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Poseidon's arrow Dirk Pitt Series, Book 22

It is the greatest advance in American defense technology in decades -- an attack submarine capable of incredible underwater speeds. There is only one problem: A key element of the prototype is missing -- and the man who developed it is dead. At the same time, ships have started vanishing mid-ocean,...

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Main Author: Cussler, Clive
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Language:English
Published: 2012.
Series:Cussler, Clive. Dirk Pitt adventure ; 22.
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Summary:It is the greatest advance in American defense technology in decades -- an attack submarine capable of incredible underwater speeds. There is only one problem: A key element of the prototype is missing -- and the man who developed it is dead. At the same time, ships have started vanishing mid-ocean, usually never to be found again, but when they are, sometimes bodies are found aboard... burned to a crisp. What is going on? And what does it have to do with an Italian submarine that vanished in 1943? Or did it? It is up to NUMA director Dirk Pitt and his team, aided by a beautiful NCIS agent and by Pitt's children, Dirk, Jr., and Summer, to go on a desperate international chase to find the truth. But what they discover is a much, much greater threat than even they imagined...
Physical Description:1 online resource.
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ISBN:9781101607008
Author Notes:Clive Cussler was born in Aurora, Illinois on July 15, 1931. He attended Pasadena City College for two years before enlisting in the United States Air Force during the Korean War. After his discharge from the military, he worked first as a copywriter and later as a creative director for two of the nation's most successful advertising agencies. At that time, he wrote and produced radio and television commercials that won numerous international awards, including one at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival.

He began writing in 1965 and published his first novel featuring Dirk Pitt in 1973. His first non-fiction work, The Sea Hunters, was published in 1996. He has written over 50 books including the Dirk Pitt series, the NUMA Files series, Oregon Files series, Isaac Bell series, and the Fargo Adventure series.

He is the Chairman of NUMA (National Underwater and Marine Agency), a non-profit group which he founded. He and his crew of marine experts and NUMA volunteers have discovered over 60 historically significant underwater wreck sites.

Clive Cussler died on February 24, 2020 at the age of 88. (Bowker Author Biography)

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