Books by Clive Cussler

Book SynopsisMore nail-biting adventure from Cussler's thrilling hero, Dirk Pitt.

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Book SynopsisJuan Cabrillo returns in Clive Cussler''s Corsair, the sixth novel in the Oregon Files.Off the coast of Somalia a battered, old freighter is boarded by pirates whose sights are set on a hefty ransom . . But these pirates have made a mistake. For this rusting freighter is none other than Juan Cabrillo''s secretive, state-of-the-art fighting ship Oregon. And Cabrillo is about to turn the tables on a deadly Somali pirate captain.One spectacular battle later and Cabrillo finds himself embroiled in an even tougher assignment. The US Secretary of State''s plane has crashed on its way to a summit in Libya - and she is missing. Cabrillo is the only one who can find her. But his search quickly involves a lost ancient jewel and a murderous plot by terrorists intent on plunging the world into chaos ...The number-one bestseller Clive Cussler, author of the thrilling Dirk Pitt novels Arctic Drift and Treasure of Khan, and

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Book SynopsisFROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHORA mysterious plague in the Antarctic. A diamond empire run by an evil genius. A devastating new technology that could kill millions of people.Tasman Sea, 1856. A British clipper ship bound for Australia's penal colony is crushed in a raging typhoon. A few lucky survivors wash up on a deserted island, with two women called Betsy Fletcher and Jess Dorsett among them, and discover an immense supply of diamonds.  Seymour Island, Antractica, 2000. Dirk Pitt rescues Maeve Fletcher, a descendant of Betsy's, after an unknown cataclysm kills thousands of marine animals and destroys a cruise ship. Could Maeve's father, who runs a ruthless diamond cartel, be responsible?   From a chilling escape at a high-security Canadian mine to a tiny boat adrift on lonely, shark-infested waters, the ingenious Pitt is racing to thwart

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Book SynopsisA SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER''Cussler is hard to beat'' Daily MailThe amazing second Dirk Pitt classic from multi-million-copy king of the adventure novel, Clive Cussler.----------------------------------------Major Dirk Pitt picked up the frantic distress call as he cruised his lumbering amphibious plane over the islands of the Aegean. Brady Air Force base was under fire, its entire force of jets destroyed on the ground . . . by just one First World War bi-plane!A psychotic ex-Nazi, a bloodthirsty Greek strongman and a beautiful double agent set Pitt on the trail of the warped mastermind behind a devastating sabotage plot. And on that trail, danger and death are never far behind . . .**********''Clive Cussler is the guy I read'' Tom Clancy''The Adventure King'' Daily Express

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Book SynopsisThe twelfth hair-raising Dirk Pitt thriller sees the adventurer hunt for a fabulous hoard of Inca gold, before the richest prize known to man is lost forever.ACTION-PACKED ADVENTUREA call for help from a stricken archaeological expedition brings Dirk Pitt to a sacred well, high in the Andes. There he confronts a band of ruthless art thieves, who plunder ancient sites for their precious artefacts.But soon Dirk Pitt faces even graver danger, as he searches for a lost Spanish galleon and hunts for a fabulous hoard of Inca gold. And in a desperate race against time, Pitt must track down a sacred site before the richest prize known to man is lost to the world foreverTrade ReviewPraise for Clive Cussler: ‘Just about the best storyteller in the business’ New York Post ‘Cussler is hard to beat’ Daily Mail ‘The Adventure King’ Sunday Express ‘Frightening and full of suspense … unquestionably entertaining’ Daily Express ‘Much fun, crisply told, with exciting special effects’ Kirkus Review ‘Clive Cussler is the guy I read’ Tom Clancy ‘No holds barred adventure … a souped-up treat’ Daily Mirror ‘Clive Cussler and Dirk Pitt are the first names in adventure’Stephen Coonts ‘Clive Cussler has no equal’ Publishers Weekly

