- Night Probe! -
by Clive Cussler
Bantam Books, 1981
Price on dust jacket $13.95
ISBN # 0-553-05004-4
From the dust jacket, "May, 1914. Two undercover
couriers plummet to watery deaths in twin disasters,
taking with them the only two copies of the North
American Treaty, a precedent-shattering secret pact
between the United States and Great Britain. On both
sides of the Atlantic, stunned heads of state immediately
order all mention of the treaty obliterated... forever.
February, 1989. In the midst of an international crisis,
Heidi Milligan, a beautiful, brilliant American naval
commander accidentally discovers an obscure reference
to the long buried North American Treaty - prompting
the President of the United States to the shocking
realization that the treaty offers the only salvation
for an energy-starved, economically-devastated America.
For the United States, possession of this document
is suddenly worth billions. But to Great Britain,
it's worth a war. The deadly race is on to locate
and raise one of the signed copies of the treaty from
its ocean grave - where it has been lying for 75 years.
The only American for such a mission is Dirk Pitt,
who proved invincible in Raise the Titanic! Now, with
the future of virtually every person in the world
at stake, he must survive a complex international
mission far more dangerous than any he has ever undertaken.
His quest: slash through a tangled web of cover-ups
and perilous intrigue and - against all odds - recover
the North American Treaty for the United States. In
London, a daring counterplot is being orchestrated
to secure the vital document for Great Britain. The
treaty must not be implemented. Brian Shaw, a master
spy who has often worked hand in hand with American
agents against SMERSH, no confronts his most challenging
command - stop Dirk Pitt. Pitt and Shaw, two of the
most cunning men in the world, collide head-on in
their frantic search. And caught in the middle is
Heidi Milligan. In the throes of international uproar,
her passions and her loyalty are put to a severe test
when she finds herself enmeshed in a torrid love triangle
with the two battling foes. As time runs out for a
desperate America, Pitt races towards an underwater
clash more terrifying and more exciting than anything
Clive Cussler has ever created - the breathtaking
climax of Night Probe!"
Night
Probe by Clive Cussler will keep you up all night
reading, you can't put it down!