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Something bad happened to Matinicus "Matt" Hawkins in Afghanistan. The ex-SEAL was grievously wounded in an ambush that killed men under his command and almost ended his life. When he pushed for an investigation, he was kicked out of the Navy with a psychiatric discharge. The doctors put his shattered leg back together, but the bitterness destroyed his marriage. Five years later, Hawkins is jerked out of his tranquil life as a designer of undersea robots. A super-secret government group wants him to go back to Afghanistan on a strange and dangerous mission. A Georgetown University historian has unearthed evidence that could lead to the fabulous treasure of Prester John, a legendary Christian ruler of an eastern empire. The historian has disappeared, and the government wants Hawkins to track down the treasure as a matter of national security. The centerpiece of the trove, an emerald-encrusted gold scepter, is the linchpin in the Prophet''s Necklace, code-name for a plot that is intended to kill more people than the attack on the Twin Towers and rally others to the terrorist cause. Hawkins sees his mission to foil the plot as an opportunity to search for answers. He pulls together an eclectic team that includes his ex-wife, a former comrade-in-arms and a mentally unstable computer whiz. Backed by his unlikely team, Hawkins will travel thousands of miles and hundreds of years on an amazing time-space odyssey. He''ll face off against a cold-blooded killer. Probe the underwater secrets of an ancient tomb. Navigate the treacherous stands of an unimaginable conspiracy. And in the process, will discover that there are treasures even more valuable than gold.

#1 New York Times bestselling author Clive Cussler delivers another page-turning NUMA adventure featuring an underwater exploration team on the hunt to discover ancient hidden treasure—before the world as they know it changes forever. When Kurt Austin, the leader of a courageous National Underwater and Marine Agency exploration team, rescues beautiful marine archaeologist Nina Kirov off the cost of Morocco, he becomes the next target of Texas industrialist Don Halcon. A madman bent on carving a new nation out of the southwestern United States and Mexico, Halcon’s scheme hinges on Nina’s recent discovery involving Christopher Columbus and a priceless pre-Columbian antiquity buried in the battered remains of the sunken Italian luxury line Andrea Doria. Only Kurt Austin and his NUMA team stand between Halcon and the Andrea Doria’s silent steel hull—and if their deadly mission fails, Halcon will ride to power on a wave of death and destruction.

NUMA operative Kurt Austin takes on a madman fronting as an evironmentalist in this #1 New York Times-bestselling series. Sixty years ago, an eccentric Hungarian genius discovered how to artificially trigger such a shift in the polar ice caps, which could cause massive eruptions, earthquaks, and even climate changes. But then his work disappeared, or so it was thought. Now, the charismatic leader of an antiglobalization group plans to use it to give the world’s industrialized nations a small jolt, before reversing the shift back again. The only problem is, it cannot be reversed. Once it starts, there is nothing anyone can do. Austin, Zavala, and the rest of the NUMA Special Assignments Team must make strange alliances to protect this technology from being exploited by their new and power-hungry nemesis before the entire planet is made to pay. Rich with all the hair-raising action and endless imagination that have become Cussler’s hallmarks, Polar Shift is a wonderful thriller—indeed, “vintage Cussler.”

Hailed as a hero for the new millennium, NUMA leader Kurt Austin must protect the seas’ delicate ecosystem from a fish-farming organization with big plans for their genetically-modified product in this #1 New York Times-bestselling adventure series. A confrontation between a radical environmentalist group and a Danish cruiser leave many survivors trapped inside a sunken ship. But when the head of NUMA Special Assignments, Kurt Austin, and his colleague, Joe Zavala, are enlisted to run the rescue operation, they uncover a far more sinister agenda on the part of the supposed environmental group. Their agency, Sentinels of the Sea, is connected to a shadowy multinational corporation with plans for controlling the world’s oceans. And somebody within the company is willing to kill anyone who gets in the way. When Austin narrowly escapes an explosion on his own boat, he becomes certain he’s the next target. This can only mean he’s onto something big. In fact, he’s in the midst of an environmental disaster that has already begun, and only he and NUMA® stand in the way….

