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Další adreanlinová jízda s Dirkem Pittem a jeho parťáky. Nebojácný dobrodruh Dirk Pitt a tým agentury NUMA musí rozluštit historickou záhadu obrovské důležitosti. Jde o ztracený buddhistický artefakt, jemuž se dostanou na stopu při potápění k vraku letounu ve Filipínském moři. Nejsou však sami, v patách mají nemilosrdnou jednotku čínské armády, která má své vlastní plány. Od chladných temných hlubin Tichého oceánu až po závratné výšky Himálají, pouze skvělá parta kolem Dirka může zachránit národ, náboženství a hlavně zabránit vypuknutí světové války.

An ancient cargo long thought lost is about to be found. With terrible consequences . . . Dirk Pitt is in the Middle East doing routine survey work when a spot of lucks leads him to an Ottoman wreck with a very curious cargo. While investigating the find, Pitt interrupts a night raid on Istanbul's Topkapi Palace Museum. Suddenly he's at the centre of a race to acquire a series of ancient and legendary artifacts. Meanwhile, a series of mosques across Turkey and Egypt are blown up, stoking tensions that may push the whole region to the brink of war. As Pitt comes to realize that the search for these artifacts and the bombings are related, he finds himself in a desperate bid to prevent a brother and sister team restoring the glory days of the Ottoman Empire for their own fanatical ends . . . Packed with breathtaking suspense and fired by an extraordinary imagination, Crescent Dawn is a barnstorming read for all fans of action, suspense and intrigue.

BE WITH JUAN CABRILLO AND THE OREGON AS THEY GO UP AGAINST THEIR TWIN NEMESES IN THIS BLISTERING NOVEL FROM ADVENTURE KING, CLIVE CUSSLER 'An all-out nonstop action thriller . . . the best one yet. The story hits the gas pedal and never taps the brakes' Mail Online The Oregon crew face their greatest threat - a ship as secretive and powerful as their own and an enemy from their captain's past every bit as wily and canny as Cabrillo himself . . . When the CIA realizes the identities of three American spies in Brazil have been compromised, they turn to Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon to rescue the agents. What seems like a routine operation turns out to be a trap designed by Juan Cabrillo's greatest enemy, seeking revenge. At the heart of the plot is a state-of-the-art ship that is identical to the Oregon: same weaponry, same technology, same ability to evade capture. But it doesn't have is Cabrillo and his talented crew - will they be enough to go up against the only ship that rivals their own? In this high-stakes high seas mission packed with page-turning intrigue and exhilarating suspense, Final Option proves once again that no one writes adventure like Cussler. __________ 'Cussler is hard to beat' Daily Mail 'The Adventure King' Sunday Express 'Nobody does it better . . . nobody!' Stephen Coonts 'Just about the best storyteller in the business' New York Post

JOIN THE OREGON CREW IN THE RIP-ROARING NEW NOVEL FROM THE GRAND MASTER OF ADVENTURE, CLIVE CUSSLER A deadly venom. A ruthless terrorist. A billionaire's terrifying final wish . . .

Only Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon stand between two warring moguls and global havoc in this thrilling suspense novel in Clive Cussler's #1 New York Times bestselling series. Nearly two thousand years ago, an Eastern emperor charged a small group with safeguarding a body of knowledge and secrets powerful enough to change the history of mankind.They went down in legend as the Nine Unknown Men - and now two rival factions of the descendants are fighting a mighty battle. Both sides think they are saving the world, but one of them is willing to use horrifying means to accomplish its goals. Now it is up to Cabrillo and his team of expert operatives to stop both of them from the destructive path they're on, and save the earth from a dynasty of terror.