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Book SynopsisThe eleventh classic Dirk Pitt novel, where the adventurer is drawn to a secret in the burning African desert, which could destroy all life in the world's seas.A CREEPING RED TIDE OF DEATHDeep in the African desert, Dirk Pitt discovers that a top secret scientific installation is leaking a lethal chemical into the rivers, threatening to kill thousands of people and to destroy all life in the world's seas.To warn the world of the catastrophe, Pitt must escape capture and death at the hands of a ruthless West African dictator and French industrialist, and undertake a long, perilous journey across the merciless SaharaTrade ReviewPraise for Clive Cussler: ‘Cussler is hard to beat’ Daily Mail ‘The Adventure King’ Sunday Express ‘Much fun, crisply told, with exciting special effects’Kirkus Review ‘Just about the best storyteller in the business’ New York Post ‘Clive Cussler is the guy I read’ Tom Clancy ‘No holds barred adventure … a souped-up treat’ Daily Mirror ‘Clive Cussler and Dirk Pitt are the first names in adventure’ Stephen Coonts ‘Frightening and full of suspense … unquestionably entertaining’ Daily Express ‘Clive Cussler has no equal’ Publishers Weekly

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Book SynopsisFOLLOW DIRK PITT ON THE TRAIL OF AN ANCIENT MYSTERY IN THE SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLER FROM MASTER OF ADVENTURE, CLIVE CUSSLERA 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 CusslerTrade ReviewPraise 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 *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

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Book SynopsisThe classic Clive Cussler thriller from the master of the adventure novel.

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Book SynopsisFrom 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 and is co-authored with his son Dirk Cussler.Praise for Cliv

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Book SynopsisA 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 Driftis a white-knuckle ride of a novel that sees Clive Cussler''s greatest hero, Dirk Pitt, fighting his enemies in the cruel Arctic.Praise for Clive Cussler''Clive Cussler

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Book SynopsisClive Cussler introduces Sam and Remi Fargo in Spartan Gold. An ancient treasure stolen by Xerxes the Great . . . Discovered by Napoleon Bonaparte . . . The clues to its hidden location lost until now . . .Adventurers and treasure hunters Sam and Remi Fargo are on a wild-goose chase. Up to their waists in the Great Pocomoke Swamp in Maryland, they''re hunting for lost gold. What they find instead is a small Second World War German U-boat.Inside the submarine they find a body - and a puzzling, incredibly rare bottle of wine. This bottle was one of twelve taken from Napoleon''s ''lost cellar''. But it is also a clue to a fabulous, ancient treasure.One that Hadeon Bondaruk - a half-Russian, half-Persian millionaire - will do anything to get his hands on. For he claims descent from treasure''s one-time owner. It will be his, no matter who stands in his way . . .Clive Cussler, author of the celebrated Dirk Pitt novels Arcti

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Book SynopsisA SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER''Cussler is hard to beat'' Daily MailThe thrilling first Dirk Pitt classic from multi-million-copy king of the adventure novel, Clive Cussler.Fully armed and with all hands on board, the nuclear submarine Starbuck sailed into the calm Pacific Ocean for sea trials - and vanished. No wreckage, no signals, no survivors: nothing . . . until ace maritime troubleshooter Dirk Pitt finds a single, chilling clue in the shark-torn surf off Hawaii - the log of the Starbuck.''Do not search for us, it can only end in vain . . . '' A crazed journal of madness and death is all that remains. And the Captain''s final, scrawled, fear-crazed note locates the Starbuck''s grave hundreds of miles from her last known position! The search for the Starbuck plunges Dirk Pitt into his most shattering assignment to date - a whirlpool of deep-sea mystery and terror - the Pacific Vortex!''Clive Cussler is the guy I rTrade ReviewFor Raise the Titanic!: 'A great adventure thriller which spins from one dizzying climax to another ... Riveting ... simply super and very cleverly done' Publishers Weekly **

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Book SynopsisRenowned marine adventurer Dirk Pitt returns to stem a toxic outbreak.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 the pair both to Cuba as well - and squarely into harm''s way.Pitt father, son and daughter have been in desperate situations before . . . but perhaps never quite as dire as the one facing them now.Dirk Pitt returns in Havana Storm, the thrilling new novel from the grandmaster of adventure and No.1 New York Times

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Book SynopsisIn Golden Buddha Clive Cussler introduces a new hero: Juan Cabrillo. Clive Cussler is back with a new action hero for the high seas: Juan Cabrillo, captain of the Oregon, a state-of-the-art vessel disguised as a rusting heap of junk...When Cabrillo and his ship are hired by the US government to find an ancient statue known as the Golden Buddha, stolen from the Dalai Lama in 1959, the stakes couldn''t be higher. Success of failure will determine the future of Tibet. Playing the Russians off against the Chinese while battling against mysterious forces who will do anything to stop them, the crew of the Oregon face a formidable foe. But like his extraordinary ship, the enigmatic Juan Cabrillo has more than a few aces up his sleeve...Packed with blazing action and daring exploits, Golden Buddha is a nerve-shredding thriller from the best in the business. The number-one bestseller Clive Cussler, author of

