Shock Wave: A Dirk Pitt Adventure - Couverture souple

Cussler, Clive

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0671020552 ISBN 13 : 9780671020552

Editeur : Pocket Books, 1998

Synopsis

While studying a deadly plague in the Pacific, Dirk Pitt rescues a band of rich castaways who were deserted by their cruise ship and learns that the plague had been caused by a passenger's father, who uses ultrasound to mine diamonds.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

A mysterious plague in the Antarctic.
A diamond empire run by an evil genius.
A devastating new technology that threatens to annihilate millions.
Tasman Sea, 1856. A British clipper ship bound for Australia's penal colony is crushed in a raging typhoon. A few pitiful survivors wash up on a deserted island. Among them are Betsy Fletcher and Jess Dorsett, who discover an immense supply of exquisite diamonds...
Seymour Island, Antarctica, 2000. Dirk Pitt rescues Maeve Fletcher, a descendant of Betsy and Jess, after an unknouwn cataclysm kills thousands of marine animals and nearly two hundred people aboard a cruise ship. Pitt traces the carnage to the global diamond operations of Maeve's father, Arthur Dorsett, and her callous sisters. From a chilling escape at a high-security Canadian mine to a tiny boat adrift on lonely, shark-infested seas, the ingenious Pitt is racing to thwart Dorsett's ruthless plans - before an unthinkable disaster claims millions of innocent lives.

Revue de presse

"An exhilarating ride on an unending tidal wave." -- San Francisco Examiner

"Dirk Pitt is back, and as suave and daring as ever....A page-turning read." -- Christian Science Monitor

"A fast-paced adventure yarn...it has bravery, hardship, romance, greed, evil, history...." -- Detroit Free Press

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pocket Books
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0671020552
• ISBN 13: 9780671020552
• Reliure: Poche
• Nombre de pages: 544
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible