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25 of the best historical mysteries

Numa Files #18

Fast Ice

As head of the US National Underwater and Maritime Agency's Special Assignment's Team, Kurt Austin is no stranger to danger - above or below the waves. Kurt's global assignments often bring him head to head with dastardly attempts to use the world's resources for evil, but he's never failed a mission yet.

Join the latest thrilling NUMA Files adventure as Kurt Austin races to Antarctica to stop a chilling plot that imperils the entire planet . . . 
 
 THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE GRAND MASTER OF ADVENTURE, CLIVE CUSSLER 
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A research ship is adrift off the coast of Antarctica . . . 
 
Weeks earlier, one of the crew messaged NUMA claiming to have made a world-shattering discovery. Followed by silence. Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala are dispatched to the icy waters. They find a sinking ship, her crew murdered, the vessel ransacked - and one research scientist missing. 
 
What was discovered? Who wanted it badly enough to kill everyone? And where did they vanish to? 
 
One way or another Kurt's heading for Antarctica to learn the truth. But he won't just be risking sub-zero temperatures, avalanches and blizzards. 
 
For someone is preparing to turn this secret discovery into a weapon of chilling power - unless Kurt can find them first . . . 
 
 Praise for Clive Cussler: 
 
 'The Adventure King' Sunday Express 
 
 'Cussler is hard to beat' Daily Mail 
 
 'Nobody does it better . . . nobody!' Stephen Coonts

A research ship is adrift off the coast of Antarctica... 
 
 Weeks earlier, one of the crew messaged NUMA claiming to have made a world-shattering discovery. Followed by silence. Despatched to the icy waters Kurt Austin finds a sinking ship, crew murdered, vessel ransacked - and one research scientist missing. 
 
 What was discovered? Who wanted it badly enough to kill everyone? And where did they vanish to? 
 
 One way or another, Kurt's heading for Antarctica to learn the truth. Because someone is preparing to turn this secret discovery into a weapon of chilling power - unless Kurt finds them first...

Marauder

From the outside, The Oregon is a rustling hunk of junk. But beneath the ships decaying exterior lurks a state-of-the-art vessel equipped with a uniquely effective array of weaponry. It's manned by the charismatic Juan Cabrillo, chair of the US government sponsored organisation 'The Corporation'. Aided by his crew of mercenaries, Cabrillo takes the Oregon on missions that the law can't handle, dealing justice to villains who threaten chaos on a global scale.

JOIN THE OREGON CREW IN THE RIP-ROARING NEW NOVEL FROM THE GRAND MASTER OF ADVENTURE, CLIVE CUSSLER 
 
A deadly venom. A ruthless terrorist. A billionaire's terrifying final wish . . . 
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Answering a research ship's distress call in the Timor Sea, Juan Cabrillo's Oregon finds the crew unable to move or speak - victims of an unknown toxin. After a second attack leaves many more paralysed, Juan races not only to find an antidote - but also discover who is behind these crimes and what they want. 
 
His search for answers leads to a 2000-year-old Roman mystery and a plan to bring down a nation by a ruthless enemy acting from beyond the grave. 
 
It will take all of Juan's legendary wits, wiles and weaponry to keep millions of innocent lives out of the firing line . . . 
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PRAISE FOR CLIVE CUSSLER: 
 
'Cussler is hard to beat' Daily Mail 
 
'The Adventure King' Sunday Express 
 
'Nobody does it better... nobody!' Stephen Coonts 
 
'Just about the best storyteller in the business' New York Post

Nobody does it better... nobody!

Just about the best storyteller in the business

Clive Cussler (Author) 
 Clive Cussler was 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 Fast Ice; the Oregon Files, such as Marauder; the Isaac Bell historical thrillers, which began with The Chase; and the recent Fargo Adventures, which lastly included Wrath of Poseidon. Cussler died in 2020. 
 
Boyd Morrison (Author) 
 Boyd Morrison is the coauthor with Cussler of the Oregon Files novels Piranha, The Emperor's Revenge, Typhoon Fury, and Shadow Tyrants, and the author of four other books. He is also an actor and engineer, with a doctorate in engineering from Virginia Tech, who has worked on NASA's space station project at Johnson Space Center and developed several patents at Thomson/RCA. In 2003, he fulfilled a lifelong dream by becoming a Jeopardy! champion. He lives in Seattle.

When Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon answer a research ship's distress call, they find a strange toxin has left the crew unable to move or speak. 
 
And when a further attack leaves hundreds more paralysed, Juan and his team must race to find an antidote before the damage becomes permanent. 
 
 But time is running out, and with a ruthless enemy desperate for power, it will take all of Juan's ingenuity and skill to solve the millennia-old mystery that can save the West from the point of no return . . .

Numa Files #17

Journey of the Pharaohs

JOIN KURT AUSTIN AND THE NUMA TEAM CHASING RELIC THIEVES ROUND THE WORLD IN THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER FROM GRAND MASTER OF ADVENTURE, CLIVE CUSSLER 
 
ANCIENT SECRETS. MODERN WEAPONS . . . 
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When Kurt Austin rescues the crew of a Scottish trawler, he finds himself trying to save them not once but twice. First, from the violent storm that dashes their vessel into jagged rocks and, second, from the deadly gunmen desperate to get their hands on its lost cargo of stolen Egyptian artefacts. 
 
Soon Kurt - with the assistance of resourceful MI5 agent Morgan Manning - is on the hunt for the source of these artefacts. It's a journey that takes them around the world and draws the fury of the mysterious Bloodstone group - an international network of murderous individuals who'll kill anyone in their way. 
 
But what do gunmen want with ancient loot? 
 
One thing is for sure, if Kurt is to find out he's going to be in the cross hairs of some ruthless and well-armed foes . . . 
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'Twists that will make even hardcore adventure fans say "wow!" This is fast-paced, nonstop fun. Cussler fans will gobble it up' Kirkus 
 
Praise for Clive Cussler 
 
'The Adventure King' Sunday Express 
 
'Cussler is hard to beat' Daily Mail 
 
'Nobody does it better . . . nobody!' Stephen Coonts 
 
 'Just about the best in the business' New York Post

This nonstop thrill ride will leave readers breathless

Twists that will make even hardcore adventure fans say "Wow!" . . . This is fast-paced, nonstop fun. Cussler fans will gobble it up.

ANCIENT SECRETS. MODERN WEAPONS . . . 
 
When Kurt Austin rescues the crew of a Scottish trawler, he finds himself trying to save them not once but twice. First, from the violent storm that dashes their vessel into jagged rocks and, second, from the deadly gunmen desperate to get their hands on its lost cargo of stolen Egyptian artefacts. 
 
Soon Kurt - with the assistance of resourceful MI5 agent Morgan Manning - is on the hunt for the source of these artefacts. It's a journey that takes them around the world and draws the fury of the mysterious Bloodstone group - an international network of murderous individuals who'll kill anyone in their way. But what do gunmen want with ancient loot? 
 
One thing is for sure, if Kurt is to find out he's going to be in the cross hairs of some ruthless and well-armed foes . . .

Wrath of Poseidon

Sam and Remi Fargo are a husband and wife team on a quest. Treasure hunters, they travel the world looking for ancient artefacts and exotic bounty. They're in it for the history and the mystery, but others are not so honourable, and the Fargo's often find themselves caught up in ancient riddles, desperate to solve the puzzle before the bad guys get there first.

THE LATEST INSTALMENT IN THE FARGO ADVENTURES FROM BESTSELLING GRAND MASTER OF ADVENTURE CLIVE CUSSLER 
 
 WHO WILL DISCOVER THE LOST RICHES OF CROESUS? 
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 Treasure hunters Remi and Sam Fargo are in Washington, DC looking for the final clue in a puzzle more than a decade old - a dangerous mystery which originally led to their teaming up. 
 
 For ten years ago, a chance meeting that threw Remi and Sam together led to the pair diving together for ancient sunken wrecks off the Greek coast. 
 
But when a secretive billionaire decided he didn't want anyone diving in the seas near his operations, the pair found themselves in deep trouble. Only now, returning ten years later, do they finally understand who and what they were up against. 
 
For with the lost riches of Croesus lying somewhere in these waters, their formidable enemy won't be giving up easily. 
 
 Suddenly, finding the treasure becomes less important than making it home alive . . . 
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 Praise for Clive Cussler 
 
 'The Adventure King' Sunday Express 
 
 'Cussler is hard to beat' Daily Mail 
 
 'Nobody does it better . . . nobody!' Stephen Coonts 
 
 'Just about the best in the business' New York Post

Nobody does it better . . . nobody!

Clive Cussler (Author) Clive Cussler was 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 Fast Ice; the Oregon Files, such as Marauder; the Isaac Bell historical thrillers, which began with The Chase; and the recent Fargo Adventures, which lastly included Wrath of Poseidon. Cussler died in 2020. Robin Burcell (Author) Robin Burcell spent nearly three decades working in California law enforcement as a police officer, detective, hostage negotiator, and FBI-trained forensic artist. She is the author of ten novels, most recently The Kill Order. Burcell lives in Lodi, California.

The legend of Croesus's riches has echoed across millennia. Stolen and hidden by pirates after the Persian King's defeat in 546 BC, his staggering wealth was thought to be lost to history . . . 
 
Treasure-hunters Sam and Remi Fargo know it's out there somewhere. A decade after their search for the King's gold first brought them together, the husband and wife team return to Greece to uncover the hoard that has always eluded them. 
 
But they soon learn they're not the only ones looking. The reappearance of a vengeful and ruthless rival forces them into a deadly race against time to find the treasure. And until it's found no one is safe. Least of all Sam and Remi . . . 
 
With all the switchblade plotting, globe-trotting action and explosive intrigue that Clive Cussler has made his own, Wrath of Poseidon delivers another white-knuckle ride from the Grandmaster of Adventure.

Isaac Bell #11

The Titanic Secret

Charismatic, handsome, and fiercely loyal, Isaac Bell is a no-nonsense private detective at the Von Dorn Detective Agency. Travelling all over early 20th century America in pursuit of justice for his clients, chasing down a steam train in a sports automobile is all in a day's work for Bell. And while he's on the trail of thieves, killers, and sometimes much worse, he'll have to use his every last wit to stay ahead of those he seeks, and to stay alive. . .

ENTER THE LATEST ISAAC BELL ADVENTURE AS HE IS JOINED WITH DIRK PITT OVER A CENTURY APART TO DISCOVER A TRUTH LOST WITH THE TITANIC . . . 
 
'The Adventure King' SUNDAY EXPRESS 
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The Titanic's greatest secret is finally revealed . . . 
 
When Dirk Pitt raised the Titanic in search of a rare and valuable element, he never learned the disturbing true story of its origins. 
 
But upon receiving secret testimony from private detective Isaac Bell, he's taken back to the year 1911 and a tragedy at Colorado's Little Angel Mine. 
 
There, Isaac Bell is tasked with explaining the deaths of nine miners. But all is not as it seems and soon Bell finds himself on his way to Europe hunting for clues concerning a rare element of incalculable value. 
 
All while being pursued by dangerous men. 
 
Men who will do anything to get their hands on it . . . 
 
Isaac Bell must decide how far he'll go to stop them, it's a journey that can only end with the fateful first and final voyage of the Titanic itself. 
 