Od Eiffelovy věže přes hlubiny Irského moře až po ostrovy v Karibiku, pouze Dirk Pitt a jeho tým mohou zachránit svět před katastrofou. V nejnovějším románu z bestsellerové série Clivea Cusslera musí neohrožený dobrodruh Dirk Pitt rozluštit jednu velkou historickou záhadu a zároveň zabránit zločineckému syndikátu v ovládnutí klíčových zdrojů vody. V květnu 1940, v době německého blitzkriegu, dostane hlavní kurátor pařížského muzea rozkaz, aby ze země odvezl jeden nesmírně cenný artefakt. V chaosu válečné vřavy však stopa po historické památce mizí… V současnosti je ředitel NUMA Dirk Pitt na potápěčské výpravě v Lamanšském průlivu, kde ve vraku lodi objeví skrýš surových diamantů. Diamanty jsou následně ukradeny a při pátrání po zlodějích se Dirk a jeho tým ocitají v boji proti vražednému spolku, který brzy odhalí mnohem ničivější plány než je pouhá krádež. Cílem zločinců jsou útoky na životně důležitá zařízení na úpravu vody a světová populace se tak ocitá ve vážném nebezpečí.

The world's oil supply is vanishing, the stock market is plummeting, and the key to saving the future seems to be a baffling historical mystery. Can the NUMA crew crack it in time? Sea of Greed is the suspenseful new NUMA Files novels from the #1 New York Times-bestselling grand master of adventure. After an explosion in the Gulf of Mexico destroys three oil rigs trying to revive a dying field, Kurt Austin and the NUMA Special Projects Team are tapped by the President of the United States to find out what's gone wrong. The trail leads them to a brilliant billionaire in the alternative energy field. Her goal is the end of the oil age; her company has spent billions developing the worlds' most advanced fuel-cell systems. But is she an environmental hero...or a rogue genetic engineer? The NUMA crew discovers that the oil fields are infected with bacteria that are consuming the oil before it can be pumped out of the earth--a bacteria originally lost decades ago when two submarines vanished in the Mediterranean. With hired killers on his trail, can Kurt Austin locate a submarine that's remained hidden for more than fifty years? And even if he can, can the biological terror that's been unleashed be stopped?

IT BEGINS IN FIRE AND DEATH In 1902 a volcanic eruption devastates the island of Martinique. Many die - including a scientist on the verge of an astonishing breakthrough. A DARK LEGACY IS REDISCOVERED One hundred years later one of the smartest men on the planet completes the scientist's work. Now in possession of a device that means no secret is safe, he sets out to bring the world to its knees. AND MUST BE DESTROYED But standing in his way are Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon. Now the man who knows everything faces the one man who will risk everything to stop him - but is it already too late? 'Cussler is hard to beat' Daily Mail 'The Adventure King' Sunday Express 'Nobody does it better... nobody!' Stephen Coonts 'Just about the best storyteller in the business' New York Post 'Oceanography's answer to Indiana Jones. Exotic locations, ruthless villains, and many narrow escapes-Cussler's fans come for swashbuckling and he delivers' Associated Press

A global threat. The world's sea levels are rising at an alarming rate, too quickly to be caused by glacier melt. A risk so big it sends Kurt Austin, Zoe Zavala and the NUMA team rocketing around the world in search for answers. A desperate mission. Their hunt takes them from the shark-filled waters of Asia to the high-tech streets of Tokyo to a forbidden secret island, but it's in the East China Sea that a mysterious underwater mining operation is discovered. A devastating endgame. Kurt uncovers a plot more dangerous than they could have imagined: a plan to upset the Pacific balance of power, threatening the lives of millions. It falls to the NUMA team to risk everything to stop it and save the world from the coming catastrophe.

The world s most dazzling new technological advance may turn out to be mankind s last, unless the NUMA crew can beat the clock. The thrilling new NUMA Files novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling grand master of adventure. When the most advanced aircraft ever designed vanishes over the South Pacific, Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala are drawn into a deadly contest to locate the fallen machine. Russia and China covet the radical technology, but the United States worries about a darker problem. They know what others don t that the X-37 is carrying a dangerous secret, a payload of exotic matter, extracted from the upper reaches of the atmosphere and stored at a temperature near absolute zero. As long as it remains frozen, the cargo is inert, but if it thaws, it will unleash a catastrophe of nearly unthinkable proportions.From the Galapagos Islands to the jungles of South America to an icy mountain lake many believe to be the birthplace of the Inca, the entire NUMA team will risk everything in an effort to avert disaster . . . but they may be caught in a race that no one can win."