Treasure (Dirk Pitt Adventure) - Softcover

Cussler, Clive

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0671704656 ISBN 13: 9780671704650

Publisher: Pocket Books, 1988

Synopsis

Charts of lost gold...breathtaking art and rarevolumes...maps of hidden oil and mineral deposits thatcould change the world's balance of power.Now DIRK PITT discovers the secret trail of thetreasures of Alexandria -- a trail that plunges him into abrutal conspiracy for total domination of the globe. Zealotsthreaten to unseat the governments of Egypt and Mexico,exposing America to invasion and economic collapse.Suddenly, from East to West, anarchists reach their deadlytentacles into the heart of the United States.And DIRK PITT, the hard-hitting hero of Clive Cussler'ssmash bestsellers Sahara and Inca Gold, is up against themost feared assassin known to man. An international bandof terrorists is making its play for world power on the highseas -- and Pitt is the only man alive who can stop them!

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Review:

Praise for Clive Cussler:

‘Cussler is hard to beat’ Daily Mail

‘The Adventure King’ Sunday Express

‘Much fun, crisply told, with exciting special effects’ Kirkus Review

‘Just about the best storyteller in the business’ New York Post

‘Clive Cussler is the guy I read’ Tom Clancy

‘No holds barred adventure ... a souped-up treat’ Daily Mirror

‘Clive Cussler and Dirk Pitt are the first names in adventure’
Stephen Coonts

‘Frightening and full of suspense ... unquestionably entertaining’ Daily Express

‘Clive Cussler has no equal’ Publishers Weekly

From the Back Cover:

THE HIGH-EXPLOSIVE SECRET OF THE AGES

391 AD:

Fanatics destroy the great storehouse of knowledge and treasure in the ancient world – the great library and museum of Alexandria. But a few conspirators secretly move the most precious items and ship them to a distant, desolate land, hiding them deep in a specially excavated stronghold...

1991 AD:

A UN plane, with the Secretary-General aboard, crashes in the icy wastes of Greenland, brought down by a monstrously cunning terrorist conspiracy. Trouble-shooter supreme Dirk Pitt, in the area on an undercover search mission for a crippled Soviet submarine, finds himself caught up in an even more dangerous vortex of complex intrigue. And with a beautiful, sensual female archaeologist who has found an ancient gold coin nearby – far further north than it should be...

Dirk Pitt's quest for the Alexandrian treasure combines with his battle against the forces of murderous international terrorism in an outstanding story of razor's-edge suspense, hair-trigger international intrigue and all-out action and excitement. Like all Clive Cussler's previous novels,'TREASURE' is a superbly inventive tale of nonstop high adventure that will grip the reader from first page to last.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pocket Books
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0671704656
• ISBN 13: 9780671704650
• Binding: Paperback