Praise for Clive Cussler 
 
'Cussler is hard to beat' Daily Mail 
 
'Just about the best in the business' New York Post 
 
'Nobody does it better . . . nobody!' Stephen Coonts

Clive Cussler (Author) Clive Cussler was 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 Fast Ice; the Oregon Files, such as Marauder; the Isaac Bell historical thrillers, which began with The Chase; and the recent Fargo Adventures, which lastly included Wrath of Poseidon. Cussler died in 2020. Jack du Brul (Author) Jack Du Brul is the author of the Philip Mercer series, most recently The Lightning Stones, and is the coauthor with Cussler of the Oregon Files novels Dark Watch, Skeleton Coast, Plague Ship, Corsair, The Silent Sea, and The Jungle, and the Isaac Bell novels The Titanic Secret, The Saboteurs and The Sea Wolves. He lives in Virginia.

The Titanic's greatest secret is finally revealed . . . 
 
When Dirk Pitt raised the Titanic in search of a rare and valuable element he never learned the disturbing true story of its origins. But upon receiving secret testimony from private detective Isaac Bell he's taken back to the year 1911 and a tragedy at Colorado's Little Angel Mine. 
 
There, Isaac Bell is tasked with explaining the deaths of nine miners. But all is not as it seems and soon Bell finds himself on his way to Europe hunting for clues concerning a rare element of incalculable value - and pursued by dangerous men who'll do anything to get their hands on it. 
 
It's a journey that can only end with the fateful first and final voyage of the Titanic itself . . .

'The best one yet'

Final Option

JOIN JUAN CABRILLO AND THE OREGON AS THEY GO UP AGAINST THEIR TWIN NEMESES IN THIS BLISTERING NOVEL FROM ADVENTURE KING, CLIVE CUSSLER 
 
'An all-out nonstop action thriller . . . the best one yet. The story hits the gas pedal and never taps the brakes' Daily Mail 
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When a routine mission is compromised, Captain Juan Cabrillo learns of a sinister plot. Off the Brazilian coast is another one-legged captain, with a ship just like the Oregon. 
 
Same weaponry, same technology, same ability to evade capture. 
 
And when this wolf in sheep's clothing begins sinking innocent vessels, the truth becomes clear: Someone is out to frame Cabrillo and his crew. 
 
Not only is this impersonator as cunning as Cabrillo - his ship is also every bit as dangerous. 
 
Who is this nemesis from Cabrillo's past? 
 
What is it that they're after? 
 
To find answers will require terrible sacrifices from Cabrillo, his crew and even the Oregon itself . . . 
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'Cussler is hard to beat' Daily Mail 
 
'The Adventure King' Sunday Express 
 
'Nobody does it better . . . nobody!' Stephen Coonts 
 
'Just about the best storyteller in the business' New York Post

An all-out nonstop action thriller. The best one yet. The story hits the gas pedal and never taps the brakes. Having an enemy that is essentially a mirror image of the hero adds extra suspense and mayhem. The characters truly seem in jeopardy, and nothing will ever be the same

Clive Cussler (Author) Clive Cussler was 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 Fast Ice; the Oregon Files, such as Marauder; the Isaac Bell historical thrillers, which began with The Chase; and the recent Fargo Adventures, which lastly included Wrath of Poseidon. Cussler died in 2020. Boyd Morrison (Author) Boyd Morrison is the coauthor with Cussler of the Oregon Files novels Piranha, The Emperor's Revenge, Typhoon Fury, and Shadow Tyrants, and the author of four other books. He is also an actor and engineer, with a doctorate in engineering from Virginia Tech, who has worked on NASA's space station project at Johnson Space Center and developed several patents at Thomson/RCA. In 2003, he fulfilled a lifelong dream by becoming a Jeopardy! champion. He lives in Seattle.

When a routine mission is compromised, Captain Juan Cabrillo learns of a sinister plot. Off the Brazilian coast is another one-legged captain, with a ship just like the Oregon: same weaponry, same technology, same ability to evade capture. 
 
And when this wolf in sheep's clothing begins sinking innocent vessels, the truth becomes clear: Someone is out to frame Cabrillo and his crew. 
 
Not only is this impersonator as cunning as Cabrillo - his ship is also every bit as dangerous. Who is this nemesis from Cabrillo's past and just what do they want? 
 
To find answers will require terrible sacrifices from Cabrillo, his crew and even the Oregon itself . . .

Fargo #11

The Oracle

JOIN THE LATEST ADVENTURE WITH SAM AND REMI FARGO IN THIS THRILLING TREASURE-HUNTING STORY FEATURING A LOST SCROLL FROM BESTSELLING AUTHOR, CLIVE CUSSLER 
 
Husband and wife treasure-hunting team Sam and Remi Fargo ARE BACK in a brand-new thrilling adventure to find an ancient scroll which carries a deadly curse . . . 
 
North Africa, 533 A.D. 
 
The last Vandal ruler faces the invading Byzantines. 
An oracle predicts defeat unless a sacred scroll is found . . . 
 
When an archaeological dig in Tunisia funded by Sam and Remi Fargo uncovers clues pointing to the whereabouts of a lost ancient scroll, the treasure hunting team can't wait to discover the truth. 
 
But it looks like they'll have to - the Nigerian school they fund has been robbed and they need to find out what happened. 
 
Little do they realise how ruthless this band of robbers are - willing to take Remi and the school's students hostage. With a snake in the grass in the Fargo team, not to mention hints that this might just be connected to their lost scroll, Sam and Remi have their work cut just staying alive. 
 
But when the Fargos know there's treasure waiting to be discovered, nothing will stop them . . . 
 
Praise for Clive Cussler: 
 
'The Adventure King' Sunday Express 
 
'Cussler is hard to beat' Daily Mail 
 
'Nobody does it better...nobody!' Stephen Coonts

North Africa, 533 A.D. 
 
The last Vandal ruler faces the invading Byzantines. 
An oracle predicts defeat unless a sacred scroll is found . . . 
 
When an archaeological dig in Tunisia funded by Sam and Remi Fargo uncovers clues pointing to the whereabouts of a lost ancient scroll, the treasure hunting team can't wait to discover the truth. 
 
But it looks like they'll have to - the Nigerian school they fund has been robbed and they need to find out what happened. 
 
Little do they realise how ruthless this band of robbers are - willing to take Remi and the school's students hostage. With a snake in the grass in the Fargo team, not to mention hints that this might just be connected to their lost scroll, Sam and Remi have their work cut just staying alive. 
 
But when the Fargos know there's treasure waiting to be discovered, nothing will stop them . . .

Dirk Pitt #25

Celtic Empire

Clive Cussler's most well-known and best-loved hero, Dirk Pitt is quick-witted, cool under pressure and uniquely resourceful. It's these character traits (and a thirst for adventure in service of his country) that make him the perfect man to head up NUMA, the US National Underwater and Maritime Agency. With his right-hand man Al Giordino always at his side, Dirk's NUMA expeditions have seen him face down mad villains, global terror threats, and attempts at world domination.

FOLLOW DIRK PITT ON THE TRAIL OF AN ANCIENT MYSTERY IN THE SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLER FROM MASTER OF ADVENTURE, CLIVE CUSSLER 
 
A deadly collision puts Dirk Pitt on the trail of an ancient mystery stretching back thousands of years . . . 
 
 When a rogue cargo freighter strikes an oil tanker in the Detroit River, the oil spill is the worst marine disaster in years. Dirk Pitt's NUMA team lead the clean-up operation, with the help of new green tech firm, BioRem. 
 
 But when one of NUMA's best divers dies suspiciously while working on the wreck, Pitt fears there's more to BioRem than simply saving the environment. 
 
 Discovering a trail of unexplained deaths which appear to be linked to BioRem's sites around the world, Pitt unravels a mystery from our past that could jeopardise mankind's future. 
 
 But someone is determined to make sure Pitt and his associates don't survive to learn the truth... 
 
 
Praise for Clive Cussler 
 
 'The Adventure King' Sunday Express 
 
 'Just about the best in the business' New York Post 
 
 'Cussler is hard to beat' Daily Mail

Oceanography's answer to Indiana Jones. Exotic locations, ruthless villains, and many narrow escapes - Cussler's fans come for swashbuckling and he delivers

Clive Cussler (Author) Clive Cussler was 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 Fast Ice; the Oregon Files, such as Marauder; the Isaac Bell historical thrillers, which began with The Chase; and the recent Fargo Adventures, which lastly included Wrath of Poseidon. Cussler died in 2020. Dirk Cussler (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, and Celtic Empire, and continued the Dirk Pitt series with The Devil's Sea.

A deadly river collision puts Dirk Pitt on the trail of an ancient mystery stretching back thousands of years . . . 
 
When a rogue cargo freighter strikes an oil tanker in the Detroit River, the oil spill is the worst marine disaster in years. Dirk Pitt's NUMA team lead the clean-up operation, with the help of new green tech firm, BioRem. 
 
But when one of NUMA's best divers dies suspiciously while working on the wreck, Pitt fears there's more to BioRem than simply saving the environment. 
 
Discovering a trail of unexplained deaths which appear to be linked to BioRem's sites around the world, Pitt unravels a mystery from our past that could jeopardise mankind's future. 
 
But someone is determined to make sure Pitt and his associates don't survive to learn the truth . . .

NUMA Files #16

Sea of Greed

'Sea of Greed will have readers turning pages. With a wonderful cast of characters and relentless action, this is classic Cussler' Mail Online 
 
KURT AUSTIN AND THE NUMA CREW ARE BACK IN AN ACTION-PACKED ADVENTURE FROM #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR CLIVE CUSSLER 
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 In the Gulf of Mexico, flames erupt from the seabed turning oilrigs into infernos . . . 
 
Luckily, Kurt Austin and the NUMA team are on hand to rescue the crews before the burning rigs sink beneath the waves. But what caused this fireball? 
 
 It's soon clear this is sabotage, but at the same time oil fields around the world are dying. 
 
Tasked with discovering the truth, Kurt is led to alternative energy scientist Tessa Franco. 
 
 Franco's company seeks the end of the oil age. But is she part of the solution - or the problem? 
 
 With the world simmering on the verge of catastrophe, Kurt's in a race against time to discover the extraordinary truth - one that may lie with an audacious experiment and a submarine lost fifty years ago . . . 
 
 Praise for Clive Cussler: 
 
 'The Adventure King'Sunday Express 
 
 'Cussler is hard to beat'Daily Mail 
 
 'Just about the best in the business'New York Post 
 
 'Oceanography's answer to Indiana Jones. Exotic locations, ruthless villains, and many narrow escapes - Cussler's fans come for swashbuckling and he delivers'Associated Press

'Sea of Greed will have readers turning pages. With a wonderful cast of characters and relentless action, this is classic Cussler'

The world's oil supply is vanishing, the stock market is plummeting, and the key to saving the future seems to be a baffling historical mystery. Can the NUMA crew crack it in time? 
 
After an explosion in the Gulf of Mexico destroys three oil rigs trying to revive a dying field, Kurt Austin and the NUMA Special Projects Team are tapped by the President of the United States to find out what's gone wrong. The trail leads them to a brilliant billionaire in the alternative energy field. Her goal is the end of the oil age; her company has spent billions developing the worlds' most advanced fuel-cell systems. But is she an environmental hero...or a rogue genetic engineer? 
 
