never Used, To Turn Soldiers Into Super-warriors. To Stop Him, The Oregon Must Not Only Take On The Rebel Commander, But A South African Mercenary Intent On Getting His Own Hands On The Drug, A Massive Swarm Of Torpedo Drones Targeting The U.s. Navy, An Approaching Megastorm, And, Just Possibly, A War That Could Envelop The Entire Asian Continent-- Clive Cussler And Boyd Morrison.

Only Juan Cabrillo And The Crew Of The Oregon Stand Between Two Warring Moguls And Global Havoc In This Thrilling Suspense Novel In Clive Cussler's #1 New York Times Bestselling Series. Nearly Two Thousand Years Ago, An Eastern Emperor Charged A Small Group With Safeguarding Secrets Powerful Enough To Change The History Of Mankind. They Went Down In Legend As The Nine Unknown Men--and Now Two Rival Factions Of Their Descendants Are Fighting A Mighty Battle. Both Sides Think They Are Saving The World, But Their Tactics Could Very Well Bring About The End Of Humankind. Soon, Juan Cabrillo And His Team Of Expert Operatives Aboard The Oregon Find Themselves Trapped Between Two Power-hungry Adversaries, Both Of Whom Are Willing To Use Shocking Means To Accomplish Their Goals. Cabrillo And The Team Must Divide And Conquer As They Fight Dual Threats, Which Include A Supercomputer At Sea And Satellites That Can Wipe Out Technology Across The Globe--including The High-tech Weapons On Board The Oregon. The Crew Must Rely On Their Unique Skills To Stop The Tyrants In Their Tracks And Save The Earth From A Dynasty Of Terror.

An Audacious New Historical Thriller From The Grand Master Of Adventure.publishers Weeklyset In 1907, The Rousing Second Thriller To Feature Detective Isaac Bell (after The Chase) From Bestseller Cussler And Scott Pits Bell Against “the Wrecker,” Who's Been Destroying Trains And Railroad Facilities Around The Country For No Apparent Reason. These Horrific Incidents Are Wreaking Havoc On The Plans Of Osgood Hennessy, The Southern Pacific Railroad's President, Who's Constructing The Massive Cascade Canyon Bridge In Oregon. If The Project Isn't Completed By Winter, Hennessy's Bankers Will Withdraw Financing And His Company Will Be Destroyed. As In The First Book, The Purposefully Stilted Writing Style Takes A Little Getting Used To, But There's Plenty Of Excitement To Be Had In A World Where Massive, Fire-breathing Trains Fly Along At Speeds Of Up To 120 Mph. While The Wrecker's Identity Is Revealed Early On And There's Never Any Doubt That Isaac Will Get His Man, Readers Will Find Many Thrills And Much Diabolical Cleverness Along The Way. (nov.)

One man wants to destroy the world. One man can save it. Isaac Bell is on the case.

On the ocean liner Mauretania, two European scientists with a groundbreaking new invention are rescued from abduction by the Van Dorn Detective Agency's intrepid chief investigator, Isaac Bell. Unfortunately, they are not so lucky when the thugs attack a second time—and one of the scientists dies. What are the scientists holding that is so precious? Only something that will revolutionize business and world culture—and perhaps something more. For war clouds are looming, and a ruthless espionage agent has spotted a priceless opportunity to give the German Empire an edge. It is up to Isaac Bell to figure out who he is, what he is up to, and stop him, but Bell may already be too late.

When A Scientist He Recently Rescued From Kidnappers Is Murdered, Private Investigator Isaac Bell Discovers That A Ruthless Agent Wants The Scientist's Secret New Invention In Order To Exploit It To Seize Power For Germany.

Van Dorn Private Detective Isaac Bell Is Investigating John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Monopoly, When A Sniper Begins Murdering Opponents Of Standard Oil, And It Doesn't Stop There. The Murders--shootings, Poisonings, Staged Accidents--have Just Begun As Bell Tracks His Phantom-like Criminal Adversary Across The U.s., To Russia's War-torn Baku Oil Fields On The Caspian Sea, And Back To America For A Final, Desperate Confrontation. And This One Will Be The Most Explosive Of All.

It Is 1906, And In New York City, The Italian Crime Group Known As The Black Hand (la Mano Nera) Is On A Spree: Kidnapping, Extortion, Arson. Detective Isaac Bell Of The Van Dorn Agency Is Hired To Form A Special Black Hand Squad, But The Gangsters Appear To Be Everywhere -- So Much So That Bell Begins To Wonder If There Are Imitators, Criminals Using The Name For The Terror Effect. And Then The Murders Begin, Each One Of A Man More Powerful Than The Last, And As Bell Discovers, To His Dismay, The Ultimate Target May Be The Most Powerful Man Of All. Clive Cussler And Justin Scott ; Endpaper And Interior Illustrations By Roland Dahlquist.

