Shock Wave - Clive Cussler (A Dirk Pitt Novel)

FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR

A mysterious plague in the Antarctic.

A diamond empire run by an evil genius.

A devastating new technology that could kill millions of people.

Tasman Sea, 1856. A British clipper ship bound for Australia's penal colony is crushed in a raging typhoon. A few lucky survivors wash up on a deserted island, with two women called Betsy Fletcher and Jess Dorsett among them, and discover an immense supply of diamonds.

 Seymour Island, Antarctica, 2000. Dirk Pitt rescues Maeve Fletcher, a descendant of Betsy's, after an unknown cataclysm kills thousands of marine animals and destroys a cruise ship. Could Maeve's father, who runs a ruthless diamond cartel, be responsible?

 From a chilling escape at a high-security Canadian mine to a tiny boat adrift on lonely, shark-infested waters, the ingenious Pitt is racing to thwart the danger before an unthinkable disaster claims millions of innocent lives.

9781849831109

Pages: 537

Paperback

Pocket Books, 2010

Good condition; slightly dog-eared cover, but very neat inside

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