The NUMA crew discovers that the oil fields are infected with a bacteria that is consuming the oil before it can be pumped out of the earth-a bacteria originally lost decades ago when two submarines vanished in the Mediterranean. 
 
With hired killers on his trail, can Kurt Austin locate a submarine that's remained hidden for more than fifty years? And even if he can, can the biological terror that's been unleashed be stopped?

Oregon Files #13

Shadow Tyrants

THE ACTION-PACKED NEW OREGON FILES ADVENTURE FROM NO.1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR CLIVE CUSSLER 
 
Nine scrolls of ancient wisdom. 
 
Nine individuals seeking to rule the world . . . 
 
 When Juan Cabrillo and the Oregon crew board a ship in the Indian ocean little do they realise that they will soon put themselves in the sights of a mysterious ancient cabal bent on world domination. 
 
 The Colossus Project sees 2000 years of esoteric knowledge distilled into a device so powerful no force on Earth can stop it - but now two different groups are fighting to control it. 
 
 Only Juan Cabrillo and the Oregon stand in their way. But only if they can first discover the location of these shadow tyrants and - more importantly - the deadly device they have brought into being . . . 
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 'The guy I read' Tom Clancy 
 
 'Cussler is hard to beat' Daily Mail 
 
 'The Adventure King' Sunday Express 
 
 'Nobody does it better... nobody!' Stephen Coonts 
 
 'Just about the best storyteller in the business' New York Post

Only Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon stand between two warring moguls and global havoc in this thrilling suspense novel in Clive Cussler's #1 New York Times bestselling series. 
 
Nearly two thousand years ago, an Eastern emperor charged a small group with safeguarding a body of knowledge and secrets powerful enough to change the history of mankind.They went down in legend as the Nine Unknown Men - and now two rival factions of the descendants are fighting a mighty battle. 
 
Both sides think they are saving the world, but one of them is willing to use horrifying means to accomplish its goals. Now it is up to Cabrillo and his team of expert operatives to stop both of them from the destructive path they're on, and save the earth from a dynasty of terror.

Fargo Adventures #10

The Grey Ghost

THE EXPLOSIVE NEW THRILLER FROM THE WORLD'S NO. 1 BESTSELLING ADVENTURE WRITER 
 
Does a stolen antique car hold the clue to a secret fortune? 
 
 Husband and wife treasure-hunting team Remi and Sam Fargo head to England to help Viscount Albert Payton recover a fortune that was lost a hundred years ago - along with the family's good name. 
 
It is believed this treasure was linked to the theft of a Rolls-Royce prototype called the Grey Ghost, which legendary detective Isaac Bell helped to recover, while the treasure itself remained missing. 
 
But then the Grey Ghost is stolen once again - this time from right under the noses of the investigating Fargos. 
 
And the Viscount vanishes too. 
 
It's up to Remi and Sam to solve the mystery, but now their lives are in serious danger . . . 
 
'A rip-roaring story . . . showcases why readers love books written by Cussler' Daily Mail 
 
 'The adventure king' Sunday Express

A rip-roaring story . . . showcases why readers love books written by Cussler

The careers and lives of husband-and-wife team Sam and Remi Fargo are on the line in the thrilling new adventure from the Sunday Times bestselling master of adventure. 
 
In 1906, a groundbreaking Rolls-Royce prototype known as the Grey Ghost vanishes from the streets of Manchester, England, and it is only the lucky intervention of an American detective named Isaac Bell that prevents it from being lost forever. Not even he can save the good name of Jonathon Payton, however, the man wrongly blamed for the theft, and more than a hundred years later, it is his grandson who turns to Sam and Remi Fargo to help prove his grandfather's innocence. 
 
But there is even more at stake than any of them know. For the car has vanished again, and in it is an object so rare that it has the capacity to change lives. Men with everything to gain and a great deal to lose have a desperate plan to find it - and if anybody gets in their way? They have a plan for that, too.

NUMA Files #15

The Rising Sea

PRE-ORDER THE EXPLOSIVE NEW KURT AUSTIN ADVENTURE FROM UK NO. 1 BESTSELLER CLIVE CUSSLER 
 
Kurt and his crew are in a deadly race against time to stop the sea rising. A mission deep inside the swirling Pacific. Their objective? To save the world. 
 
The world's sea levels are rising at an alarming rate. So fast that nobody can explain it. 
 
It's up to Kurt and the NUMA team to find out why, before it's too late. 
 
Their search for answers sends them racing around the world, from the high-tech streets of Tokyo, to a forbidden secret island. 
 
But it's in the East China Sea that they discover a secret underwater mining operation, and a plot more dangerous than they could have ever imagined . . . 
 
The world is drowning and fast - but has Kurt Austin arrived in time to save the day? 
 
Praise for Clive Cussler: 
 
'The Adventure King' Sunday Express 
 
'Just about the best in the business' New York Post 
 
'Cussler is hard to beat' Daily Mail

A global threat 
The world's sea levels are rising at an alarming rate, too quickly to be caused by glacier melt. A risk so big it sends Kurt Austin, Zoe Zavala and the NUMA team rocketing around the world in search for answers. 
 
A desperate mission 
Their hunt takes them from the shark-filled waters of Asia, to the high-tech streets of Tokyo, to a forbidden secret island, but it's in the East China Sea that a mysterious underwater mining operation is discovered. 
 
A devastating endgame 
Kurt uncovers a plot more dangerous than they could have imagined: a plan to upset the Pacific balance of power, threatening the lives of millions. It falls to the NUMA team to risk everything to stop it and save the world from the coming catastrophe.

Oregon Files #12

Typhoon Fury

The crew are in the wild Philippines and a secret threatens to end the world, in the ALL NEW rip-roaring Oregon Files novel, from THE Adventure King himself, Clive Cussler. 
 
Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon are about to sail into a perfect storm of danger. Their mission? To stop a new world war . . . 
 
Hired to search for a collection of paintings worth half a billion dollars, Juan Cabrillo soon finds himself in much deeper waters when he discovers the vicious leader of a Filipino insurgency is using the paintings they seek to finance his attacks. 
 
Far worse, Salvadore Locsin has stumbled upon a deadly secret of World War II: a serum designed to create an army of super-warriors. 
 
With Locsin's plan threatening to engulf Asia in war, Oregon's crew must take on the rebel commander, a South African mercenary intent on taking the drug for himself, a swarm of torpedo drones targeting the US Navy, and a gathering megastorm. 
 
For Juan and his elite team, failure is not an option. An apocalyptic world war is on the horizon, and only they can stand in its way. 
 
Typhoon Fury is a masterful suspense novel, full of the adventure, break-neck pace and danger that make Clive Cussler an unbeatable storyteller.

Seventy years after the end of World War II, Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon find themselves in deep waters as they try to stop a war that would engulf the entire continent of Asia. A search for an art collection worth half a billion dollars leads the Oregon to Salvador Locsin, the vicious Filipino rebel leader. 
 
But with access to a powerful serum designed to create an army of supersoldiers, Locsin's insurgency threatens more than just the Philippines. To stop him, the crew of the Oregon must battle a ruthless South African mercenary, hundreds of swarming torpedo drones and an approaching catastrophic megastorm. 
 
If Juan and his team of elite operatives can't defeat Locsin and destroy all remnants of the horrific drug, the fall of the Philippines will be imminent. And with it, will come the beginning of a new and apocalyptic world war.

Fargo Adventures #9

The Romanov Ransom

The discovery of a long-lost airliner . . . 
A modern-day kidnapping . . . 
And the return of the most terrifying evil the world has ever seen. 
 
When a kidnapping captures the attention of treasure-hunting team Sam and Remi Fargo, they find themselves on the trail of the legendary Romanov Ransom - a Russian fortune stolen by the Nazis during World War II. 
 
Hunting a neo-Nazi faction across Europe, North Africa and South America is their greatest quest yet. They must prevent the rise of a Fourth Reich, or witness the resurgence of the greatest evil of the modern world. 
 
From the finest adventure writer alive, Clive Cussler's dark and thrilling mystery will keep you turning the pages late into the night.

Clive Cussler (Author) 
 Clive Cussler is the author or co-author of a great number of international bestsellers, including the famous Dirk Pitt® adventures, such as Havana Storm; the NUMA® Files adventures, most recently The Pharaoh's Secret; the Oregon Files, such as The Emperor's Revenge; the Isaac Bell historical thrillers, which began with The Chase; and the recent Fargo Adventures which lastly included The Solomon Curse. He lives in Arizona. 
 
Robin Burcell (Author) 
 Robin Burcell spent nearly three decades working in California law enforcement as a police officer, detective, hostage negotiator, and FBI-trained forensic artist. She is the author of ten novels, most recently The Kill Order. Burcell lives in Lodi, California.

The discovery of a long-lost treasure 
An enormous Russian fortune has been missing for decades, believed to be stolen by the Nazis from Russia in World War II, it fell out of all knowledge. Until Now. 
 
A modern-day kidnapping 
When an abduction captures the attention of husband-and-wife team Sam and Remi Fargo, the couple find themselves on the trail of the legendary Romanov Ransom. Hunting a neo-Nazi faction called the Werewolves, they find more than just the ransom is at stake. 
 
The return of a terrifying evil 
As the Fargos trek across Europe, Northern Africa, and South America, they know only one thing: they must prevent the rise of a Fourth Reich, or witness the resurgence of the greatest evil of the modern world.

NUMA Files #14

Nighthawk

When the most advanced aircraft ever designed vanishes over the South Pacific, NUMA operatives Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala are drawn into a deadly contest to locate the fallen machine. 
 
A doomed aircraft 
 Flying over the South Pacific, the most technologically advanced spacecraft ever built vanishes into thin air. Both China and Russia would kill for the secrets it contains. 
 
 An unstable cargo 
 Kurt Austin and the NUMA team are drawn into a stealthy race to locate the wreck, before someone else does. Only the United States know that waiting in its debris is a payload. 
 
 A devastating weapon 
 Kept at absolute zero, the cargo could obliterate the face of the earth if allowed to thaw. With only seven days until its temperature rises the NUMA team have to work against the clock to stop its deadly payload from wiping out all of life on earth. 
 
 'The Adventure King' Sunday Express 
 
 'Cussler is hard to beat' Daily Mail

A gripping, action-packed and suspense-filled tale that treks from the Galapagos Islands, to jungles of South America, to the icy birth-place of the Inca people. 
 
A missing aircraft 
Flying over the South Pacific, the most technologically advanced spacecraft ever built vanishes into thin air. Extremely valuable, both China and Russia would kill for the state-of-the-art machine. 
 
An unstable cargo 
Kurt Austin and the NUMA team are drawn into a stealthy race to locate the wreck. Only the United States know that waiting in its debris is a payload of exotic matter, stripped from the outermost reaches of the atmosphere. 
 
A devastating weapon 
Kept at absolute zero, the matter is so unstable that it could obliterate the face of the earth if allowed to thaw. In a race they can't lose, the NUMA team will risk everything to stop the world's most dazzling research from being the very thing that destroys it. Humanity's fate depends on them.

Isaac Bell #10

The Cutthroat

Private Detective Isaac Bell crosses some of America's harshest terrain in pursuit of the most twisted killer yet, in the latest action-packed historical blockbuster from Sunday Times bestseller Clive Cussler. 
 
