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The Cutthroat (An Isaac Bell Adventure #10)
By Clive Cussler, Justin Scott. 2017
Isaac Bell may be on the hunt for the greatest monster of all time in the newest action-adventure novel from…
#1 New York Times–bestselling author Clive Cussler. The year is 1911. Chief Investigator Isaac Bell of the Van Dorn Detective Agency has had many extraordinary cases before. But none quite like this.Hired to find a young woman named Anna Pape who ran away from home to become an actress, Bell gets a shock when her murdered body turns up instead. Vowing to bring the killer to justice, he begins a manhunt which leads him into increasingly more alarming territory. Anna Pape was not alone in her fate—petite young blond women like Anna are being murdered in cities across America.And the pattern goes beyond the physical resemblance of the victims—there are disturbing familiarities about the killings themselves that send a chill through even a man as experienced with evil as Bell. If he is right about his fears, then he is on the trail of one of the greatest monsters of his time.The Pharaoh's Secret
By Clive Cussler, Graham Brown. 2015
When the NUMA crew is exposed to a dangerous toxin, Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala will stop at nothing to…
find a cure foretold by Ancient Egyptian lore in this exhilarting novel from the #1 New York Times–bestselling series Head of NUMA special assignments, Kurt Austin and his most trusted friend, Joe Zavala tangle with a ruthless powerbroker scheming to build a new Egyptian empire as glorious as those of the Pharaohs. Part of their adversary's plan rests on the manipulation of a newly discovered aquifer beneath the Sahara, but an even more devastating weapon at his disposal may threaten the entire world: a plant extract known as the black mist, discovered in the City of the Dead and rumored to have the power to take life from the living and restore it to the dead.With the balance of power in Africa and Europe on the verge of tipping, Kurt, Joe, and the rest of the NUMA team will have to fight to discover the truth behind the legends—but to do that, they have to confront in person the greatest legend of them all: Osiris, the ruler of the Egyptian underworld. From the Hardcover edition.Medusa: A Kurt Austin Adventure (The NUMA Files #8)
By Clive Cussler, Paul Kemprecos. 2009
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 authorIn 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.From the Paperback edition.Piranha
By Clive Cussler, Boyd Morrison. 2014
Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon find themselves exposed when a brilliant scientist blows their cover in the…
#1 New York Times–bestselling series by the grand master of adventure. In 1902, the volcano Mt. Pelée erupts on the island of Martinique, wiping out an entire city of thirty thousand—and sinking a ship carrying a German scientist on the verge of an astonishing breakthrough. More than a century later, Juan Cabrillo will have to deal with that scientist’s legacy.During a covert operation, Cabrillo and the crew meticulously fake the sinking of the Oregon—but when an unknown adversary tracks them down despite their planning and attempts to assassinate them, Cabrillo and his team struggle to fight back against an enemy who seems to be able to anticipate their every move. They discover that a traitorous American weapons designer has completed the German scientist’s work, and now wields extraordinary power, sending the Oregonon a race against time to stop an attack that could lead to one man ruling over the largest empire the world has ever known.From the Trade Paperback edition.The Bootlegger (An Isaac Bell Adventure #7)
By Clive Cussler, Justin Scott. 2014
Detective Isaac Bell returns in the extraordinary new adventure in the #1 New York Times-bestselling series. It is 1920, and…
both Prohibition and bootlegging are in full swing. When Isaac Bell's boss and lifelong friend Joseph Van Dorn is shot and nearly killed leading the high-speed chase of a rum-running vessel, Bell swears to him that he will hunt down the lawbreakers, but he doesn't know what he is getting into. When a witness to Van Dorn's shooting is executed in a ruthlessly efficient manner invented by the Russian secret police, it becomes clear that these are no ordinary criminals. Bell is up against a team of Bolshevik assassins and saboteurs--and they are intent on overthrowing the government of the United States.Pirate (A Sam and Remi Fargo Adventure #8)
By Clive Cussler, Robin Burcell. 2016
Unstoppable husband and wife team Sam and Remi Fargo face a challenge even they may not be able to beat…
in the #1 New York Times-bestselling series Going on a treasure hunt. X marks the spot. It’s children’s rhyme for a reason. While wealth can be lost or stolen, and even found again — if husband-and wife treasure-hunters Sam and Remi Fargo are on the case — a long-forgotten map is just the stuff of bedtime stories. Like Long John Silver and Robin Hood. But when Sam and Remi try the unthinkable, a relaxing vacation and a visit to a rare bookstore, a very real dead body suggests what they hold in their hands is an actual, ink on paper guide to a historic fortune. When the Fargos take up the challenge, they find themselves flying from California to Arizona, from Jamaica to England. Racing against a vicious corporate raider with an unhealthy obsession for this particular treasure, Sam and Remi are slowed by a new betrayal at every turn. It can only mean one thing: someone on their team cannot be trusted. Buzzing with the chemistry and wit of Sam and Remi Fargo’s chemistry and wit, Pirate reinvents the classic treasure hunt as only a Clive Cussler adventure can. A New York Times BestsellerThe Tombs (Fargo Adventure Book #4)
By Clive Cussler, Thomas Perry. 2014
Sam and Remi Fargo return in this astonishing new thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Clive Cussler--and embark…
on their most daring quest to date. When an archeologist friend requests their help to excavate a top-secret historical site, the Fargos are intrigued. But they have no idea that their discoveries will set them on a hunt for a prize beyond all imagination.The clues point to the hidden tomb of Attila the Hun, who was reportedly buried with a vast fortune of gold, jewels, and plunder: a bounty that has never been found.As they follow a trail throughout Europe, it leads them not to one tomb, but five. The Fargos also find themselves pitted against a thieving group of treasure hunters, a cunning Russian businessman, and a ruthless Hungarian who claims direct descent from Attila himself--and will stop at nothing to achieve his destiny...From the Paperback edition.The Gangster
By Clive Cussler, Justin Scott. 2016
Turn-of-the-century Detective Isaac Bell takes on the upstart leader of a vicious crime organization in this novel in the #1…
New York Times–bestselling series. It is 1906, and in New York City, the Italian crime group known as the Black Hand is on a spree: kidnapping, extortion, arson. They like to take the oldest tricks and add dynamite. When a coalition of the Black Hand’s victims hire out the Van Dorn agency to protect their businesses, their reputations, and their families, Detective Isaac Bell forms a crack squad and begins scouring the city for clues. And then he spots a familiar face.The stakes grow ever-higher, with the Black Hand becoming more ambitious, and their targets more political. If Bell can’t determine the role played by the face from his past, the next life lost could be one of the most powerful men in the nation. A New York Times BestsellerSacred Stone: Oregon Files #2 (The Oregon Files #2)
By Clive Cussler, Craig Dirgo. 2004
A power that could destroy the world A prize that men will kill to possess Juan Cabrillo must…
find it first... Two opposing groups seek a 50,000-year-old radioactive meteorite known as the Sacred Stone. Muslim extremists have stolen a nuclear device and need the stone to give them the power to vaporize any city in the west. A megalomaniacal industrialist leads a group seeking to carry out the utter annihilation of Islam itself. And caught between the two militant factions is Juan Cabrillo and his crew, who must do whatever they can to stop the impending doom...The Storm (Numa Files #10)
By Clive Cussler, Graham Brown. 2012
In the middle of the Indian Ocean, a NUMA research vessel is taking water samples when a crew member spots…
a patch of black oil ahead of them. But the substance is not oil. Like a horde of army ants, a swarm of black particles from the spoiled sea suddenly attacks, killing everyone aboard while the ship goes up in flames. A few hours later, Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala are on their way to the Indian Ocean. What they find on the smoldering hulk of the ship will eventually lead them to discover the most audacious scheme they have ever encountered: a plan to permanently alter the weather on a global scale. The insidious plot will kill millions...and it has already begun.Golden Buddha (Oregon Files #1)
By Clive Cussler, Craig Dirgo. 2003
Juan Cabrillo's first adventure with the Oregon-a state of the art spy ship disguised as a nondescript lumber hauler-takes him…
and his crew into dangerous waters, as they try to put Tibet back in the hands of the Dalai Lama by striking a deal with the Russians and the Chinese. Cabrillo's gambling chip is a golden Buddha containing records of vast oil reserves in the disputed land. But first, he'll have to locate-and steal-the all-important artifact. And there are certain people who would do anything in their power to see him fail...Typhoon Fury (The Oregon Files #12)
By Clive Cussler, Boyd Morrison. 2017
Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon sail into a perfect storm of danger when they try to stop…
a new world war in this thrilling novel from the #1 New York Times-bestselling grand master of adventure. Hired to search for a collection of paintings worth half a billion dollars, Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon soon find themselves in much deeper waters. The vicious leader of a Filipino insurgency is not only using them to finance his attacks, he has stumbled upon one of the most lethal secrets of World War II: a Japanese-developed drug, designed, but never used, to turn soldiers into super-warriors. To stop him, the Oregon must not only take on the rebel commander, but a South African mercenary intent on getting his own hands on the drug, a massive swarm of torpedo drones targeting the U.S. Navy, an approaching megastorm, and, just possibly, a war that could envelop the entire Asian continent. A New York Times BestsellerFast Ice: A Novel From The Numa® Files (The NUMA Files #18)
By Clive Cussler, Graham Brown. 2021
Kurt Austin races to Antarctica to stop a chilling plot that imperils the entire planet in the latest novel from…
the #1 New York Times-bestselling Grand Master of Adventure. In the early days of World War II, the infamous German Luftwaffe embark upon an expedition to Antarctica, hoping to set up a military base to support their goal of world domination. Though the military outpost never comes to fruition, what the Nazis find on the icy continent indeed proves dangerous...and will have implications far into the future. In the present day, Kurt Austin and his assistant Joe Zavala embark for the freezing edge of the world after a former NUMA colleague disappears in Antarctica. While there, they discover a photo of the Luftwaffe expedition of 1939, and are drawn into a decades-old conspiracy. Even as they confront perilous waters and frigid temperatures, they are also are up against a terrifying man-made weapon--a fast-growing ice that could usher in a new Ice Age. Pitted against a determined madman and a monstrous storm, Kurt and the NUMA team must unravel the Nazi-era plot in order to save the globe from a freeze that would bury it once and for all. A New York Times BestsellerFinal Option (The Oregon Files #14)
By Clive Cussler, Boyd Morrison. 2019
In Final Option, Juan Cabrillo fights the worst enemy from his past to the terrifying and unexpected ending created by…
the Grand Master of Adventure, Clive Cussler, in the latest action-packed thriller in his #1 New York Times-bestselling series. When the CIA realizes the identities of three American spies in Brazil have been compromised, they turn to Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon to rescue the agents. What seems a routine operation turns out to be a trap designed by Juan Cabrillo's greatest enemy, a man driven by hate to seek the ultimate revenge. At the heart of the plot is a state-of-the-art ship that is identical to the Oregon: same weaponry, same technology, same ability to evade capture. The only thing it doesn't have is Cabrillo and his talented crew. But will they be enough to go up against the one ship that rivals their own? The crew of the Oregon must piece together a series of disturbing events, including the mysterious sinking of a nuclear attack submarine and the possible discovery of a WWII-era weapon that was thought to be lost in the jungles of Brazil, in the ultimate game of cat and mouse. A New York Times BestsellerExploradores del mar
By Clive Cussler, Craig Dirgo. 1996
Un libro tan trepidante como las novelas de Cussler, e imprescindible para entender cómo se documenta para construir... La fragata…
unionista Cumberland, hundida por el acorazado confederado Virginia; el Hunley, primer submarino que hundió un barco de guerra; el submarino alemán U-21, que provocó el naufragio del trasatlántico Lusitania durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial; el trasatlántico belga Léopoldville, reconvertido al transporte de tropas y hundido por un torpedo alemán en la Nochebuena de 1944... Todos estos pecios han sido visitados por Clive Cussler que, además de un notable escritor de novelas de aventuras, es un apasionado de los naufragios acaecidos desde 1840 en las costas de Estados Unidos, el océano Atlántico y el mar del Norte. En Exploradores del mar, los lectores encontrarán la historia novelada del siniestro de estos y otros barcos, y las operaciones de búsqueda e investigación de cada uno de ellos explicadas hasta el más mínimo detalle. Un libro tan trepidante como las novelas de Cussler, e imprescindible para entender cómo se documenta para construir las aventuras del famoso Dirk Pitt. Reseña:«El magnífico estilo de Cussler y sus variadas experiencias en la búsqueda de tesoros históricos convierten este libro en un primera clase en el género de aventuras, que gustará por igual a los apasionados de la historia y a los fans de Pitt.»Publishers WeeklyMarauder (The Oregon Files #15)
