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Dirk Pitt battles his most dangerous foe ever - with help from a very unexpected source. There is a black tide infesting the ocean off the shore of Nicaragua. Whilst trying to determine its origin, startling things begin to occur and the inhabitants of a floating resort find themselves directly in the path of a violent storm. Dirk and the NUMA crew rush to their rescue, but they discover that there is an all-too-human evil at work and the black tide is only a by-product of its plan. Soon its work will be complete - and the world will be a very different place....

Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon are back with a new adventure in this thrilling suspense novel in Clive Cussler's number one New York Times best-selling series. Juan Cabrillo and his team of expert operatives return in this latest entry in Clive Cussler's Oregon Files series. Aboard the Oregon, one of the most advanced spy ships ever built, they face new challenges and nemeses as they undertake another dangerous mission.

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Golden Buddha by Clive Cussler with Craig Dirgo, read by J. Charles. When Cabrillo and his ship are hired by the US government to find an ancient statue known as the Golden Buddha, stolen from the Dalai Lama in 1959, the stakes couldn't be higher. Success or failure will determine the future of Tibet. Playing the Russians off against the Chinese while battling against mysterious forces who will do anything to stop them, the crew of the Oregon face a formidable foe.

Det sicilianska projektet är århundradets mest välbevarade hemlighet, presidentens eget skötebarn. Om det lyckats kommer Förenta staternas försvar att under en lång tid framåt vara oövervinneligt. Vad är sambandet mellan detta topphemliga försvarsvapen och Titanic, lyxångaren som sjönk på sin jungfrufärd 1912? Varför får en grupp experter order om att bärga Titanic, till vajre pris? Under ledning av mångsysslaren och allvetaren Dirk Pitt sätter bärgningsteamet igång.

Colorado, USA – Januari 1954. Ett militärt transportflygplan lyfter från flygbasen i Buckley med en last så hemlig att inte ens besättningen vet vad de fraktar. Kort efter starten tvingas planet nödlanda och är sedan spårlöst försvunnet... Colorado, USA – September 1988. Under en weekend i Klippiga bergen hittar Dirk Pitt, bärgningschef vid Nationella undervattens- och marinbyrån, delar av ett flygplan i en fritidsstuga. Av ren nyfikenhet försöker han ta reda på hur de hamnat där, något som visar sig överraskande svårt.

In the early days of World War II, the infamous German Luftwaffe embark upon an expedition to Antarctica's icy continent. Their mission ends in disaster - its frozen secrets lying forgotten for almost a century. When a former NUMA colleague mysteriously disappears, Kurt Austin and his assistant, Joe Zavala, journey to the freezing edge of the world to investigate. Amidst the perilous waters and frigid temperatures, they soon uncover a terrifying weapon - a man-made, fast-growing ice with the power to usher in a new Ice Age.

Ten-year-old twins Lacey and Casey Nicefolk have always wanted to fly, but kids can't fly...or can they? They can if they know the mysterious Sucoh Sucop, a man who claims to have an enchanted box that can transform any toy into the real thing! Before you know it, the twins, along with their droopy-eared basset hound, Floopy, are soaring cross-country in a real-live Wright brothers biplane, which they name Vin Fiz (after Casey's favorite grape soda). But dangers lurk everywhere....

Det er juli månad, år 2003. Under sin jungfruresa tar lyxkryssninsfartyget "Emerald Dolphin" eld och sjunker efter vad som tros vara sabotage. Nära två tusen passagerares liv räddas tack vare att NUMA:s forskningsfartyg, med Dirk Pitt ombord, finns i närheten. Det är även Pitt som får uppdraget att undersöka varför lyxkryssaren sjönk. Efterforskningarna leder honom till Cerberus Corporation – ett hänsynslöst företag som använder sig av terrorism för att få makt över USA:s oljemarknad.

Dopo anni passati a caccia di tesori e segreti sepolti dalla Storia, i coniugi Fargo sono abituati a scoperte e sorprese di ogni genere: quello però che trovano nelle paludi del fiume Pocomoke, nel Maryland, è qualcosa di davvero curioso: un sottomarino tedesco risalente alla Seconda guerra mondiale, al cui interno si trova una bottiglia di vino della famosa "riserva perduta" di Napoleone. L'oggetto si rivela essere una delle dodici tessere di un puzzle, tante sono le bottiglie della riserva che dovrebbe condurre a un tesoro dal valore inestimabile, perso nelle nebbie dei tempo.