Leader of the NUMA Special Assignments team, Kurt Austin must work with a former KGB spy to save the United States from a lunatic with a generations-spanning grudge in this novel in the #1 New York Times-bestselling series. Kurt Austin is preparing for an interview while aboard a research vessel in the Black Sea. But his television spot suddenly becomes a rescue mission when the waiting film crew is attacked on a nearby island. With little information on the attackers, and no clue to their true agenda, Austin is forced to turn to an unlikely source: his old KGB Cold War adversary Vladimir Petrov. According to Petrov, the island is actually an old submarine base that’s been commandeered by clever mobster-turned-billionaire-businessman Mikhail Razov. Razov is certain he descends from the great Romanov family and he’s out to reclaim his rightful position as czar of Russia. With a powerful resource called “fire ice”, discovered by his mining company, Razov may just have the ammunition he needs to take over the modern world. To stop him, Austin will have to work with Petrov. And he’ll have to find out fast how much trust he can offer an old nemesis in this thrilling adventure that “goes down like a chilled Stolichnaya martini.” (Kirkus Reviews)

The NUMA crew, under Kurt Austin’s direction, take on a blood-thirsty family with a fortune built on crime, in what may be race to discover the very secret of ever-lasting life in this heart-bounding installment in the #1 New York Times-bestselling series. Kurt Austin is mid-mission when his new colleague, the stunning archeologist Skye Labelle, is called away to examine a mysterious 16th-century military helmet discovered in the possession of a very contemporary-looking corpse. Ms. Labelle’s research on the armor draws her into the sights of a ruthless black-widow with her own plans for the artifact. As danger creeps closer to Ms. Labelle, a scientist half-way across the globe is kidnapped. At the same time, experts working to harvest an enzyme discovered two thousand feet down in the North Atlantic, in an area known as “Lost City,” start turning up dead. Worlds apart in location and areas of expertise, they all have something in common. And it’s up to Kurt Austin, with the help of Joe Zavala and the NUMA Special Assignments Team, to put the pieces together if he’s going to keep his friend safe.

Deep-sea explorer and government operative Kurt Austin must save the world from a deliberate viral outbreak in this thriller from the #1 New York Times-bestselling author In the Micronesian islands, a top-secret U.S. government-sponsored undersea lab conducting vital biomedical research on a rare jellyfish known as the Blue Medusa suddenly disappears. At the same time, off Bermuda, a bathysphere is attacked by an underwater vehicle and left helpless a half-mile below the surface, its passengers—including Zavala—left to die. Only Kurt Austin’s heroic measures save them from a watery grave, but suspecting a connection, Austin puts the NUMA team on the case. Austin''s team has no way to prepare for what comes next: a hideous series of medical experiments, an extraordinarily ambitious Chinese criminal organization, and a secret new virus that threatens to set off a worldwide pandemic. Austin and Zavala have been in tight spots before, but this time it’s not just their own skins they’re trying to save—it’s the lives of millions. Filled with the high-stakes suspense and boundless invention that are unique to Cussler, Medusa is the most thrilling novel yet from the grand master of adventure.

UNDERWATER UNDERHANDEDNESS . . . A simple missing-persons case: Find Frederick Walther''s beautiful young daughter, who disappeared after a love affair turned sour. Simple, that is, until Leslie Walther''s lover turns up dead in a fishy place-the seal pool at the Woods Hole aquarium. Part-time fisherman-part-time private eye "Soc" Socarides finds the highly loathsome Tom Drake had a number of acquaintances, business rivals, ex-lovers, and an ex-wife-all with reason to want him dead. Soc''s investigation turns up so many knotted threads he could make a fishnet: a long-lost German U-boat, a cutting-edge underwater vehicle, corporate espionage, a shady munitions dealer, and a CIA spook from Soc''s distant past. Soc hopes the net will snare a murderer. But if he makes one wrong move, it could drag him down to a cold, wet, silent grave.

