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When mysterious black obsidian skulls and other artefacts of an exceedingly ancient culture begin to turn up in odd places, Pitt jumps in with both feet. It soon becomes dangerously apparent that a powerful, amoral group of fanatics calling itself the Fourth Empire wants the strange discoveries to remain underground. Pitt teams up with a beautiful red-haired expert in ancient languages to decipher the meaning of the artefacts. They were made 10 millennia ago in a then-temperate Antarctica by a seafaring civilization advanced enough to predict its own destruction by a comet impact. Now the Fourth Empire (whose literal and figurative progenitor comes as no surprise) is predicting a similar disaster in only a matter of months and preparing to take control of the Earth.
Cussler's known for hands-on research--his hobbies are the backbone of Pitt's adventures: Flying, climbing, diving, racing. His scientific and historical riffs that fill in the background of Atlantis Found are the weakest parts of the book--they're Pitt-less, and give every discovery in the book away early. But what the heck--Cussler's not the king of suspense, he's the emperor of non-stop action. Atlantis Found bounces along on a good-humoured techno-joyride and for Cussler's legion of fans, that will be more than enough. --Barrie Trinkle
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good. September 1858: an Antarctic whaler stumbles upon an aged wreck carrying a mysterious cargo. March 2001: a team of anthropologists gazes in awe at a wall of strange inscriptions soon to be buried for ever. April 2001: Dirk Pitt and his crew are in a ship that is nearly sunk by an impossibility - a vessel that should have died fifty-six years previously. Pitt knows that somehow all these incidents are connected, and his investigations bring him up against a diabolical enemy: an enemy thatthreatens the future of the world itself. The trap is set. The clock is ticking. And only one man stands between earth and Armageddon. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR007774506