Women are being brutally murdered all over America . . . it's going to take an extraordinary mind to uncover the truth before it's too late. 
 
The year is 1911. Chief Investigator Isaac Bell of the Van Dorn Detective Agency has had many extraordinary cases before. But none quite like this. 
 
Hired to find a young woman named Anna Pape who ran away from home to become an actress, Bell gets a shock when her murdered body turns up instead. Vowing to bring the killer to justice, he begins a manhunt which leads him into increasingly more alarming territory. Anna Pape was not alone in her fate - petite young blonde women like Anna are being murdered in cities across America. 
 
And the pattern goes beyond the physical resemblance of the victims - there are disturbing familiarities about the killings themselves that send a chill through even a man as experienced with evil as Bell. If he is right about his fears, then he is on the trail of one of the greatest monsters of his time.

The latest action-packed historical blockbuster featuring Isaac Bell, from Sunday Times bestseller Clive Cussler. Women are being brutally murdered all over America . . . it's going to take an extraordinary mind to uncover the truth before it's too late

Clive Cussler is the author or co-author of a great number of international bestsellers, including the famous Dirk Pitt® adventures, such as Havana Storm; the NUMA® Files adventures, most recently The Pharaoh's Secret; the Oregon Files, such as The Emperor's Revenge; the Isaac Bell historical thrillers, which began with The Chase; and the recent Fargo Adventures which lastly included The Solomon Curse. He lives in Arizona. 
 
 Justin Scott is the author of twenty-six novels, including The Shipkiller and Normandie Triangle, the Ben Abbot detective series, and five modern sea thrillers under his pen name Paul Garrison. He currently co-writes the Isaac Bell series with Clive Cussler. He lives in Connecticut.

The year is 1911. Chief Investigator Isaac Bell of the Van Dorn Detective Agency has had many extraordinary cases before. But none quite like this. 
 
Hired to find a young woman named Anna Pape who ran away from home to become an actress, Bell gets a shock when her murdered body turns up instead. Vowing to bring the killer to justice, he begins a manhunt which leads him into increasingly more alarming territory. Anna Pape was not alone in her fate - petite young blonde women like Anna are being murdered in cities across America. 
 
And the pattern goes beyond the physical resemblance of the victims - there are disturbing familiarities about the killings themselves that send a chill through even a man as experienced with evil as Bell. If he is right about his fears, then he is on the trail of one of the greatest monsters of his time.

Fargo Adventures #8

Pirate

'Delivers the action and thrills expected. The best book to date featuring the married treasure hunters' Daily Mail 
 
From Arizona to Jamaica to England, husband-and-wife treasure-hunting team Sam and Remi Fargo unravel another ancient and cryptic mystery. 
 
An 800-year-old treasure . . . 
An ancient cypher wheel . . . 
A brutal murder . . . 
And a man who will stop at nothing to claim what he considers rightfully his. 
 
Husband-and-wife treasure-hunting team Sam and Remi Fargo have gone on impossible missions before and faced many perils, but never have they faced an adversary as determined as the one before them now. The battle will take them halfway around the world, and at its end will be either one of the most glorious finds in history - or certain death. 
 
Packed with hair-raising action, a whirlwind pursuit and a class A Clive Cussler villain, this is a spectacular thrill ride from the Grand Master of Adventure. 
 
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'Cussler is hard to beat' 
Daily Mail 
 
'The Adventure King' 
Sunday Express 
 
'Nobody does it better... nobody!' 
Stephen Coonts 
 
'Just about the best storyteller in the business' 
New York Post 
 
'Oceanography's answer to Indiana Jones. Exotic locations, ruthless villains, and many narrow escapes-Cussler's fans come for swashbuckling and he delivers' 
Associated Press

Just about the best storyteller in the business

An 800-year-old treasure . . . 
An ancient cypher wheel . . . 
A brutal murder . . . 
And a man who will stop at nothing to claim what he considers rightfully his. 
 
Husband-and-wife treasure-hunting team Sam and Remi Fargo have gone on impossible missions before and faced many perils, but never have they faced an adversary as determined as the one before them now. The battle will take them halfway around the world, and at its end will be either one of the most glorious finds in history - or certain death.

Oregon Files #11

The Emperor's Revenge

The Emperor's Revenge is the new action-packed Oregon Files adventure from bestselling author Clive Cussler. 
 
A deadly bank heist, a narrow escape and a secret hidden in history that could cripple life as we know it. 
 
Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon face their toughest challenge yet when a violent bank heist during the Monaco Grand Prix decimates the Corporation's accounts. To get the money back, Juan joins forces with an old friend from his days in the CIA so they can track down a rogue hacker and a ruthless former Ukrainian naval officer. 
 
It is only after the hunt begins that the enormity of the plan comes into focus: the bank theft is just the first step in a plot that will result in the deaths of millions and bring the world's economies to a standstill. The catalyst for the scheme? A stunning document stolen during Napoleon's disastrous invasion of Russia. 
 
But two hundred years later, it may be the thing that brings Europe to its knees. 
 
'Cussler is hard to beat' 
Daily Mail 
 
'The Adventure King' 
Sunday Express 
 
'Nobody does it better... nobody!' 
Stephen Coonts 
 
'Just about the best storyteller in the business' 
New York Post

Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon face their toughest challenge yet when a violent bank heist during the Monaco Grand Prix decimates the Corporation's accounts. To get the money back, Juan joins forces with an old friend from his days in the CIA so they can track down a rogue hacker and a ruthless former Ukrainian naval officer. 
 
It is only after the hunt begins that the enormity of the plan comes into focus: the bank theft is just the first step in a plot that will result in the deaths of millions and bring the world's economies to a standstill. The catalyst for the scheme? A stunning document stolen during Napoleon's disastrous invasion of Russia. 
 