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Book SynopsisTHE LATEST INSTALMENT IN THE FARGO ADVENTURES FROM BESTSELLING GRAND MASTER OF ADVENTURE CLIVE CUSSLER WHO WILL DISCOVER THE LOST RICHES OF CROESUS?________ Treasure hunters Remi and Sam Fargo are in Washington, DC looking for the final clue in a puzzle more than a decade old - a dangerous mystery which originally led to their teaming up. For ten years ago, a chance meeting that threw Remi and Sam together led to the pair diving together for ancient sunken wrecks off the Greek coast.But when a secretive billionaire decided he didn''t want anyone diving in the seas near his operations, the pair found themselves in deep trouble. Only now, returning ten years later, do they finally understand who and what they were up against.For with the lost riches of Croesus lying somewhere in these waters, their formidable enemy won''t be giving up easily. Suddenly, finding the treasure becomes less important than making it home alivTrade ReviewPraise for Clive Cussler * - *The Adventure King * Sunday Express *Cussler is hard to beat * Daily Mail *Nobody does it better . . . nobody!Just about the best storyteller in the business * New York Post *Delivers what it promises * Financial Times *

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Book SynopsisAn ancient cargo long thought lost is found. With terrible consequences . . .Dirk Pitt is surveying in the Middle East when a stroke of luck reveals an Ottoman wreck with a very curious cargo. While investigating the find, he foils a night raid on Istanbul''s Topkapi Palace Museum. This puts Pitt at the centre of a race to acquire a series of legendary artefacts.Meanwhile, the region is being pushed to the brink of war by a series of explosions across Turkey and Egypt. Finding that his search for the artefacts is linked to the attacks, Pitt must prevent a deranged brother and sister''s fanatical plans succeeding...Packed with breathtaking suspense and fired by an extraordinary imagination, Crescent Dawn is a barnstorming read starring Dirk Pitt for all fans of action, suspense and intrigue.Praise for Clive Cussler''No holds barred adventure ... a souped-up treat'' Daily Mirror''Frightening and full of su

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Book SynopsisA rip-roaring Fargo Adventure from the Grand Master of Adventure, Clive Cussler.In the stormy wastes of Canada''s Baffin Island, treasure hunters Sam and Remi Fargo make an astonishing discovery - a Viking longship frozen in the Arctic ice . . .But what is more astonishing still is the longship''s cargo - a hoard of pre-Colombian artefacts from Mexico. This tantalizing mystery sends the couple to Central America in search of further evidence - and into deadly trouble.For Sam and Remi''s find puts them on the trail of legendary jewel the Eye of Heaven, which also sees other more ruthless - and soon enough murderous - treasure hunters racing to get there first.It''s a chase that takes them through jungles and into ancient temples and secret tombs on a life or death hunt for the solution to a thousand-year-old mystery . . . Filled with the trademark breakneck pace and bold plotting that he has made his own, The Eye of HeavenTrade ReviewCussler is hard to beat * Daily Mail *The Adventure King * Sunday Express *The guy I read -- Tom Clancy

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Book SynopsisThe tenth action-packed thriller in the Dirk Pitt series, where the adventurer must foil the deadly conspiracy of a group of Japanese nationalist fanatics.A NUCLEAR PEARL HARBOURBuried 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.Its 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 themTrade ReviewPraise for Clive Cussler: ‘Just about the best storyteller in the business’ New York Post ‘Cussler is hard to beat’ Daily Mail ‘The Adventure King’ Sunday Express ‘Frightening and full of suspense … unquestionably entertaining’ Daily Express ‘Much fun, crisply told, with exciting special effects’ Kirkus Review ‘Clive Cussler is the guy I read’ Tom Clancy ‘No holds barred adventure … a souped-up treat’ Daily Mirror ‘Clive Cussler and Dirk Pitt are the first names in adventure’ Stephen Coonts ‘Clive Cussler has no equal’ Publishers Weekly

