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Marine explorer Dirk Pitt must rely on the nautical lore of Jules Verne to stop a ruthless oil baron with his sights set on political power in this #1 New York Times-bestselling series.
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- Author
- Clive Cussler, Scott Brick
- First published
- 2001
- Pages
- 544
- Publisher
- Berkley, Plaza & Janes Editories Sa, Zwarte Beertjes
- Editions
- 27
- Language
- Dutch, Italian, tur, German
- ISBN
- 9780736675611
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“They moved through the morning mist like ghosts, silent and eerie in phantom ships.”
Cussler began writing novels in 1965 and published his first work featuring his continuous series hero, Dirk Pitt, in 1973. His first non-fiction, The Sea Hunters, was released in 1996. The Board of Governors of the Maritime College, State University of New York, considered The Sea Hunters in lieu of a Ph.D. thesis and awarded Cussler a Doctor of Letters degree in May, 1997. It was the first time since the College was founded in 1874 that such a degree was bestowed. Cussler is an internationally recognized authority on shipwrecks and the founder of the National Underwater and Marine Agency, (NUMA) a 501C3 non-profit organization (named after the fictional Federal agency in his novels) that d
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