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Iceberg (Dirk Pitt novel ; #2)
By Clive Cussler. 2004
The towering iceberg drifting in the North Atlantic was a floating tomb, for embedded in it was a ship -…
sealed in so solidly that not even its mast protruded. Here was a sea mystery to rank with the Bermuda Triangle and the Marie Celeste. But for Major Dirk Pitt, top troubleshooter for the National Underwater and Marine Agency, it was also the first link in a fantastic chain of events that would lead him too close to violent death. Sequel to "The Mediterranean caper", followed by "Raise the Titanic". Some descriptions of sex and some strong language, descriptions of violence. 2004, c1975. (Dirk Pitt novel ; 2)The chase (An Isaac Bell Adventure Ser. #1)
By Clive Cussler. 2007
In 1906, the U.S. government hires no-nonsense detective Isaac Bell to apprehend a murderous bank robber nicknamed the Butcher Bandit.…
Bell pursues his quarry throughout the Wild West, arriving in San Francisco during a disastrous earthquake and fire. Bell soon discovers that he, too, is being hunted. Some violence. 2007Trojan odyssey (Dirk Pitt Ser.)
By Clive Cussler. 2003
After meeting their father for the first time in Valhalla Rising (DB 52893), twins Summer and Dirk work for marine…
agency NUMA investigating a brown tide in the Caribbean, where they discover mysterious ancient relics. Meanwhile Dirk Sr. rushes to save a floating resort from a deadly hurricane. Some violence. Bestseller. 2003Fire ice: a novel from the Numa files
By Clive Cussler. 2002
Kurt Austin and his forces at the National Underwater and Marine Agency (NUMA) battle Mikhail Razov, a Russian billionaire who…
plans to destroy the coastal United States. Razov fires missiles in the ocean to release methane hydrate that triggers tsunamis and global warming. Violence and strong language. Bestseller. 2002Valhalla rising (Dirk Pitt Ser.)
By Clive Cussler. 2001
Dirk Pitt, on board an oceanographic survey vessel, helps rescue passengers from a luxury cruise ship that mysteriously catches fire…
on its maiden voyage. One of the survivors is Kelly Egan who has managed to save her father's papers, only to have her life threatened. Some violence and some strong language. Bestseller. 2001Pacific vortex! (Dirk Pitt Ser.)
By Clive Cussler. 1984
Deep-sea expert Dirk Pitt is put to the ultimate test as he plunges into the perilous waters of the "pacific…
vortex," a fog-shrouded zone where dozens of ships have vanished without a trace. The latest victim is a nuclear submarine. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 1982. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 1982Atlantis found (Dirk Pitt Ser.)
By Clive Cussler. 1999
Artifacts from ancient civilizations are popping up everywhere and Dirk Pitt, his associate Al Giordino, and archaeologist/linguist Patricia O'Connell are…
investigating. But the Fourth Empire, a terrorist group led by the Wolf family, is determined to stop them and take over the entire world. Some violence and some strong language. Bestseller. 1999Raise the Titanic! (Dirk Pitt Ser.)
By Clive Cussler. 1976
To ensure America's security, it becomes essential to obtain the rare element byzanium, which lies in the hold of the…
sunken Titanic. Dirk Pitt, jack-of-all-trades, attempts to raise the ship, but a hurricane and Russian spies complicate his mission. Strong languageFlood tide: a novel (Dirk Pitt Ser.)
By Clive Cussler. 1997
In the year 2000 Dirk Pitt of the National Underwater and Marine Agency is working with immigration officials to stop…
the smuggling of Chinese workers into the United States. Gangster Qin Shang has even built a port in Louisiana to unload the illegals. Pitt is also investigating a rumor of a shipwrecked Chinese vessel bearing a load of treasure. Some violence and some strong language. BestsellerShock wave: a novel (Dirk Pitt Ser.)
By Clive Cussler. 1996
In the 1850s, a male and a female prisoner survive a shipwreck and find diamonds on an island. In the…
year 2000, their descendant Arthur Dorsett plans to topple the diamond market with a flood of gems. His mining techniques are causing an "acoustic plague" that kills animals and humans. Investigating these odd deaths, Dirk Pitt meets Arthur's daughter Maeve, who is quite different from her father. Violence and some strong language. BestsellerInca gold: a novel (Dirk Pitt Ser.)