The Year Is 1911. Chief Investigator Isaac Bell Of The Van Dorn Detective Agency Has Had Many Extraordinary Cases Before. But None Quite Like This. Hired To Find A Young Woman Named Anna Pape Who Ran Away From Home To Become An Actress, Bell Gets A Shock When Her Murdered Body Turns Up Instead. Vowing To Bring The Killer To Justice, He Begins A Manhunt Which Leads Him Into Increasingly More Alarming Territory. Anna Pape Was Not Alone In Her Fate--petite Young Blond Women Like Anna Are Being Murdered In Cities Across America. And The Pattern Goes Beyond The Physical Resemblance Of The Victims--there Are Disturbing Familiarities About The Killings Themselves That Send A Chill Through Even A Man As Experienced With Evil As Bell. If He Is Right About His Fears, Then He Is On The Trail Of One Of The Greatest Monsters Of His Time-- Clive Cussler And Justin Scott.

Take a look at Casey and Lacey Nicefolk and you'll see two regular, all-American kids. But these brother and sister twins have a secret. Hidden in the family barn is the most magical—and coolest—gadget unknown to man: a mystical box that can turn any small object into a life-size replica. When the twins' parents go out of town, the two decide to put the box to use. Taking a model boat, they create a fully functioning powerboat and enter a race up the Sacramento River. But this is no ordinary boat, and this is no ordinary race. What follows is a nautical adventure where being the first to cross the finish line is not the only prize.School Library JournalGr 3–5—When their parents go out of town, 10-year-old fraternal twins Casey and Lacey Nicefolk decide to use their magical black box to turn a toy model boat into a functioning powerboat and enter the Gold Cup Grand National Race up the Sacramento River. What follows is a series of mini adventures for the siblings and their dog, including kidnapping by the bad guys from The Adventures of Vin Fiz (Philomel, 2006) and the actual race itself, which comprises nearly half the book. Written in a style reminiscent of an old-fashioned dime novel, the book has no character development and a lot of telling rather than showing. The writing is stilted, and the story lacks excitement or purpose.—Jessica Marie, Renton Public Library, WA

The debut of a brand-new, action-packed series from the #1 New York Times bestselling master of "pure entertainment" (People).Thousands of years ago, the Persian king Xerxes the Great was said to have raided the Treasury at Delphi, carrying away two solid gold pillars as tribute. In 1800, Napoleon Bonaparte and his army stumble across the pillars in the Pennine Alps. Unable to transport them Napoleon creates a map on the labels of twelve bottles of rare wine. And when Napoleon dies, the bottles disappear...Treasure hunters Sam and Remi Fargo are exploring the Great Pocomoke Swamp in Delaware when they are shocked to discover a World War II German u-boat. Inside, they find a bottle taken from Napoleon's "lost cellar." Fascinated, the Fargos set out to find the rest of the collection. But another connoisseur of sorts has been looking for the bottle they've just found. He is Hadeon Bondaruk-a half- Russian, half-Persian millionaire. He claims to be a descendant...

Sam and Remi Fargo, heroes of Spartan Gold, return in this extraordinary new adventure from the number-one New York Times- bestselling author. With Spartan Gold, a daring thriller that Publishers Weekly proclaimed "solidly in the Cussler tradition, [and] sure to please new fans and old," Clive Cussler introduced husband-and-wife treasure-hunting team Sam and Remi Fargo. In their electrifying new adventure, the Fargos make a startling discovery that others would kill to keep hidden... While scuba diving in Tanzania, Sam and Remi Fargo come upon a relic belonging to a long-lost Confederate ship. An anomaly about the relic sets them off chasing a mystery-but unknown to them, a much more powerful force is engaged in the same chase. Mexico's ruling party, the ultranationalist Mexica Tenochca, is intent on finding that artifact as well, because it contains a secret that could destroy the party utterly. Through Tanzania and Zanzibar, into the rainforests of Madagascar, and across the Indian Ocean to Indonesia and the legendary site of the 1883 Krakatoa explosion, the Fargos and their ruthless opponents pursue the hunt-but only one can win. And the penalty for failure is death. Filled with the dazzling suspense and breathtaking action that are Cussler's trademarks, Lost Empire is a stunning new novel from the grand master of adventure.

Sam and Remi Fargo return in this astonishing new thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Clive Cussler—and embark on their most daring quest to date. When an archeologist friend requests their help to excavate a top-secret historical site, the Fargos are intrigued. But they have no idea that their discoveries will set them on a hunt for a prize beyond all imagination. The clues point to the hidden tomb of Attila the Hun, who was reportedly buried with a vast fortune of gold, jewels, and plunder: a bounty that has never been found. As they follow a trail throughout Europe, it leads them not to one tomb, but five. The Fargos also find themselves pitted against a thieving group of treasure hunters, a cunning Russian businessman, and a ruthless Hungarian who claims direct descent from Attila himself—and will stop at nothing to achieve his destiny…

The Outstanding New Sam And Remi Fargo Adventure From The #1 New York Times-bestselling Author. An 800-year-old Treasure. An Ancient Cypher Wheel. A Brutal Murder. And A Man Who Will Stop At Nothing To Claim What He Considers Rightfully His. Husband-and-wife Treasure-hunting Team Sam And Remi Fargo Have Gone On Impossible Missions Before And Faced Many Perils, But Never Have They Faced An Adversary As Determined As The One Before Them Now. The Battle Will Take Them Halfway Around The World, And At Its End Will Be Either One Of The Most Glorious Finds In History--or Certain Death-- Clive Cussler And Robin Burcell.