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Book SynopsisIn the ninth gripping thriller in the world famous Dirk Pitt series, the adventurer finds himself in a deadly battle against the darkest forces of international terrorism.THE HIGH-EXPLOSIVE SECRET OF THE AGES391 AD:Fanatics destroy the greatest storehouse of knowledge and treasure in the ancient world the mighty library and museum of Alexandria. But a few conspirators secretly remove its most precious items and hide them deep in a specially excavated stronghold1991 AD:A UN plane, with the Secretary-General aboard, crashes in the icy waters of Greenland, brought down by a murderous conspiracy. And trouble-shooter Dirk Pitt is drawn into a deadly battle, against the darkest forces of international terrorism, that could reshape the balance of world power forever.Trade ReviewPraise for Clive Cussler: ‘Cussler is hard to beat’ Daily Mail ‘The Adventure King’ Sunday Express ‘Much fun, crisply told, with exciting special effects’ Kirkus Review ‘Just about the best storyteller in the business’ New York Post ‘Clive Cussler is the guy I read’ Tom Clancy ‘No holds barred adventure … a souped-up treat’ Daily Mirror ‘Clive Cussler and Dirk Pitt are the first names in adventure’Stephen Coonts ‘Frightening and full of suspense … unquestionably entertaining’ Daily Express ‘Clive Cussler has no equal’ Publishers Weekly

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Book SynopsisClive Cussler sends his great hero on an explosive mission in Atlantis Found, the fifteenth Dirk Pitt adventure. Around the world ancient artefacts are suddenly appearing, hinting at a catastrophe that will soon visit Earth ...Dirk Pitt is on hand at a Colorado archaeological site where an ancient and mysterious artefact has been found - one that is perhaps linked to other strange objects turning up across the globe. And soon Pitt''s skills and ingenuity are desperately needed to rescue the team after a suspicious explosion seals them deep underground. It quickly becomes clear that the artefacts carry a message: warning of global Armageddon. Yet a shadowy organisation called the Fourth Empire not only wants to stop others from heeding that warning, but is also actively seeking to accelerate the end it foretells. Now Pitt and NUMA must face this diabolical foe, who will stop at nothing to wipe out all life on earth ...Packed with blisteri

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Book SynopsisJuan Cabrillo faces a global deadly threat in Clive Cussler''s The Jungle.Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon are up against their smartest foe yet - but in their midst there is a traitor . . . After losing their contract with the US government because of a daring raid too far, Cabrillo and his crew of mercenaries with a conscience are earning money the hard way: doing dirty, dangerous little jobs in the world''s trouble spots. Now they''ve accepted a mission deep to find a missing adventurer deep in the jungles of Myanmar. But it is not long before Cabrillo and his team realise that they have been set up.Cabrillo - betrayed, tortured and played for a fool - is angry that he''s been used as a pawn in someone''s deadly scheme. But with the US nuclear launch codes up for grabs and a madman bent on using them to hold millions of lives to ransom, he hasn''t time to worry about revenge. He''s got to save the world first . . .

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Book SynopsisTerror and assassination, deadly international intrigue ... Another devastating drama from the grandmaster of adventure.

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Book SynopsisLost City is a nerve-shredding NUMA Files novel from Clive Cussler, international bestseller.Kurt Austin''s toughest assignment yet...The discovery of a body frozen for ninety years in a glacier high in the French Alps seems of unlikely concern to Kurt Austin and the NUMA Special Projects team. But when those on site are trapped in alpine tunnels flooding with glacial meltwater, Austin can hardly ignore a cry for help. And this near tragedy proves to be no mere accident. For the body held a secret. A secret someone was prepared to kill for.Soon Austin is plunged into a mystery involving a virulent algal weed ravaging the Atlantic''s Lost City trench, while he and the team face a family of astonishing greed - who will stop at nothing to get what they want ... Clive Cussler, author of the best-selling Dirk Pitt novels Arctic Drift and The Treasure of Khan, and co-author Paul Kemprecos unravel a tangled web of conspiracy a

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Book SynopsisSkeleton Coast is Clive Cussler''s fourth Oregon Files adventure, featuring captain Juan Cabrillo.1896: HMS Rove vanishes in a shocking storm off the African coast. Aboard is a fortune in stolen diamonds...Present day: Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the covert super-ship Oregon have just escaped a double-cross on the Congo River when they come to the aid of Sloane Macintyre - looking for some long lost treasure. Sloane''s story is strange and when Juan checks it out, he finds that there''s much more than just diamonds at stake on the African coast. A deranged militant and his followers plan to unleash a devastating power that will kill millions and cause worldwide havoc. Soon the Oregon is steaming to the rescue - but some forces are so extreme that even a hero like Juan Cabrillo thinks twice before getting involved...The number-one bestseller Clive Cussler, author of the thrilling Dirk Pitt novels Crescent Dawn and