Aristotle "Soc" Socarides mystery.

Cape Cod fisherman-sleuth Aristotle "Soc" Socarides juggles simultaneous investigations into a missing freighter, unexplained offshore attacks, and a children''s vacation camp threatened with bankruptcy.

En la sexta entrega de «Archivos NUMA», la icónica serie de aventuras de Clive Cussler, Kurt Austin y Joe Zavala deberán enfrentarse a un sabotaje ecológico de magnitudes fatales. Inversión polar: este es el nombre de un fenómeno que puede se diera a menudo en el pasado. Cuando se manifiesta en la actualidad, aunque mucho más débilmente, sigue desorientando a los pájaros, a los animales y daña las instalaciones eléctricas. En su forma más virulenta, causa erupciones volcánicas, terremotos y drásticos cambios climáticos. Así hasta llegar a una posible destrucción de toda la materia viva... Hace setenta años, un excéntrico científico húngaro descubrió cómo provocar artificialmente una inversión polar pero sus investigaciones desaparecieron (o eso se creía). Ahora, el carismático líder de un grupo antiglobalización planea utilizarlas para asustar a las naciones industrializadas. El único problema es que dicho proceso es irreversible y, una vez empieza, no se puede hacer nada para detenerlo. Austin, Zavala y el resto de la NUMA se han visto antes en situaciones muy comprometidas, pero nunca en una tan peligrosa como esta. Esta vez, incluso ellos pueden llegar demasiado tarde. Reseña: «Acción e imaginación desbordante, las marcas de fábrica de Clive Cussler.» Los Angeles Times

Globalisierungsgegner einerseits und Finanzmagnaten andererseits wollen die Kontrolle der weltweiten Kommunikation an sich reissen. Durch manipulierte elektromagnetische Strahlen wird ein Polsprung ausgelöst, der ozeanische Riesenwellen hervorbringt ...

"Absorbing....Soc is an appealing, witty protagonist..and the Cape Cod locale is rendered with panache in this face-paced enjoyable yarn." Publisher''s Weekly Life''s a Beach-Until Murder Rolls in With the Tide A 50-million-dollar salvage operation. An expert diver dead at the bottom of the sea. An elegant mermaid in a black Porsche-and an open invitation to dip into the troubled waters of her marriage. Cape Cod''s Aristotle "Soc" Socarides, part-time fisherman, part-time private eye, is swimming with the sharks. Only problem is, he''s the bait...and blood is beginning to boil to the surface. Soc didn''t think he could get in much deeper, but he''d better think again. A family debt of honor comes due-a debt only he can settle-plunging him into the middle of a lethal search for buried treasure. Now Soc''s about to discover how deadly the Cape''s currents can be. Snarled in a net of smuggling, treachery, and revenge, he''s finding out that no matter how far down you go, nothing''s harder to salvage than the truth. "Absolutely the best private-eye mystery I''ve read. I can''t wait for the next one." Bestselling Author, Clive Cussler

I 1956 gik det italienske passagerskib ́Andrea Doria ́ ned efter en kollision med det svenske skib ́Stockholm ́, en katastrofe, der nemt kunne være blevet værre, end dengang ́Titanic ́ sank. Ifølge Clive Cussler, som hele sit liv har interesseret sig levende for skibskatastrofer, blev skibet sænket. Historien begynder to generationer efter forliset, da arkæologen Nina Kirov flygter fra et terrorangreb på sit udgravningssted og reddes af Kurt Austin og hans besætning på et NUMA-forskningsskib. Et hold arkæologer er vel ikke det mest oplagte terroristmål, og Kurt Austin undrer sig. Men da han kommer under vejr med fundet af et mumificeret lig med initialerne C.C. i et oversvømmet mayatempel og en armeret vogn, der gik ned sammen med Andrea Doria, er scenen sat til et undervandseventyr dybt nede i skibets skrog skarpt forfulgt af medlemmerne af et hemmeligt spansk broderskab, der angiveligt skulle have været opløst for mere end 300 år siden.

