Simon & Schuster Pocket Book, 2000
Trade PB
Number line 10-1
ISBN # 0-671-78546-X
Price on Cover $16.00
378 pages.

From the Cover: "A Kurt Austin Adventure. In Serpent, his New York Times bestseller, Clive Cussler introduced Kurt Austin, a hero for the new millennium, and "created a new bunch of NUMA super-sleuths who infused his work with a ...jolt of energy" (The Denver Post). Now Austin and his crew slake their thirst for action as they attempt to drown an eco-extortionist's plan to control the world's freshwater supply. Blue Gold. A Novel from the NUMA Files. From deep within the Venezuelan rain forest emanates the legend of a whit goddess and a mysterious tribe with startling technical accomplishments. Few believe the tribe exists - and even fewer suspect its deity may hold knowledge that can change the course of history. For National Underwater & Marine Agency crew leader Kurt Austin, an investigation into the sudden deaths of rare whales leads him to the Mexican coast,where someone tries to put him and his mini-sub permanently out of commission. Meanwhile, in South America's lush hills, a specially assigned NUMA crew turns up the white-goddess legend - and a murderous cadre of bio-pirates intent on stealing medicinal secret worth millions. Soon Austin and his crew realize they're working the opposite ends of the same grand scheme. A billionaire California tycoon is poised to rise to power by monopolizing the earth's vastly depleted freshwater reserves and ultimately dominate the world. Austin has a hunch Venezuela's mythical tribal goddess has some real roots in science, and may be the key to locating a secret formula that could turn vast amounts of seawater into fresh. But with each step into the bush, he and his NUMA team feel like fish out of water - and must fight a deadly, twisting trail of enemies through a dense jungle of treachery, blackmail, and murder."

Clive Cussler teams up with Paul Kemprecos to begin a new NUMA adventure.