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Book SynopsisPRE-ORDER THE EXPLOSIVE NEW KURT AUSTIN ADVENTURE FROM UK NO. 1 BESTSELLER CLIVE CUSSLERKurt and his crew are in a deadly race against time to stop the sea rising. A mission deep inside the swirling Pacific. Their objective? To save the world.The world''s sea levels are rising at an alarming rate. So fast that nobody can explain it. It''s up to Kurt and the NUMA team to find out why, before it''s too late.Their search for answers sends them racing around the world, from the high-tech streets of Tokyo, to a forbidden secret island. But it''s in the East China Sea that they discover a secret underwater mining operation, and a plot more dangerous than they could have ever imagined . . . The world is drowning and fast - but has Kurt Austin arrived in time to save the day? Praise for Clive Cussler:''The Adventure King'' Sunday Express''Just about the best in the busTrade ReviewPraise 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 *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

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Book SynopsisA SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER''Cussler is hard to beat'' Daily MailThe fantastic fourth Dirk Pitt classic from multi-million-copy king of the adventure novel, Clive Cussler.A tidal wave of pounding excitement from the first page to the last . . . Two and a half miles beneath the icy North Atlantic the mighty Titanic holds the key to the safety of the free world. The Americans want it. So do the Russians. Ace maritime troubleshooter Dirk Pitt faces one of the most stupendous tests of courage and ingenuity ever. Raise the Titanic is a spellbinding blockbuster of action and suspense.''Clive Cussler is the guy I read'' Tom Clancy''The Adventure King'' Daily ExpressTrade ReviewA great adventure thriller which spins from one dizzying climax to another...riveting...simply super and very cleverly done * PUBLISHERS WEEKLY *

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Book SynopsisA SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER''Cussler is hard to beat'' Daily MailThe brilliant fifth Dirk Pitt classic from multi-million-copy king of the adventure novel, Clive Cussler.Over thirty years ago, on an ultra-secret flight to the South Pacific, the transport plane Vixen 03 vanished. It was believed to be lost at sea. And carrying canisters of the most lethal substance known to man.Now Vixen 03 has returned to haunt the world. Dirk Pitt, the ace maritime troubleshooter who raised the Titanic, is the only man who can overcome the nightmarish problems involved in retrieving her cargo. And the price of failure is terrifying.''Clive Cussler is the guy I read'' Tom Clancy''The Adventure King'' Daily ExpressTrade ReviewFor Raise the Titanic!: 'A great adventure thriller which spins from one dizzying climax to another ... Riveting ... simply super and very cleverly done' Publishers Weekly **

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Book SynopsisA SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER''Cussler is hard to beat'' Daily MailThe superb third Dirk Pitt classic from multi-million-copy king of the adventure novel, Clive Cussler.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.''Clive Cussler is the guy I read'' Tom Clancy''The Adventure King'' Daily ExpressTrade ReviewFor Raise the Titanic!: 'A great adventure thriller which spins from one dizzying climax to another ... Riveting ... simply super and very cleverly done' Publishers Weekly **

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Book SynopsisIn The Chase Clive Cussler introduces a historical hero- Isaac Bell. 1950: the rusting hulk of a steam locomotive is raised from the depths of a Montana lake. Inside are three bodies, bloody clue to a fortune lost for over forty years . . . 1906: For two years banks across the western United States have been living in terror of the ''Butcher Bandit''. This cold-blooded bank robber empties safes and murders all witnesses, vanishing without trace. In desperation, the US Government calls in Isaac Bell, the best detective in the country. From Arizona to Colorado to the streets of San Francisco during the great quake, Bell uses all his guile and ingenuity to catch up with the murderous Bandit. But when Bell has him almost cornered - the Bandit turns really nasty. And suddenly the stakes have changed. Bell isn''t just battling to get his man. He''s fighting for his very survival . . .Bestseller Clive Cussler - author of the Dirk Pitt novels

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Book SynopsisValhalla Rising is Clive Cussler''s thrilling sixteenth Dirk Pitt adventure. Sabotage, conspiracy and piracy in the air, and below the waves, finds Dirk Pitt plunged into his most dangerous adventure yet.When the luxury cruise lined Emerald Dolphin - powered by a revolutionary new propulsion system - becomes a raging inferno and sinks mysteriously, it is lucky that NUMA special projects director Dirk Pitt is on hand to rescue the passengers and investigate the tragedy.Sifting through the undersea wreckage for signs of foul play, Pitt is unaware of powerful, dark forces player their hand against him. Forced to fight for his life - and those of friends and colleagues - against evermore ruthless enemies from a shadowy organisation, Pitt finds himself caught between the secrets of the past and the intrigues of the future. A future that will hold the world to ransom...Filled with breathtaking suspense and dazzling action, Valhalla Rising sees