By Clive Cussler. 1994
A group of archaeologists is exploring a Peruvian sinkhole and gets in trouble. Dirk Pitt happens to be in the…
neighborhood and comes to their aid. But the rescue simply sets in motion a series of events that find Pitt looking for lost treasure, being captured by a band of art smugglers, and swimming through an uncharted underground river. Violence and strong language. BestsellerThe Mediterranean caper
By Clive Cussler. 1973
It is a quiet Sunday afternoon at Brady Field on the island of Thasos in the Aegean Sea. Then suddenly…
an old World War I biplane appears out of nowhere and attacks the installation. Off the coast, the First Attempt, part of the National Underwater Marine Agency, is hit with a series of "accidents." Major Dirk Pitt, sent to investigate, keeps remembering a plane shot down sixty years ago. Some strong language and some descriptions of sexSahara: a novel (Dirk Pitt novel ; #11)
By Clive Cussler. 1992
Cussler's hero, Dirk Pitt, rescues a young biochemist from certain death and ends up in a race to save the…
world from an environmental catastrophe. Sequel to "Dragon" (DC28143). Followed by "Inca gold". 1992. (Dirk Pitt novel ; 11)Dragon: a novel
By Clive Cussler. 1990
Dirk Pitt, whose most recent adventure was "Treasure," is back, this time battling a Japanese crime cartel. Pitt is searching…
the ocean bottom for a lost atomic bomb--a relic of World War II. Meanwhile, topside, the cartel, from its secret "Dragon Center," is smuggling atomic bombs into the United States. Can Pitt save the world from atomic destruction? Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. BestsellerTreasure: a novel (Dirk Pitt Ser.)
By Clive Cussler. 1988
When the great library of Alexandria was sacked in A.D. 391, perhaps some of its fabulous art treasures and volumes…
from its library escaped the flames and were ferried across the Atlantic. This is the premise of a suspense caper that features green-eyed Dirk Pitt, a James Bond type whom "no woman could completely possess." Some strong language. Bestseller. 1988Cyclops: a novel (Dirk Pitt Ser.)
By Clive Cussler. 1986
Suspense caper features--and ingeniously connects--a maverick American colony on the Moon, a fabulous sunken treasure sought by an unscrupulous, blimp-owning…
financier, and Soviet schemes to steal U.S. space secrets and to replace Fidel Castro with a Kremlin puppet. The action involves murder and torture as well as superpower politicking. Bestseller 1985Poseidon's arrow (Dirk Pitt adventures. #22.)
By Clive Cussler, Dirk Cussler. 2012
National Underwater and Marine Agency director Dirk Pitt and his team--including his oceanographer daughter Summer and marine engineer son Dirk,…
Jr.--are on a mission to stop the person responsible for a slew of missing ships and stealing plans for an attack submarine. Bestseller. 2012.Black wind (Dirk Pitt ; #18)
By Clive Cussler, Dirk Cussler. 2004
In the waning days of World War II, the Japanese tried a last desperate measure - a different kind of…
kamikaze mission, carried out by two submarines bound for the US, 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 has an extraordinary plan that could reshape the world as we know it. All that stands in the way are three people: a marine biologist named Summer, a marine engineer named Dirk, and their father, Dirk Pitt, the new head of NUMA. Sequel to "Trojan odyssey". 2004. (Dirk Pitt ; 18)Black wind (Dirk Pitt ; #18)
By Clive Cussler, Dirk Cussler. 2004
In the waning days of World War II, the Japanese tried a last desperate measure - a different kind of…
kamikaze mission, carried out by two submarines bound for the US, 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 has an extraordinary plan that could reshape the world as we know it. All that stands in the way are three people: a marine biologist named Summer, a marine engineer named Dirk, and their father, Dirk Pitt, the new head of NUMA. Sequel to "Trojan odyssey" (DC28368). 2004. (Dirk Pitt ; 18)Havana storm: a Dirk Pitt adventure
By Clive Cussler, Dirk Cussler. 2014
Dirk Pitt returns, in the thrilling new novel from the grand master of adventure and #1 New York Times'bestselling author.…
While investigating a toxic outbreak in the Caribbean Sea that may ultimately threaten the United States, Pitt unwittingly becomes involved in something even more dangerous'a post-Castro power struggle for the control of Cuba. Meanwhile, Pitt's children, marine engineer Dirk and oceanographer Summer, are on an investigation of their own, chasing an Aztec stone that may reveal the whereabouts of a vast historical Aztec treasure. The problem is, that stone was believed to have been destroyed on the battleship Maine in Havana Harbor in 1898, which brings them both to Cuba as well'and squarely into harm's way. The three of them have been in desperate situations before . . . but perhaps never quite as dire as the one facing them now.