By Clive Cussler, Boyd Morrison. 2020
It is up to Juan Cabrillo and the crew of his ship, the Oregon, to stop a terrorist plot to…
release a deadly chemical weapon across the globe in the explosive new novel in Clive Cussler's #1 New York Times bestselling series. While interrupting an attack on a Kuwaiti oil tanker, Juan Cabrillo and his team discover something even more dangerous: a ruthless billionaire's dying wish has allowed a paralyzing chemical to end up in the hands of a terrorist group. When an Oregon crew member falls victim to the poison, Juan Cabrillo will stop at nothing to find an antidote before it is too late. He and his team must connect an ancient mystery with a cunning modern enemy in order to save millions of innocent lives, including their own. A New York Times BestsellerSerpent: A Novel from the NUMA files (Numa Files #Bk. 1)
By Clive Cussler, Paul Kemprecos. 1999
The author of sixteen consecutive New York Times bestsellers unleashes a hero for the next millennium in an electrifying new…
series of unrelenting action and edge-of-your-seat thrills. Clive Cussler introduces us to Kurt Austin, the courageous leader of the NUMA exploration team.When Kurt Austin, the leader of a courageous National Underwater & Marine Agency exploration team, rescues beautiful marine archaeologist Nina Kirov off the coast 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 liner Andrea Doria. Only Kurt Austin and his crack 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.Clive Cussler The Heist (An Isaac Bell Adventure #14)
By Jack Du Brul. 2024
Detective Isaac Bell faces an attack on the Federal Reserve in this all-new adventure in the #1 New York Times…
bestselling series from Clive Cussler.1914: As America&’s century of dominance dawns, the country&’s greatest detective, Van Dorn agent Isaac Bell, is pitted against a master thief and his assassin accomplice. They&’re plotting to pull off the greatest heist in America&’s history: the theft of a billion dollars from the newly created Federal Reserve.When an aerial attack is launched against Woodrow Wilson&’s yacht during a meeting among the Federal Reserve&’s branch leaders, Bell thwarts it, only to find that the strike was just the opening of an even deadlier gambit. It&’s up to Bell to find the link between the attack, the mysterious death of a Newport heiress, and growing evidence of an unimaginably audacious heist.Double-cross and betrayal are Bell&’s stock and trade, but this time, the deeper he delves into the puzzle, the less he seems to understand. He is in a race against his most ruthless opponent yet, to prevent a financial panic that would bring the United States to its knees.Clive Cussler The Sea Wolves (An Isaac Bell Adventure #13)
By Jack Du Brul. 2022
Detective Isaac Bell battles foreign spies, German U-boats, and an old nemesis to capture a secret technology that could alter…
the outcome of World War I in the latest adventure in the #1 New York Times bestselling series from Clive Cussler.As New England swelters in the summer of 1914, Detective Isaac Bell is asked to investigate the disappearance of a cache of rifles—only to discover something much more sinister. Whoever broke into this Winchester Factory wasn&’t looking to take weapons, they wanted to leave something in the shipping crates: a radio transmitter, set to summon a fleet of dreaded German U-boats. Someone is trying to keep American supplies from reaching British shores, and if Bell doesn&’t crack the conspiracy in time, the Atlantic Ocean will run red with blood.Bell must hunt down a new piece of technology that is allowing the Germans to rule the seas from New York to England. With the outcome of the war at stake and Franklin Roosevelt&’s orders on the line, Bell will risk everything to stop the U-Boats before they strike again.Mirage (The Oregon Files #9)
By Clive Cussler, Jack Du Brul. 2012
The extraordinary new novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series from the grand master of adventure. In October…
1943, a U.S. destroyer sailed out of Philadelphia and supposedly vanished, the result of a Navy experiment with electromagnetic radiation. The story was considered a hoax--but now Juan Cabrillo and his Oregon colleagues aren't so sure.There is talk of a new weapon soon to be sold, something very dangerous to America's interests, and the rumors link it to the great inventor Nikola Tesla, who was working with the Navy when he died in 1943. Was he responsible for the experiment? Are his notes in the hands of enemies?As Cabrillo races to find the truth, he discovers there is even more at stake than he could have imagined--but by the time he realizes it, he may already be too late...