Corsair
Corsairs are pirates, and pirates come in many varieties. There are the pirates who fought in the sea off the Barbary Coast in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, the contemporary pirates who infest the waters of Africa and Asia, and the pirates . . . who look like something else. Wh...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Other Authors: | |
| Format: | Audiobooks eAudiobook Downloads eAudiobook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Books on Tape,
2009.
|
| Edition: | Unabridged. |
| Series: | Cussler, Clive. Oregon files adventures ;
6. |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | Go to Downloadable Audiobook Here. |
| Tags: |
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| Summary: | Corsairs are pirates, and pirates come in many varieties. There are the pirates who fought in the sea off the Barbary Coast in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, the contemporary pirates who infest the waters of Africa and Asia, and the pirates . . . who look like something else. When the U.S. secretary of state's plane crashes while bringing her to a summit meeting in Libya, the CIA, distrusting the Libyans, hire Cabrillo to search for her, and the misgivings prove well founded. The crew locates the plane--but the secretary of state has vanished. A terrorist mastermind has other plans for the conference, plans that Cabrillo cannot let happen. But what does it all have to do with a two-hundred-year-old naval battle, and the centuries-old Islamic scrolls that the Libyans seem so determined to find? The answers will lead Cabrillo full circle into history, and into another pitched battle on the sea, this time against Islamic extremists, and with the fate of nations resting on its outcome. From the Compact Disc edition. |
|---|---|
| Item Description: | Unabridged. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (11 audio files) : digital |
| Playing Time: | 13:27:41 |
| Format: | Requires OverDrive Listen (file size: N/A KB) or OverDrive app (file size: 378700 KB). |
| ISBN: | 9781415962633 |
| Author Notes: | 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) |
