dirk Pitt's Nemesis Is A Wealthy Chinese Smuggler Who Has Made A Fortune In Human Slavery. Tracking His Nefarious Activities Leads Pitt From Washington State To Louisiana, Where The Chinese Slaves Are Constructing A Shipping Port In The Middle Of Nowhere. The Trail Pitt Follows Leads To The Mysterious Sinking Of A Ship That Chiang Kai-shek Filled With Treasure When He Fled China In 1949. As Pitt Prepares For A Final Showdown, He Finds Himself Face-to-face With His Most Formidable Opponent Ever.
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fresh From Battling An Evil Diamond Merchant In shock Wave, Dirk Pitt, Cussler's Perennial Hero, And His Sidekick, Al Giordino, Are Out To Catch A Chinese Shipping Magnate Who Smuggles Illegal Chinese Immigrants Into Countries Around The World To Be Worked As Indentured Slaves. On A Lake Near Seattle, Pitt Stumbles Across Qin Shang's Heavily Guarded Compound. Pitt Is The Special Projects Director For The National Underwater & Marine Agency (numa, The Non-profit Organization Cussler Founded In Real Life To Explore Underwater Sites). Searching The Lake With A Robotic Observation Device, Pitt Finds Heaps Of Mass-executed Chinese Bodies. He Then Rescues A Dozen Still-living Captives, Including Beautiful Immigration And Naturalization Services Agent Julia Lee. It's Revealed That Qin Shang's Hefty Campaign Contributions Have Led The White House To Block Ins Action Against The Wealthy Manipulator. Numa And Ins Bosses Join To Set Up A Secret Task Force Spearheaded By Pitt, Girodino And Lee And Supported By An Ex-cia Mercenary Naval Vessel To Launch Clandestine Sorties Against Qin Shang's Strongholds. They Narrowly Squash A Plot That Would Cause Ecological And Economic Destruction From New Orleans To Eastern Texas, But Qin Shang Remains Untouched, Perhaps To Surface In A Sequel. Some Readers Will Wince At The Way Cussler Heightens The Drama By Tapping Into Right-wing Fears Of A Flood Tide Of Nonwhite Immigrants. Still, Series Fans Will Delight In The Well-executed Plot Twists And Revel In Cussler's Portrayal Of A Shipwreck Laden With Tons Of Chinese Antiquities.
Categories:
- Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
- Thrillers & Suspense
- Spies & Politics
- Espionage
- Spies & Politics
- Thrillers & Suspense
Publisher : Pocket Star
Author : Cussler, Clive
Language : English
Edition : Illustrated
Published :2009-12-29
Number Of Pages : 688
Binding : mass_market
ISBN-10 : 1439148112
ISBN-13 : 9781439148112
Item weight : 0.93 lb
Dimensions : 1.65 in x 3.86 in x 7.17 in
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