Clive Cussler’s The Corsican Shadow: A Dirk Pitt adventure (27) (Dirk Pitt, 27) - Softcover

Cussler, Dirk

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1405956259 ISBN 13: 9781405956253

Publisher: Penguin, 2024

Synopsis

DISCOVER THE LATEST DIRK PITT ADVENTURE

From the shadow of war comes an enduring historical mystery – and a present-day explosive plot

'Cussler is hard to beat' Daily Mail

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Normandy, 1940: A decrepit steamer flees the shore under German fire. Its cargo? ‘The soul of France . . .’
Decades later, NUMA Director Dirk Pitt is diving on a shipwreck in the English Channel when he recovers a cache of uncut diamonds. Which are promptly stolen. Pursuing the thieves with old comrade Al Giordino, Pitt soon finds that theft is the least of his worries.

They have stumbled upon a murderous cabal whose global ambitions and destructive plans will leave millions in grave peril. Crossing the cabal was their first mistake. But stopping it will lead Pitt on an urgent chase across the Atlantic to prevent catastrophe . . .

And, at the centre of it all, lies the mysterious ‘soul of France’ . . .

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PRAISE FOR CLIVER CUSSLER:

'The Adventure King' Sunday Express

'Just about the best in the business' New York Post

About this title

About the Author

Dirk Cussler, the son of Clive Cussler, has an MBA from Berkeley. He is the co-author of Crescent Dawn, Black Wind, Treasure of Khan, Arctic Drift, Poseidon's Arrow, Havana Storm, Odessa Sea, Celtic Empire, and The Devil's Sea. and continued the Dirk Pitt series with The Corsican Shadow.

From the Back Cover

Intrepid adventurer Dirk Pitt must unravel an enduring historical mystery in the latest novel in the beloved New York Times bestselling series created by the "grand master of adventure" Clive Cussler.
In May, 1940, as the German army blitzes Europe and Parisians flee their city, the chief curator of the Musee de l'Armee is ordered to get a mysterious piece of cargo out of the country. When he arrives at the port of Le Havre and learns that his intended ship has been sunk, he places the object on a decrepit steamer that sails out under German fire.
In the present day, National Underwater and Marine Agency Director Dirk Pitt is on a diving expedition in the English Channel when he discovers a cache of uncut diamonds on a shipwreck. When the diamonds are stolen, Pitt and the NUMA agency find themselves up against a murderous cabal that soon reveals far more destructive plans than mere theft. Vital water treatment facilities around the globe are being targeted--placing the world's population in grave peril.
From the shadow of the Eiffel Tower to the depths of the Irish Sea to the islands of the Caribbean, only Dirk Pitt and his children, Summer and Dirk Jr., can locate the treasure that will preserve the soul of a nation...and save the world from catastrophe.

Edition details

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1405956259
• ISBN 13: 9781405956253
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 496