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Book SynopsisTHE THRILLING SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER FEATURING DETECTIVE ISAAC BELL FROM THE GRAND MASTER OF ADVENTURE, CLIVE CUSSLER''The Adventure King'' SUNDAY EXPRESS''Nobody does it better . . . nobody!'' STEPHEN COONTS________With a burst of machine gun fire the assassins strike . . .When the Van Dorn Agency''s top detective, Isaac Bell, thwarts a plot to kill a US Senator, the race is on to uncover who was behind it and what they hoped to gain.For Panama''s Red Viper insurgency, the senator''s death could have brought a welcome halt to the construction of the giant canal that threatens to divide their country.It looks like an open and shut case. But when Bell heads south to investigate it''s clear something about it doesn''t add up.With millions of dollars, the fates of two nations and the future of world trade at stake, Bell knows this is bigger than local trouble.He jTrade ReviewThe Adventure King * Sunday Express *Cussler is hard to beat * Daily Mail *Nobody does it better . . . nobody!Just about the best storyteller in the business * New York Post *

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Book SynopsisThe Spy is the third of Clive Cussler''s brilliant historical thrillers. 1908, and American engineering geniuses are being killed off one by one . . .When a brilliant battleship gun engineer commits suicide, his disbelieving family turn to legendary Van Dorn Detective Agency. Quickly on the case, Isaac Bell establishes that the clues point not to suicide, but murder.So when further deaths connected to a top-secret project follow, Bell realizes that this is sabotage. With the world plunging towards war, it''s clearly a spy at large. But which of the many foreign agents he has encountered is responsible? Or is there a more sinister explanation? In a blistering story featuring dreadnaught battleships and railroards, criminal gangs and beautiful women, The Spy is a breathtaking thriller that just happens to have at stake the fate of the world. Bestseller Clive Cussler - author of the Dirk Pitt novels Arctic Drift and Crescent Dawn - and co-author Justin Scott place hero Isaac Bell at the centre of a mysterious espionage conspiracy in the third novel of historical thriller series The Isaac Bell Adventures, The Spy. Praise for Clive Cussler:''Cussler is hard to beat'' Daily Mail''The guy I read'' Tom Clancy

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Book SynopsisLost Empire is the second phenomenal FARGO Adventure from international bestseller, Clive Cussler. Some treasures are best left buried . . .Scuba diving off the Tanzanian coast, husband-and-wife treasure-hunting team, Sam and Remi Fargo discover a huge ship''s bell, covered in cryptic carvings. But as they struggle to first recover the bell and then decode its clues, they find they are not alone in wanting to discover its secrets.When news of the find is publicised, Mexican President Quauhtli Garza is forced to act. He knows that this bell comes from a former Confederate ship that sank off the African coast and he fears that the discovery of a missing piece of a Quetzalcoatl statuette, which was aboard the ship, will undermine his plans for Mexico''s future. With Garza determined to stop the Fargos investigation at all costs, the couple are drawn into a deadly conspiracy that connects the 1883 Krakatoa explosion with an attempt to resur

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Book SynopsisFOLLOW DIRK PITT ON THE TRAIL OF AN DECADES-OLD MYSTERY, FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR AND GRAND MASTER OF ADVENTURE, CLIVE CUSSLERIn 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 actioTrade ReviewThe guy I read -- Tom ClancyNo holds barred adventure... a souped up treat * Daily Mirror *Fightening and full of suspense... unquestionably entertaining * Daily Express *

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Book SynopsisWhen the most advanced aircraft ever designed vanishes over the South Pacific, NUMA operatives Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala are drawn into a deadly contest to locate the fallen machine. A doomed aircraft Flying over the South Pacific, the most technologically advanced spacecraft ever built vanishes into thin air. Both China and Russia would kill for the secrets it contains. An unstable cargo Kurt Austin and the NUMA team are drawn into a stealthy race to locate the wreck, before someone else does. Only the United States know that waiting in its debris is a payload. A devastating weapon Kept at absolute zero, the cargo could obliterate the face of the earth if allowed to thaw. With only seven days until its temperature rises the NUMA team have to work against the clock to stop its deadly payload from wiping out all of life on earth. ''The Adventure King'' Sunday Express ''Cussler is hard to beat''Trade ReviewCussler is hard to beat * Daily Mail *Delivers what it promises * Financial Times *The Adventure King * Sunday Express *

