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The Dirk Pitt Adventures
Black Wind
Valhalla Rising
Treasure of Khan
Trojan Odyssey
Other Dirk Pitt titles
NUMA Files Adventures
Lost City
White Death
Fire Ice
Polar Shift
Other Numa Files titles
Oregon Files Adventures
Dark Watch
Golden Buddha
Plague Ship
Sacred Stone
Skeleton Coast
Other Fiction Titles
The Chase
Non Fiction Titles
Clive Cussler's books are published in over 40 languages in more than 100 countries with a growing readership of 125 million avid fans. He has written 17 Dirk Pitt adventures and also collaborates with Paul Kemprecos and Craig Dirgo to write the NUMA and Oregon Files respectively.

The Dirk Pitt Adventures
The Numa Files
The Oregon Files
Other Fiction
Non-Fiction


Dirk Pitt is the ultimate man of action: always ready for any challenge, always prepared to pit quick wits and brawn against an intractable problem. Ex-US Air force, he is cool, courageous and resourceful, which is why he works for the US National Underwater and Marine Agency (NUMA) - the undersea counterpart to NASA. In service of NUMA Pitt travels across the globe - and wherever he goes, action and adventure are sure to follow…




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Other Dirk Pitt Novels: Atlantis Found, Shock Wave, Sahara, Treasure, Deep Six, Night Probe, Raise the Titanic!, Flood Tide, Inca Gold, Dragon, Cyclops, Pacific Vortex, Vixen 03, Iceberg, The Mediterranean Caper


Kurt Austin is Head of the US National Underwater and Marine Agency's (NUMA) Special Assignments Team - a job that ensures he is no stranger to danger above or below the waves. Austin's assignments take him across the globe and frequently bring him into conflict with those who seek to use any and all means to exploit the world's resources. But as a professional man of action, Austin is determined that that will never happen on his watch.




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Other NUMA Files Novels: Blue Gold, Serpent


Juan Cabrillo is Chairman of the Corporation, a special US Government-sponsored group that operates out of a ship called Oregon, a marvel of scientific research equipment bristling with state-of-the-art weaponry - but disguised as a heap of junk. Cabrillo and his crew of mercenaries with a conscience are able to cross the high seas in their 'rusting' tub unmolested, seeking out those beyond the arms of the law and dealing out justice to any who would plot chaos on a global scale.




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Other Oregon Files Novels: Golden Buddha
Other Fiction

Filled with intricate plotting, signature dazzling set pieces, and not one, but two, extraordinary villains, The Chase is Clive Cussler at the height of his powers. The Chase follows the fate of Isaac Bell, the tall, lean, and no-nonsense detective who catches thieves and killers coast to coast.


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Non-Fiction

Clive Cussler has also written the following non-fiction titles with Craig Dirgo: The Sea Hunters, Clive Cussler and Dirk Pitt Revealed, The Sea Hunters II