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Fast ice a novel from the Numa files

After a former NUMA colleague disappears while researching the icebergs of Antarctica, Kurt Austin and his assistant Joe Zavala investigate. 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 i...

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Main Authors: Cussler, Clive (Author), Brown, Graham, 1969- (Author)
Other Authors: Cussler, Clive.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, [2021]
Series: Kurt Austin adventures ; 18.
Subjects:
Austin, Kurt > (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Marine scientists > Fiction.
Conspiracies > Fiction.
Storms > Fiction.
Antarctica > Fiction.
Suspense fiction.
Adventure fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)
Action and adventure fiction.
Science fiction.
Summary: After a former NUMA colleague disappears while researching the icebergs of Antarctica, Kurt Austin and his assistant Joe Zavala investigate. 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 a Nazi-era plot in order to save the globe from a freeze that would bury it once and for all. -- adapted from jacket
Item Description: Series numeration from www.goodreads.com.
Physical Description: ix, 401 pages ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 9780593327869
0593327861
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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