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Book SynopsisThe discovery of a long-lost airliner . . .A modern-day kidnapping . . .And the return of the most terrifying evil the world has ever seen.When a kidnapping captures the attention of treasure-hunting team Sam and Remi Fargo, they find themselves on the trail of the legendary Romanov Ransom - a Russian fortune stolen by the Nazis during World War II. Hunting a neo-Nazi faction across Europe, North Africa and South America is their greatest quest yet. They must prevent the rise of a Fourth Reich, or witness the resurgence of the greatest evil of the modern world.From the finest adventure writer alive, Clive Cussler''s dark and thrilling mystery will keep you turning the pages late into the night.Trade ReviewCussler is hard to beat * Daily Mail *The Adventure King * Sunday Express *The guy I read * Tom Clancy *

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Book SynopsisTHE EXPLOSIVE NEW THRILLER FROM THE WORLD''S NO. 1 BESTSELLING ADVENTURE WRITER Does a stolen antique car hold the clue to a secret fortune? Husband and wife treasure-hunting team Remi and Sam Fargo head to England to help Viscount Albert Payton recover a fortune that was lost a hundred years ago - along with the family''s good name. It is believed this treasure was linked to the theft of a Rolls-Royce prototype called the Grey Ghost, which legendary detective Isaac Bell helped to recover, while the treasure itself remained missing. But then the Grey Ghost is stolen once again - this time from right under the noses of the investigating Fargos. And the Viscount vanishes too. It''s up to Remi and Sam to solve the mystery, but now their lives are in serious danger . . .''A rip-roaring story . . . showcases why readers love books written by Cussler'' Daily Mail ''The adventure king''Trade ReviewA rip-roaring story . . . showcases why readers love books written by Cussler * Daily Mail *Cussler is hard to beat * Daily Mail *The Adventure King * Sunday Express *The guy I read * Tom Clancy *

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Book SynopsisJOIN KURT AUSTIN AND THE NUMA TEAM CHASING RELIC THIEVES ROUND THE WORLD IN THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER FROM GRAND MASTER OF ADVENTURE, CLIVE CUSSLERANCIENT SECRETS. MODERN WEAPONS . . .________When Kurt Austin rescues the crew of a Scottish trawler, he finds himself trying to save them not once but twice. First, from the violent storm that dashes their vessel into jagged rocks and, second, from the deadly gunmen desperate to get their hands on its lost cargo of stolen Egyptian artefacts.Soon Kurt - with the assistance of resourceful MI5 agent Morgan Manning - is on the hunt for the source of these artefacts. It''s a journey that takes them around the world and draws the fury of the mysterious Bloodstone group - an international network of murderous individuals who''ll kill anyone in their way.But what do gunmen want with ancient loot?One thing is for sure, if Kurt is to find out he''s going to be Trade ReviewThis nonstop thrill ride will leave readers breathless * Mail Online *Twists that will make even hardcore adventure fans say "Wow!" . . . This is fast-paced, nonstop fun. Cussler fans will gobble it up. * Kirkus *Praise for Clive Cussler * - *The Adventure King * Sunday Express *Cussler is hard to beat * Daily Mail *Nobody does it better - nobody!Just about the best storyteller in the business * New York Post *Delivers what it promises * Financial Times *

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Book SynopsisClive Cussler brings us the knuckle-whitening doomsday masterpiece, Ghost Ship, a superb NUMA Files novel written with Graham Brown.

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Book SynopsisClive Cussler continues his thrilling NUMA Files with The Navigator.Iraq, 2003: in the post-war looting of the treasures from Baghdad''s antiquities museum, a legendary Phoenicean statue is stolen . . .Known as the Navigator, the statue points back to the days of King Solomon and is the vital clue to a secret of unimaginable power. Lucky then that UN investigator Carina Mechadi recovers it quickly. But a daring raid by helicopter in Iceberg Alley off Newfoundland and the statue is gone again - while Carina is only saved by the timely intervention of Kurt Austin of NUMA.Now Austin and Carina are scouring the globe. Firstly, to track down the statue as it leaves a trail of murder and mayhem in its wake. And, secondly, to beat the thieves to the secret of the Navigator - for if it falls into the wrong hands, the world could be changed for ever.Clive Cussler, author of the bestselling Dirk Pitt series, and co-author Paul Kemprecos place t

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Book SynopsisIn the Micronesian Islands, a top-secret US undersea lab vanishes . . .At the same time, off Bermuda, a bathysphere operated by NUMA and overseen by Kurt Austin is attacked and becomes stranded half a mile below the surface. Only quick thinking and bold action will save the crew - which includes the head of a certain, now-missing undersea lab - from a watery grave.Austin is convinced both events are connected, and he puts NUMA on the case. Soon he''s uncovering some hideous medical experiments and evidence of a terrifying virus that could be used to create a worldwide pandemic. Behind it all lies an ambitious Chinese criminal organization prepared to commit mass murder to achieve its ends.Now Austin must put his life on the line in order that millions will be saved from death . . .Clive Cussler, author of the bestselling Dirk Pitt series, and co-author Paul Kemprecos put their hero, Kurt Austin, at the forefront of a battle against time and

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Book SynopsisDeep beneath the Eastern Atlantic Ocean lies an extraordinary underwater burial ground of ships and planes . . .Nearby, a Japanese cargo ship blows up without warning. Racing to help, Kurt Austin and the NUMA team are beaten to the scene by heavily armed pirates. But when the ruthless gang''s own boat explodes as they''re making their escape, the men from NUMA are suddenly plunged from a disaster into a mystery.Soon they uncover a scheme involving the deadly ambitions of an African dictator, the creation of a weapon of terrible power, a kidnapped CERN scientist and a deep-water graveyard holding a lost aircraft and its precious cargo.As a terrifying and audacious plan to bring the world''s major nations to their knees is set in motion, only Kurt Austin - the right man, in the right place, at the right time - can stop it . . .With Devil''s Gate, number one bestseller Clive Cussler shows us once more why he is the grand master of advent

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Book SynopsisA deadly, unstoppable force has just been unleashed on the world . . .In the middle of the Indian Ocean, a NUMA research vessel is taking water samples at sunset, when a crew member spots a sheen of black oil ahead of them. But it is not oil. Like a horde of army ants, a swarm of black particles suddenly attacks the ship, killing everyone aboard, while the ship itself goes up in flames.A few hours later, Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala are on their way to the Indian Ocean. What they will find there on the smouldering hulk of the ship will eventually lead them to the discovery of the most audacious scheme they have ever known: a plan to permanently alter the weather on a global scale. It will kill millions . . . and it has already begun.Packed with blazing action and daring exploits, The Storm is a nerve-shredding Kurt Austin NUMA Files thriller from top ten bestseller Clive Cussler, the master of action-adventure for over four decades, and co-auth

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Book SynopsisPrivate Detective Isaac Bell crosses some of America''s harshest terrain in pursuit of the most twisted killer yet, in the latest action-packed historical blockbuster from Sunday Times bestseller Clive Cussler.Women are being brutally murdered all over America . . . it''s going to take an extraordinary mind to uncover the truth before it''s too late.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 blonde women like Anna are being murdered in cities across America.And the pattern goes beyond the physical resemblance of the vTrade ReviewThe latest action-packed historical blockbuster featuring Isaac Bell, from Sunday Times bestseller Clive Cussler. Women are being brutally murdered all over America . . . it's going to take an extraordinary mind to uncover the truth before it's too late * from publisher's description *Praise for Clive Cussler * - *Cussler is hard to beat * Daily Mail *The guy I read -- Tom ClancyThe Adventure King * Sunday Express *Just about the best in the business * New York Post *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

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Book SynopsisThe Tombs is the thrilling fourth Fargo adventure by Clive Cussler. It''s a prize beyond imagination. When an archaeologist excavating a top secret historical site realizes the magnitude of his discovery he requests help from treasure hunters Sam and Remi Fargo. And in rushing to join him, the husband and wife team are thrown into their most daring quest to date.The clues point to the hidden tomb of Attila the Hun, the High King who was reportedly buried with a vast fortune of gold and jewels and plunder, a bounty that has never been found. But as Sam and Remi piece together the puzzle, the trail takes them through Hungary, Italy, France, Russia, and Kazakhstan and not to a single tomb, but five. And into the path of deadly danger. They are not the only ones hunting for the High King''s riches.The Fargos will find themselves pitted against a thieving group of amateur treasure hunters, a cunning Russian businessman, and a ruthless

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