Shock Wave - Dirk Pitt Series #13 - Cussler Clive - 1996

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537 pages. Covers have light creasing. Spine has moderate reading creases. Pages are lightly tanned. 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. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Action & Adventure; ISBN: 0671855646. ISBN/EAN: 9780671855642. Inventory No: 18120245. By: Cussler Clive Year: 1996 Visit our website to view thousands more products like this and order online at: