Dirk Pitt returns in the extraordinary new novel from the #1 New York Timesbestselling author.
In A.D. 327, a Roman galley barely escapes a pirate attack with its extraordinary cargo. In 1916, a British warship mysteriously explodes in the middle of the North Sea. In the present day, a cluster of important mosques in Turkey and Egypt are wracked by explosions. Does anything tie them together?
NUMA director Dirk Pitt is about to find out, as Roman artifacts discovered in Turkey and Israel unnervingly connect to the rise of a fundamentalist movement determined to restore the glory of the Ottoman Empire, and to the existence of a mysterious manifest, lost long ago, which if discovered again . . . just may change the history of the world as we know it.
Publishers Weekly
In the bloated fourth Dirk Pitt novel from Cussler and son Dirk (after Arctic Drift), evildoers Ozden Aktan Celik and Ozden's sister, Maria, who are bent on Muslim domination of the Middle East, plot to blow up sacred Muslim sites like Jerusalem's Dome of the Rock and pin the blame on the CIA in particular and the West in general. Dirk, the director of the National Underwater and Marine Agency, and the Celiks are both searching for lost religious artifacts related to Jesus, artifacts whose rediscovery could embarrass certain powerful members of the British establishment. The authors keep the action moving with plenty of wreck diving, running sea battles, and ships laden with explosives. Fans of the indefatigable Pitt will enjoy watching their hero as he joins the battle on land, in the air, and at sea, but others might wish the Cusslers had picked less familiar terrorist targets. (Nov.)
Categories:
- Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
- Thrillers & Suspense
Publisher : G.P. Putnam's Sons
Author : Cussler, Dirk,Cussler, Clive
Language : English
Edition : First Edition
Published :2010-11-16
Number Of Pages : 548
Binding : hardcover
ISBN-10 : 039915714X
ISBN-13 : 9780399157141
Item weight : 1.75 lb
Dimensions : 1.9 in x 6.1 in x 9.1 in
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