But the khan’s legacy is very real. That is, if Pitt and Giordino get there first. In fact, pitt and the numa crew have inadvertently stepped between a Mongolian tycoon and his plans to corner the global oil market, beginning with covert negotiations in China. When dirk pitt is nearly killed rescuing an oil survey team from a freak wave on Russia’s Lake Baikal, it appears a simple act of nature.
Oceanic explorers dirk pitt and al giordino find intrigue, adventure, and peril while collecting clues to the mysterious treasure of Xanadu, the famed capital of Kublai Khan’s empire. To ensure the deal goes through, this mysterious businessman will encourage ever-escalating acts of sabotage and violence.
And it’s the treasure of his grandson Kublai Khan that holds the key to stopping this modern-day oil baron from restoring the conquests of his ancestors.
Arctic Drift A Dirk Pitt Adventure Book 20
When an act of sabotage aims to slow down a technological breakthrough in American clean energy, it puts the United States on the brink of war with one of its closest allies. They may not know how it was done, but they know what their scientists were trying to accomplish: a solution for global warming.
And if pitt, his family, and his buddy Al Giordino aren't careful, the very same fate may await them…and the world. To prevent global catastrophe, Dirk Pitt and his children, Dirk Jr. Tension boils on the homefront, too, as gas prices surge to an all-time high. And summer, must piece together what little records remain of the initial experiment.
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Black Wind A Dirk Pitt Adventure Book 18
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 the world, and has an extraordinary plan in mind for the prize inside—a plan that could reshape America, as we know it.
Pitt has faced devastating enemies before, has even teamed up with his children to track them down. 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.
Crescent Dawn A Dirk Pitt Adventure Book 21
Filled with breathtaking suspense and extraordinary imagination, Crescent Dawn is further proof that when it comes to adventure writing, nobody beats Clive Cussler. Deep sea explorer and numa director dirk pitt encounters the last direct descendants of the Ottoman dynasty as they prepair to incite a revolution in this novel in the #1 New York Times-bestselling series.
In a. D. 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. What ties them all together? numa director dirk pitt and his team are 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.
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Trojan Odyssey A Dirk Pitt Adventure Book 17
. 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.
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. 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.
The peril for everybody concerned is incalculable. Though if summer's discovery is to be believed, the world is already a very different place.
Valhalla Rising Dirk Pitt Adventure Book 16
Nearby numa special projects director Dirk Pitt notices smoke and races to the rescue. The machines could only be the stuff of legend, described in the tales of Viking explorers or the accounts of Jules Verne. Its alarms stay silent; its sprinkler system remains inactive. Egan strives to uncover the hidden value in her father's inventions, Pitt is hired on by maritime insurers to investigate the wreckage.
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.
He's too late to save the engineer behind the ship's new technology, Kelly Egan, but helps the man's daughter, escape with her father's work in a leather briefcase. While Ms.
Poseidon's Arrow A Dirk Pitt Adventure Book 22
At the same time, ships have started vanishing mid-ocean, and when a few reappear, bodies are found aboard burned to a crisp. Could these mysterious events be connected to an italian submarine that itself disappeared in 1943?It is up to NUMA director Dirk Pitt and his team, aided by a beautiful NCIS agent and by Pitt’s children, marine engineer Dirk and oceanographer Summer, to go on a desperate international chase to find the truth, from Washington to Mexico, Idaho to Panama.
In this adventure in the #1 new york times bestselling series, oceanographer Dirk Pitt is back to find a crucial piece of marine tech that could reshape the United States’ defense program. It is the greatest advance in American defense technology in decades—an attack submarine capable of incredible underwater speeds.
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Atlantis Found A Dirk Pitt Novel Dirk Pitt Adventure Book 15
Dirk pitt is on hand during the blast and quick to initiate a rescue operation. And they’ll stop at nothing to keep the rest of the world in the dark. 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. He is then tapped to lead a research crew on behalf of the U. S.
Havana Storm: A Dirk Pitt Adventure
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 whole pitt familyhas been in desperate situations before. While investigating an unexplained poisonous spill in the Caribbean Sea that may ultimately threaten the United States, Dirk Pitt unwittingly becomes involved in something even more dangerous—a post-Castro power struggle for the control of Cuba.
But perhaps never quite as dire as the one facing them now.
Odessa Sea Dirk Pitt Adventure Book 24
Just dead bodies and a smell of sulfur in the air. 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. The three of them are used to perilous situations—but this time, they may have found their match. A cold war bomber lost with a deadly cargo. His two children, marine engineer Dirk and oceanographer Summer, are exploring a mysterious shipwreck of their own, when they are catapulted into his orbit.
As pitt and giordino explore, a blast from the stern 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.
Flood Tide
As pitt prepares for a final showdown, he is faced with the most formidable foe he has ever encountered. Clive cussler is the guy i read' Tom Clancy'The Adventure King' Daily Express. A sunday times bestseller'cussler is hard to beat' daily mailThe fourteenth incredible Dirk Pitt classic from multi-million-copy king of the adventure novel, Clive Cussler.
Tracking a notorious chinese smuggler's activities leads Dirk Pitt from Washington State to Louisiana, where his quarry is constructing a huge shipping port in the middle of nowhere.
