Lost City (Numa Files S.) - Softcover

Cussler, Clive; Kemprecos, Paul

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9780141017716: Lost City (Numa Files S.)

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ISBN 10: 0141017716 ISBN 13: 9780141017716

Publisher: Penguin, 2006

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Lost City is a nerve-shredding NUMA Files novel from Clive Cussler, international bestseller.

Kurt Austin's toughest assignment yet...

The discovery of a body frozen for ninety years in a glacier high in the French Alps seems of unlikely concern to Kurt Austin and the NUMA Special Projects team. But when those on site are trapped in alpine tunnels flooding with glacial meltwater, Austin can hardly ignore a cry for help. And this near tragedy proves to be no mere accident. For the body held a secret. A secret someone was prepared to kill for.

Soon Austin is plunged into a mystery involving a virulent algal weed ravaging the Atlantic's Lost City trench, while he and the team face a family of astonishing greed - who will stop at nothing to get what they want ...

Clive Cussler, author of the best-selling Dirk Pitt novels Arctic Drift and The Treasure of Khan, and co-author Paul Kemprecos unravel a tangled web of conspiracy and greed in Lost City, the fifth novel of the action-packed NUMA Files series.

Praise for Clive Cussler:

'The Master is back...Cussler is in top form with this galloping tale of derring-do and world domination' Sunday Express

Bestselling author Clive Cussler has kept readers on the edges of their seats for four decades with his thrilling action novels. As well as the NUMA Files series there are also the Oregon Files, the Dirk Pitt stories (which started it all), the Isaac Bell adventures and the Fargo series. The other titles in the NUMA files series are: Serpent, Blue Gold, Fire Ice, White Death, Polar Shift, The Navigator, Medusa, Devil's Gate, and The Storm.

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Synopsis:

Clive Cussler's legions of fans have come to expect high adventure at sea, exotic locales, cutting-edge science and page-turning pace. Lost City is no exception - Cussler proves once again that he is the Grandmaster. An enzyme that will dramatically prolong life has been discovered two thousand feet down in the North Atlantic, in an area known as 'Lost City'. But why are the people attempting to harvest it getting killed? Why are the scientists in a remote Greek laboratory disappearing one by one? What does this all have to do with a body found frozen in the ice high up in the Alps? For Kurt Austin, leader of NUMA's Special Assignments Team, and his colleague Joe Zavala, it's clear they have their work cut out for them, but it may be even bigger than they think in fact, it may be their greatest challenge of all Rich with hair-raising action and endless imagination that have become Cussler's hallmarks, Lost City is an exceptional thriller.

About the Author:

Clive Cussler (Author)
Clive Cussler is the author and co-author of a great number of international bestsellers, including the famous Dirk Pitt� adventures, such as Celtic Empire; the NUMA� Files adventures, most recently The Rising Sea; the Oregon Files, such as Shadow Tyrants; the Isaac Bell historical thrillers, which began with The Chase; and the recent Fargo Adventures which lastly included The Oracle. He lives in Arizona.

Paul Kemprecos (Author)
Paul Kemprecos has co-authored all of the NUMA� Files novels with Clive Cussler and is a Shamus Award-winning author of six underwater detective thrillers. He lives on Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

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