"Clive the Mighty!" hailed Kirkus
Reviews about Cussler's last Dirk Pitt novel, Trojan Odyssey.
"Hurrican Clive at his most tumultuous." Nobody
has been able to match Cussler yet for the intricate plotting
and sheer audacity of his work, and Black Wind sets the bar
even higher.
In the waning days of World War II, unbeknownst
to all but a handful of people, the Japanese tried a last,
desperate measure - a different kind of kamikaze mission,
this one carried out by two submarines bound for the west
coast of the United States, their cargo a revolutionary new
strain of biological virus. 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
for the prize inside - a plan that could reshape 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 has he
looked upon the face of pure evil - until now.
Filled with breathtaking suspense and extraordinary imagination,
Black Wind is yet further proof that when it comes to adventure
writing, nobody beats Clive Cussler.
About the Authors:
Clive Cussler is the author or co-author
of twenty-seven other books, including the Dirk Pitt®
adventure Trojan Odyssey, the Kurt Austing novel
Lost City, and the Oregon series novels Golden Buddha
and Sacred Stone. He is also the author of the nonfiction
Sea Hunters and Sea Hunters II; these describe
the true adventures of the real NUMA®, which, led by Cussler
searches for lost ships of historic significance. With his
crew of volunteers, Cussler has discovered more than sixty
ships, including the long-lost Confederate submarine Hunley.
He lives in Arizona.
Dirk Cussler, an MBA from Berkeley, work
for many years in the financial arena, and now devotes himself
full-time to writing. For the last several years, he has been
an active participant and partner in his father's NUMA expeditions
and served as president of the NUMA advisory board of trustees.
He lives in Arizona.
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