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.
Publisher:
Putnam (November 25, 2008) 
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