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I 1943 BLE EN UBÅT SOM RETURNERTE FRA ET HEMMELIG TOKT ANGREPET - OG DEN VERDIFULLE LASTEN ANTATT MISTET ...Dirk Pitt får i oppdrag å finne en forsvunnet forsker. Mannen har designet en revolusjonerende prototype til en ubåt for det amerikanske forsvaret. En prototype som gjør ubåten så rask og farlig at ethvert regime vil gjøre alt for å få kloa i den. Samtidig begynner skip å forsvinne fra havet. Kan det være en forbindelse til ubåten som ble borte under annen verdenskrig? Oppdraget sender Dirk og teamet på en actionfylt reise. Oppdagelsen de gjør får større betydning enn de noensinne kunne forestille seg.Dirk Pitt er tilbake i en eventyrlig actionthriller med mysterier, skurker og ekte heltemot. Operasjon poseidon er den 22. boken i serien om den populære helten.

From the shadow of war comes an enduring historical mystery - and a present-day plot of destruction . . . France, May 1940. As the German army blitzes Europe and Parisians flee their city, the chief curator of the Musee de l'Armee is ordered to take a mysterious piece of cargo out of the country. Arriving at the port of Le Havre, he learns his intended ship has been sunk, and his cargo's uncertain fate now rests on a decrepit steamer, sailing out under German fire.Decades later, a diving expedition in the English Channel leads National Underwater and Marine Agency Director Dirk Pitt to a cache of uncut diamonds on a shipwreck. No sooner than they are discovered, the diamonds are stolen - and Pitt and the NUMA agency find themselves up against a murderous cabal with far more destructive plans than mere theft. Vital water treatment facilities around the globe are being targeted - placing the world's population in grave peril.From the shadow of the Eiffel Tower to the depths of the Irish Sea to the islands of the Caribbean, only Dirk Pitt and his children, Summer and Dirk Jr., can locate the treasure that will preserve the soul of a nation . . . and save the world from catastrophe.Praise for Clive Cussler:- The Adventure King - Sunday ExpressCussler is hard to beat - Daily MailJust about the best in the business - New York Post

Dirk Pitt etterforsker et giftig utslipp i det Karibiske hav som kan ende opp med å ødelegge klimaet på hele USAs kyst, da han uten forvarsel blir involvert i noe enda farligere: En politisk maktkamp i post-Castro Cuba. I mellomtiden er Pitts etterkommere, marinbiolog Dirk og oseanograf Summer, i gang med sine egne undersøkelser. De leter etter en sjelden stein, som kan lede dem til en historisk skatt etter aztekerne. Problemet er at steinen trolig ble destruert på et slagskip i Havanna i 1898. Jakten bringer dem til Cuba, der situasjonen tilspisser seg. Pitt-familien har opplevd farer før, men aldri med så omfattende følger som nå ...

Dirk Pitt er tilbake i en thriller fullpakket med fantastisk spenning og intriger. En lesefest for alle Cussler-fans.Dirk Pitt befinner seg i Midtøsten da han kommer over et osmansk vrak med en helt spesiell last. Plutselig står han midt i kappløpet for å få kloa i en rekke meget verdifulle gjenstander fra antikken. Samtidig blir flere moskeer i Tyrkia og Egypt bombet, og hele regionen ser ut til å være på randen av krig. Da Pitt innser at det er en sammenheng mellom de antikke gjenstandene og bombingen, må han gjøre alt som står i hans makt for å forhindre en verdensomspennende katastrofe.

The new Dirk Pitt adventure from the Number 1 Sunday Times bestselling author Penguin present the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Odessa Sea by Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler, read by Scott Brick. A desperate attempt in 1917 to preserve the wealth and power of the Romanov Empire. A Cold War bomber lost with a deadly cargo. Mysterious deaths on the Black Sea linked to modern-day smugglers of nuclear materials. At the center of it all is Dirk Pitt and his team from NUMA. As the danger escalates, theres only one man who can avert catastrophe. From London to Washington, from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean, the action never stops, as Pitt races to prevent the next global war. Praise for Clive Cussler: Clive Cussler is hard to beat Daily Mail The guy I read Tom Clancy The adventure king Daily Express Nobody does it better than Clive Cussler, nobody Stephen Coonts

Clive Cussler's Black Wind is the eighteenth Dirk Pitt adventure, and a masterclass in adventure writing.In the dark, final days of World War Two, two submarines set out from Japan bearing a deadly virus destined for US cities. But neither boat was heard of again...Present day: NUMA Special Projects Director Dirk Pitt rescues a team of scientists from a deadly cloud of poison gas in the North West Pacific. Discovering that this was no natural phenomenon, Pitt is quickly on the hunt for a pair of lost WWII submarines and their deadly cargo. But he soon learns that he's not the only one searching for the virus: a sinister group of very able terrorists are aiming to relaunch the attack on the US some sixty years later. With time running out, only Dirk Pitt and the NUMA team stand between evil forces and a terrifying assault on America's west coast ...With pulse-pounding suspense and jaw-dropping action on almost every page, Black Wind is a Clive Cussler story that no adventure junkie dare miss. Black Wind is the eighteenth of Clive Cussler's bestselling Dirk Pitt novels - the series that also includes Sahara and, his first novel, Mayday - co-authored with his son Dirk Cussler, in which our hero races against a terrorist organisation to prevent a biological attack on the US. Praise for Clive Cussler:'No holds barred adventure ... a souped-up treat' Daily Mirror'Frightening and full of suspense ... unquestionably entertaining' Daily Express

Arctic Drift sees Clive Cussler's greatest hero, Dirk Pitt, fighting his enemies in the cruel Arctic.A foundered Victorian ship looking for the fabled Northwest Passage holds a secret in its icy grave . . . When Dirk Pitt of NUMA is almost blown to pieces in a lab explosion, he suspects sabotage. The lab in question belongs to a scientist hoping to use a rare mineral to combat greenhouse gases - but who would want to destroy our one chance to save the planet?But there are those who will do anything to control such a valuable prize. Pitt's investigations take him to the Arctic in search of a clue to the origins of this precious mineral. There he and NUMA colleague Al Giordino must battle for survival against the hostile elements and an evil megalomaniac who is about to plunge the North American continent into war . . .Arctic Drift is a white-knuckle ride of a novel that once picked up you won't want to put down. It is the twentieth of Clive Cussler's bestselling Dirk Pitt novels - the series that also includes Raise the Titanic!and his first novel, Mayday - and is co-authored with his son Dirk Cussler. Praise for Clive Cussler: 'Clive Cussler is hard to beat' Daily Mail