But two hundred years later, it may be the thing that brings Europe to its knees.

Isaac Bell #9

The Gangster

Join Private Detective Isaac Bell as he navigates the seedy back alleys of New York, in the ninth book in the action-packed series from Sunday Times bestseller Clive Cussler. 
 
Crime, corruption and murder. . . a vicious organisation is terrorising the city and only one man can stop them. 
 
The Black Hand Strikes 
1906, New York City. Italian gangsters calling themselves the Black Hand terrorize citizens in a menacing spree of kidnapping, extortion and arson. 
 
Who dares stop them? 
Detective Isaac Bell of the Van Dorn Agency is hired to form a special 'Black Hand Squad' - but with each gangster caught a new one appears on the street. Are these new recruits or other criminals imitating the Black Hand? Where are these men coming from? 
 
Murder is just the beginning . . . 
Then the killings start. Each victim is a man more powerful than the last. Bell is convinced that he's facing a murderous organization hell bent on bringing the city to its knees. 
 
But that's before he discovers their ultimate target - the most powerful man in the country: the President of the United States . . . 
 
'Cussler is hard to beat' 
 Daily Mail 
 
'The Adventure King' 
 Sunday Express 
 
'Nobody does it better... nobody!' 
 Stephen Coonts 
 
'Just about the best storyteller in the business' 
 New York Post

The ninth book in the action-packed series featuring Isaac Bell, from Sunday Times bestseller Clive Cussler 
Crime, corruption and murder in the back alleys of New York . . . a vicious organisation is terrorising the city and only one man can stop them

Clive Cussler (Author) Clive Cussler was 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 Fast Ice; the Oregon Files, such as Marauder; the Isaac Bell historical thrillers, which began with The Chase; and the recent Fargo Adventures, which lastly included Wrath of Poseidon. Cussler died in 2020. Justin Scott (Author) Justin Scott is the author of twenty-six novels, including The Shipkiller and Normandie Triangle, the Ben Abbot detective series, and five modern sea thrillers under his pen name Paul Garrison. He currently co-writes the Isaac Bell series with Clive Cussler. He lives in Connecticut.

It is 1906, and in New York City, the Italian crime group known as the Black Hand is on a spree: kidnapping, extortion, arson. Detective Isaac Bell of the Van Dorn Agency is hired to form a special Black Hand Squad, but the gangsters appear to be everywhere so much so that Bell begins to wonder if there are imitators, criminals using the name for the terror effect. And then the murders begin, each one of a man more powerful than the last, and as Bell discovers, to his dismay, the ultimate target may be the most powerful man of all.

Fargo Adventures #7

The Solomon Curse

BENEATH THE WAVES A SECRET LIES 
In the clear blue waters of the Solomon Islands the ruins of an ancient city have lain undisturbed for hundreds of years - until now. 
 
GUARDED BY AN ANCIENT CURSE 
Legend - even recent history - tells of a terrible fate befalling anyone foolish enough to venture near. Visitors do not return alive. 
 
OR SOMETHING MORE DEADLY? 
But when treasure-hunting team Remi and Sam Fargo dive to investigate the city, they find more than ancient monuments and lost artefacts. 
 
Because someone is using the legends to hide their own dark and grisly secret. And the closer Remi and Sam get to discovering the truth, the closer they come to being the curse's next victims . . . 
 
'Cussler is hard to beat' 
 Daily Mail 
 
 'The Adventure King' 
 Sunday Express 
 
 'Nobody does it better... nobody!' 
 Stephen Coonts 
 
 'Just about the best storyteller in the business' 
 New York Post 
 
 'Oceanography's answer to Indiana Jones. Exotic locations, ruthless villains, and many narrow escapes-Cussler's fans come for swashbuckling and he delivers' 
 Associated Press

Clive Cussler (Author) Clive Cussler was 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 Fast Ice; the Oregon Files, such as Marauder; the Isaac Bell historical thrillers, which began with The Chase; and the recent Fargo Adventures, which lastly included Wrath of Poseidon. Cussler died in 2020. Russell Blake (Author) Russell Blake is the author of twenty-nine acclaimed thrillers, including the Assassin, JET, and BLACK series. He has co-written two Fargo novels with Clive Cussler: The Eye of Heaven and The Solomon Curse. He lives on the Pacific coast of Mexico.

BENEATH THE WAVES A SECRET LIES 
In the clear blue waters of the Solomon Islands the ruins of an ancient city have lain undisturbed for hundreds of years - until now. 
 
GUARDED BY AN ANCIENT CURSE 
Legend - even recent history - tells of a terrible fate befalling anyone foolish enough to venture near. Visitors do not return alive. 
 
OR SOMETHING MORE DEADLY? 
But when treasure-hunting team Remi and Sam Fargo dive to investigate the city, they find more than ancient monuments and lost artefacts. 
 
Because someone is using the legends to hide their own dark and grisly secret. And the closer Remi and Sam get to discovering the truth, the closer they come to being the curse's next victims . . .

Clive Cussler

Jack du Brul

Nobody does it better . . . nobody!

Isaac Bell #12

When the Van Dorn Agency's top detective, Isaac Bell, thwarts a plot to kill a US Senator, the race is on to uncover who was behind it and what they hoped to gain. 
 
 For Panama's Red Viper insurgency, the senator's death could have brought a welcome halt to the construction of the giant canal that threatens to divide their country. 
 
 With millions of dollars, the fates of two nations and the future of world trade at stake, Bell knows this is bigger than local trouble. 
 
 He just doesn't know yet how big . . .

Clive Cussler

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Isaac Bell12 Books

The Dirk Pitt Adventures5 Books

The NUMA Files10 Books

The Oregon Files17 Books

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