In need of cash, sometime private detective Soc Socarides takes on the case of a murdered fisherman found harpooned in a stolen boat, but begins to regret his actions when the investigation takes another deadly turn

In natura esiste un fenomeno elettromagnetico che può provocare violenti terremoti, onde anomale, maremoti, eruzioni vulcaniche e variazioni climatiche. Alla massima potenza, è in grado di cancellare ogni forma di vita sulla Terra. Si chiama «slittamento polare». Negli anni ’40 del Novecento qualcuno scoprì il modo di innescare artificialmente tale slittamento: fu il professor Kovacs, uno scienziato ungherese fortunosamente sfuggito ai nazisti – che intendevano rapirlo per utilizzare i suoi studi a scopi bellici – e scomparso poi nel nulla insieme al materiale delle sue ricerche. Ma ora qualcuno sembra aver messo le mani sui Teoremi di Kovacs: il leader di un gruppo di sedicenti anarchici no global, che progetta di dare una piccola scossa ammonitrice alle nazioni industrializzate prima di rimettere tutto a posto. Il rischio è altissimo, poiché lo slittamento non è reversibile e la catastrofe sembra inevitabile. A meno che qualcuno non conosca l’antidoto per evitarla… Kurt Austin, Joe Zavala e i compagni della Squadra Missioni Speciali della NUMA hanno già affrontato missioni ad alta tensione, ma mai si sono misurati con una sfida del genere. Questa volta anche per loro potrebbe essere troppo tardi.

En este quinto volumen de la serie de novelas de aventuras trepidantes «Archivos NUMA», Kurt Austin y Joe Zavala deberán investigar una extraña serie de asesinatos cuyo nexo común es una cotizada enzima recientemente descubierta en el fondo del océano. Una enzima capaz de prolongar la vida ha sido descubierta a doscientos pies de profundidad en el Atlántico Norte, en el área conocida como «La Ciudad Perdida». Pero, ¿por qué todos los que se dedican a recogerla son asesinados? ¿Por qué los científicos de un remoto laboratorio griego desaparecen uno a uno? ¿Qué tiene todo esto que ver con un cuerpo que acaba de aparecer congelado en una cima de los Alpes? Para Kurt Austin, Jefe de la División de Proyectos Especiales de la NUMA, y su compañero Joe Zavala, está claro que alguien entorpece su trabajo, pero descubrir quién y por qué, será, sin que ellos lo imaginen, el mayor reto que han tenido que afrontar hasta ahora. Reseña: « La Ciudad Perdida es un thriller excepcional, uno de los mejores de Clive, el Poderoso.» Kirkus Reviews

The most audaciously imaginative novel yet in the best-selling NUMA Files series - in which Clive Cussler chronicles the adventures of Kurt Austin, Joe Zavala and the rest of the NUMA Special Assignments Team. Years ago, an ancient Phoenician statue known as the Navigator was stolen from the Baghdad museum, and there are men who would do anything to get their hands on it. Their first victim is a crooked antiquities dealer, murdered in cold blood. Their second very nearly is a UN investigator who, were it not for the timely assistance of Austin and Zavala, would now be at the bottom of a watery grave. What''s so special about this statue? Austin wonders. The search for answers will take the NUMA team on an astonishing odyssey through time and space, one that encompasses no less than the lost treasures of King Solomon, a mysterious packet of documents personally encoded by Thomas Jefferson, and a top-secret scientific project that could change the world forever. And that''s before the surprises really begin . . . Visit clivecussler.com.au for more Sign up to the Cussler Down Under e-newsletter