A century apart, Dirk Pitt and Isaac Bell team up to unlock the truth about the most famous maritime disaster of all time. In the present day, Dirk Pitt is must make a daring rescue from inside an antiquated submersible in the waters around New York City. His reward afterwards is a document left behind a century earlier by legendary detective Isaac Bell - a document that re-opens a historical mystery. In 1911 Colorado, Isaac Bell is asked to look into an unexplained tragedy at Little Angel Mine, a disaster in which nine people died.

Flyvemaskinen med den dødbringende pest-organisme er styrtet ned. Man mener, den må liggge på bunden af Stillehave En pestorganisme så gruopvækkende, at Præsident Eisenhower giver ordre til at stoppe alle videre forsøg med den og udslette alle spor af dens eksistens. Men flyvemaskinen er ikke styrtet ned i Stillehavet. En dag finder Dirk Pitt den på bunden af en sø i Colorado. Der mangler nogle af beholderne med den dødbringende pest.

Augusti 1945. Med en kvast av blå lågor sprutande ur avgasrören vrålar det väldiga bombplanet iväg längs startbanan. Snart är det ute över det svarta havet på sin långa färd mot Japan. Ombord finns den tredje atombomben som ska fällas över Osaka. Men till skillnad från bombplanen med destination Hiroshima och Nagasaki når aldrig B 29-an sitt mål. Det skjuts ner över havet och tar sin hemlighet med sig i djupet. I krigets efterdyningar förnekas dess existens och när åren går glöms det bort.

Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon have undergone many hair-raising adventures before - but never one quite like this. Jungles come in many forms. There are the steamy rain forests of the Burmese highlands. There are the lies and betrayals of the world of covert operations. And there are the dark and twisted thoughts of a man bent on near-global domination. To pull off their latest mission, Cabrillo and his remarkable men and women must survive them all.

In the waning days of World War II, the Japanese tried a last desperate measure - a different kind of kamikaze mission. This one was 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 for the prize inside - a plan that could reshape the world as we know it.

Detective Isaac Bell's wife has said that he is always in the wrong place at the right time. This is certainly the case when Bell thwarts the attempted assassination of a United States senator shortly after meeting the man. This heroic rescue is just the start of the mystery for Bell, who suspects that the would-be assassins have a much larger and more dangerous agenda - one involving the nearly constructed Panama Canal. While the senator supports the building of the canal, there are many who never want to see the its completion.

Alldeles nyligen njöt Dirk Pitt av solen och värmen i Kalifornien, då ett brådskande samtal fick honom att överge Stilla havets ljumma bris och bege sig rakt in i Nordatlantens isande kyla. Ett fartyg som länge varit försvunnet har hittats fastfruset i ett isberg. Där görs en bisarr upptäckt – alla ombord är brända till oigenkännlighet. Fartygets ovärderliga last är dock borta, en last som skulle kunna rubba den känsliga maktbalansen i världen. Upptäckten för Dirk Pitt in i ett virrvarr av villospår som döljer ett nätverk bestående av världens tolv rikaste män.

Una nuova avventura del il re degli abissi Dirk Pitt nella serie amatissima di un maestro dell'avventura... E se la fortuna avesse smesso di sorridere a Dirk Pitt? Mentre sta indagando insieme ad Al Giordino, suo inseparabile compagno d'avventure, su una terribile e misteriosa epidemia che dilaga nel Mar dei Caraibi e che rischia di minacciare gli Stati Uniti, Dirk Pitt, l'Indiana Jones dei mari, si trova coinvolto suo malgrado in qualcosa di infinitamente più pericoloso: una lotta per il controllo del potere nella Cuba post Castro.

The murder of a team of UN scientists while investigating mysterious deaths in El Salvador. A deadly collision in the waterways off Detroit. An attack from tomb raiders on an archaeological site along the Nile. Is there a link between these violent events? The answer may lie with the tale of an Egyptian princess forced to flee the armies of her father 3,000 years ago. From the desert sands of Egypt to the rocky isles of Ireland to the deepwater lochs of Scotland, only Dirk Pitt can unravel the secrets of an ancient enigma that could change the very future of mankind.

Kurt Austin and the NUMA crew risk everything to stop a cutthroat arms dealer from stealing a priceless ancient treasure in the thrilling new novel from the number one Sunday Times best-selling grand master of adventure. In 1074 BC, vast treasures disappear from the tombs of Egyptian Pharaohs. In 1927, a daredevil American aviator vanishes on an attempted transcontinental flight. And in the present day, a fishing trawler - along with its mysterious cargo - sinks off the coast of Scotland.

I Fargo tentano anche questa volta di riposarsi in vacanza. ma la cosa pare impossibile. Dovranno mettersi sulle tracce di un segreto dell’impero azteco in grado di riscrivere la Storia.