Sam And Remi Fargo Investigate A Kidnapping That May Be Linked To The Nazi-stolen Romanov Ransom, A Case Complicated By The Acts Of A Guerrilla Faction Whose Mission Is To Establish The Fourth Reich.

In 1906, A Groundbreaking Rolls-royce Prototype Known As The Gray Ghost Vanishes From The Streets Of Manchester, England, And It Is Only The Lucky Intervention Of An American Detective Named Isaac Bell That Prevents It From Being Lost Forever. Not Even He Can Save The Good Name Of Marcus Peyton, However, The Man Wrongly Blamed For The Theft. More Than A Hundred Years Later, It Is His Grandson Who Turns To Sam And Remi Fargo To Help Prove His Grandfather’s Innocence. But There Is Even More At Stake Than Any Of Them Know. For The Car Has Vanished Again, And In It Is An Object So Rare That It Has The Capacity To Change Lives. Men With Everything To Gain And A Great Deal To Lose Have A Desperate Plan To Find It. And If Anybody Gets In Their Way? They Have A Plan For That, Too. Clive Cussler And Robin Burcell.

Husband-and-wife team Sam and Remi Fargo come up against an old enemy while searching for a treasure that has been lost for centuries in this exciting adventure in the bestselling series by the Clive Cussler, Grand Master of Adventure.Ten years ago, a chance meeting at the Lighthouse Café in Redondo Beach led Sam Fargo and Remi Longstreet on the adventure of a lifetime, hunting the legendary riches stolen from the Persian King Croesus in 546 B.C. But they weren't the only ones. Someone else is after the gold, and he's willing to kill anyone who gets in his way.When Sam and Remi run afoul of a criminal drug-running operation, their hopes of finding the treasure are dashed. But with Sam's ingenuity and Remi's determination, they survive their confrontation with the drug runners, and manage to send one of the key players to prison. Though the cache of gold is never found, life goes on. Sam and Remi marry--and years later return to Greece to find the one treasure that got away. Time becomes their enemy when the kingpin they helped send to prison over a decade ago is released--and he has two goals in mind. Find the legendary hoard of King Croesus, and kill Sam and Remi Fargo. The Fargos know that as long as this gold is out there, no one is safe. They return to Greece for a final showdown--and one last chance to find that elusive treasure.

more True Adventures With Shipwrecks And The Real Life Numa - Clive Cussler's National Underwater & Marine Agency. publishers Weekly well Known For His Series Of Action Adventure Novels Starring Dirk Pitt, Cussler Is Also The Founder Of The Nonprofit National Underwater And Marine Agency, A Group That Searches For Shipwrecks Of Historical Significance. The Group Does Not Salvage Any Artifacts; They Simply Note The Wreckage Location And Turn Their Information Over To Appropriate Agencies For Further Study And Planning. In This Fast-paced Narrative That Doesn't Tinker With The Earlier Sea Hunters' Successful Formula, Cussler And His Teams Search For 300 Years' Worth Of Wrecks As Varied As La Salle's 17th-century Flagship, A Dirigible Lost In A Storm Off The New Jersey Coast In 1933 And The Famous Pt-109. Cussler Traveled Along The Coast Of Texas, Up The Mississippi River And To The Jungles Of The South Pacific In Search Of Historically Important Wrecks Of All Sorts. Cussler First Provides The Historical Background For Each Tragedy (sometimes Inventing Dialogue When There Are No Survivors To Interview), Then Dives Into His Own Adventures. One Of Cussler's Unsuccessful Searches Took His Team To The Maine Wilderness, Where They Tried To Locate The Wreckage Of A French Airplane That Crashed In 1927 On Its Way To Washington, Having Crossed The Atlantic Nonstop, Before Charles Lindbergh. On The Other Hand, His Crew Found The Rms Carpathia (the Ship That Rescued The Survivors Of The Titanic), Which Had Been Sunk By A German U-boat Off The Irish Coast In 1918. Cussler's Artful Writing Style And Varied Experiences While Searching For Historical Treasures Make This A First-rate Adventure Book Sure To Please Any Student Of History And The Odd Pitt Fan Who Takes The Plunge. With A 250,000 First Printing, Many Are Expected To. (dec. 2) Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.