Crescent Dawn: Dirk Pitt #21 - Couverture souple

Cussler, Clive; Cussler, Dirk

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0241951313 ISBN 13 : 9780241951316

Editeur : Penguin, 2011

Synopsis

Dirk Pitt is surveying in the Middle East when a stroke of luck reveals an Ottoman wreck with a very curious cargo. While investigating the find, he foils a night raid on Istanbul's Topkapi Palace Museum. This puts Pitt at the centre of a race to acquire a series of legendary artefacts.

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Présentation de l'éditeur :

Dirk Pitt must fight another perilous battle in Clive Cussler's Atlantis Found. An ancient cargo long thought lost is found. With terrible consequences . . .Dirk Pitt is surveying in the Middle East when a stroke of luck reveals an Ottoman wreck with a very curious cargo. While investigating the find, he foils a night raid on Istanbul's Topkapi Palace Museum. This puts Pitt at the centre of a race to acquire a series of legendary artefacts. Meanwhile, the region is being pushed to the brink of war by a series of explosions across Turkey and Egypt. Finding that his search for the artefacts is linked to the attacks, Pitt must prevent a deranged brother and sister's fanatical plans succeeding...Packed with breathtaking suspense and fired by an extraordinary imagination, Crescent Dawn is a barnstorming read for all fans of action, suspense and intrigue. Crescent Dawn is the twenty-first of Clive Cussler's bestselling Dirk Pitt novels - the series that also includes Inca Gold and, his first novel,Mayday - co-authored with his son Dirk Cussler, in which hero Dirk Pitt finds himself caught between artefacts and fanatics. Praise for Clive Cussler:'No holds barred adventure ... a souped-up treat' Daily Mirror'Frightening and full of suspense ... unquestionably entertaining' Daily ExpressBestselling author Clive Cussler has thrilled readers for four decades with his classic adventure novels filled with intrigue and plot twists. As well as the Dirk Pitt series there are also the NUMA and OregonFiles, the Isaac Bell adventures and the Fargo series. Other Dirk Pitt titles available in Penguin paperback are Atlantis Found, Valhalla Rising, Trojan Odyssey, Black Wind, Treasure of Khan, Arctic Shift and The Kingdom.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Clive Cussler is the author or co-author of a great number of international bestsellers, including the famous Dirk Pitt® adventures, such as Arctic Drift; the NUMA® Files adventures, most recently Medusa; the Oregon Files, such as The Jungle; the Isaac Bell adventures, which began with The Chase; and the highly successful new series - the Fargo adventures. He lives in ArizonaDirk Cussler, an MBA from Berkeley, worked for many years in the financial arena, and now devotes himself full-time to writing. He is the co-author with Clive Cussler of Crescent Dawn, Black Wind, Treasure of Khan, and Arctic Drift. He lives in Arizona.Find out more about the world of Clive Cussler by visiting: www.clivecussler.co.uk

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Penguin
• Date d'édition: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0241951313
• ISBN 13: 9780241951316
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 608