Raise
the Titanic!
by Clive Cussler
New
York: The Viking Press, (1998)
*Reprint of the 1976 edition*
ISBN # 0-670-58933-0
Summary, "The Sicilian Project is the undercover plan
of the decade. It is undoubtedly the best-kept secret since
the atomic bomb. And it's the President's baby. If successful,
it will create a defense network that will insure America's
security from foreign attack for the foreseeable future.
The sole hitch is that the project requires a quantity of
Byzantium, an extremely rare element. In fact, it looks
as though the only Byzantium in the world lies in the hold
of R.M.S. Titanic, sunk in 1912 and still resting more than
twelve thousand feet deep in the North Atlantic. The task
is simple enough: Raise the Titanic! The man in charge of
the mission is Dirk Pitt, jack-of-all-trades and master
of-most. Using highly sophisticated submersible equipment,
Pitt sets to work at his Herculean job. The presence of
two Russian spies doesn't help, nor does the intervention
of one very nasty lady, Hurricane Amanda. For balance, however,
there is one very sweet lady who doesn't in the least resemble
your average marine archaeologist. Clive Cussler has accomplished
a remarkable feat in blending high melodrama with exhaustively
sound scientific research; the Titanic could be raised today.
Mr. Cussler's novel will satisfy the connoisseur of that
doomed liner's incredible history, and it will grip anyone
with a taste for pure adventure."
Interesting
note: if you have a copy, take the dust jacket off, and
look at the book title and author name on the spine... publisher
made an error, and spelled Clive Cussler's name: Cliver
Cussler
