Clive Cussler’s Desolation Code

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.

Deadly experiments. Rogue AI. And A cult with the power to destroy the world. 
The NUMA team faces a terrifying swarm of bio-engineered sea creatures in their most explosive adventure yet. 
'Cussler is hard to beat' Daily Mail 
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When NUMA’s Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala investigate a mass whale stranding in the Indian Ocean, they uncover a heap of trouble. 
First, their findings are stolen – someone doesn’t want them examining those dead whales. But who, and why? 
 
Next, Kurt and Joe are chasing a mysterious beacon that might provide some answers. That’s if their global satellite network hasn’t been hacked – which increasingly seems the case. 
 
Soon, Kurt, Joel and a heavily compromised NUMA are racing to stop a plan to devastate the world’s ecosystems – the first step in a terrifying scheme to re-make all life on Earth . . . 
 
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PRAISE FOR CLIVE CUSSLER: 
 
'The Adventure King' Sunday Express 
 
'Just about the best in the business' New York Post

Graham Brown is the author of Black Rain and Black Sun, and the co-author with Cussler of Devil's Gate, The Storm, Zero Hour, Ghost Ship, The Pharaoh's Secret, Nighthawk and The Rising Sea. A pilot and an attorney, he lives in Arizona.

A routine NUMA investigation uncovers a mystery, when a strange figure steals their findings. Who are they? 
 
Meanwhile a cryptic text using NUMA's codes makes things still stranger: Are they being helped by a friend, or lured into a traitorous trap? 
 
Kurt, Joe, and even Max, NUMA's supercomputer, will have to investigate like never before as they prepare for a battle on two very different planes: one physical; one digital. 
 
It's just the beginning of a sinister plan concocted by a mind more brilliant than any they’ve ever faced—the mind of a machine. A new, terrifying world order is being plotted...

Clive Cussler’s Condor’s Fury

READ THE ELECTRIFYING NEW ADVENTURE OF THE NUMA CREW, FROM THE GRAND MASTER OF ADVENTURE, CLIVE CUSSLER 
 As head of the US National Underwater and Maritime Agency's Special Assignments Team, Kurt Austin is no stranger to danger. 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 on a mission yet. . . 
 ‘Cussler is hard to beat’ Daily Mail 
 
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A terrifying discovery. 
A cutting-edge weapon. 
A life-or-death showdown in the skies . . . 
 
A distress call in the Caribbean sends the NUMA team of Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala to a damaged freighter. But, instead of being greeted by a grateful crew, they are attacked by a group of paranoid, disoriented and deranged men lying in wait. 
 
What has driven the crew to attack their rescuers? 
Is it mutiny, madness, or something more sinister? 
 
The answer leads Kurt and Joe to a cadre of Cuban mercenaries, and a plan to use modern airships to hijack a nuclear submarine. Faced with an dangerous enemy coming from the skies, this could be the NUMA crew’s toughest task yet . . . 
 
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PRAISE FOR CLIVE CLUSSER 
 
 ‘The Adventure King’ Sunday Express 
 
 ‘Just about the best in the business’ New York Post

Nobody does it better . . . nobody!

A distress call from a Caribbean freighter leads the NUMA crew to an eerie discovery. The captain lies face down in the bridge. Clutched beneath him - an empty shotgun. 
Hidden in wait are his shipmates: paranoid, disoriented and ready to fight. 
Could it be a mind-altering sickness? Or is something much more sinister? 
The crew's tale takes Kurt and Joe to a cadre of Cuban mercenaries, with a plot to use magnificent modern airships to hijack a nuclear submarine. As the mission moves from the seas to the skies, stopping them could be the NUMA crew's toughest task yet...

Clive Cussler’s Dark Vector

Join Kurt Austin and the NUMA crew in the thrilling SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER continuing the bestselling series from the grand master of adventure, Clive Cussler 
 
A PIRATE'S HOARD. A VANISHED SHIP. A GLOBAL CATASTROPHE BECKONS. 
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Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala are diving for treasure . . . 
 
Specifically, the legendary hoard of Pirate Queen Ching Shih, lost in the South China Sea. But no sooner than they've found a clue than a more pressing matter requires urgent attention: a nearby freighter carrying the world's most state-of-the-art computers has vanished. 
 
NUMA must find the ship - and fast. If hackers, criminals or terrorists get hold of it, this cargo could be the Information Age's most deadly weapon. 
 
Plunged into a cyberwar that has spilled into real life, facing modern-day pirates and cut-throat billionaires, Kurt and Joe are about to discover just how perilous are the high seas . . . 
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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

In 1808, the infamous Chinese Pirate Queen Ching Shih's fleet is betrayed by a rogue captain and a ship of treasure sinks into the deep waters. 
Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala have been trailing the legendary hoard but their efforts are interrupted by the threat of the disappearance of a freighter carrying the most advanced computers mankind has seen thus far. 
The battle is on as cyber-war takes hold and Kurt and Joe's only allies are a crew of untrustworthy pirates and knowing who to trust could be the NUMA crew's most daunting mission yet . . .

Numa Files #18

Fast Ice

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...

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.

Just about the best storyteller in the business

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 . . .

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?

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

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

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.

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.

The Eden Prophecy

From Sunday Times bestselling author Graham Brown, co-author of The Pharaoh's Secret and Devil's Gate with Clive Cussler, comes The Eden Prophecy, his latest conspiracy thriller.

Graham Brown is a pilot and an attorney, he lives with his wife, Tracey, in Tucson, Arizona.

In a Paris slum, the body of a rogue geneticist is found tortured and defiled. 
 
Ex-CIA agent Hawker is determined to find the men responsible. However, the secrets his friend may have died to protect, lead to a fabled Sumerian tablet that contains ancient secrets powerful enough to transform the world for good or evil. 
 
From the back streets of Paris to an underground auction in the catacombs of Beirut to the merciless deserts of Iran, Hawker and his partner Danielle find themselves hunting a murderous cult leader whose scientific arsenal could lead humanity to a new Eden - or unleash hell on the Earth itself. 
 
Full of conspiracy, thrills and fast-paced action, The Eden Prophecy is perfect for fans of Dan Brown.

Doomsday

A page-turning action thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Pharaoh's Secret (with Clive Cussler) and The Mayan Conspiracy

An adventure that's not only a terrific read but is smart, intelligent. I loved it!

Graham Brown is an exciting new talent, a writer we're going to be hearing a lot from in the years ahead.

An ancient secret. A terrifying prophecy. The last race against time... 
 
In the heart of the Amazon, NRI operative Danielle Laidlaw makes an incredible discovery: a translucent Mayan stone generating massive waves of energy while counting down toward the infamous apocalyptic date: December 21, 2012. And somewhere, there are three more just like it. 
 
What power will be unleashed if all four stones come together? Who created them - and who has them now? Using a cryptic Mayan map and a prophecy that points to the end of the world, Danielle and her team race toward answers. But one staggering question remains: Were these artifacts meant to save us - or to destroy us once and for all?

The Mayan Conspiracy

An epic, high-concept page-turning conspiracy thriller

...sizzles with tension and twists that both entertain and magnetize. The plot envelops the reader into a brilliantly conceived world, full of strange and amazing things. Graham Brown is an exciting new talent, a writer we're going to be hearing a lot from in the years ahead. I can't wait.

...an adventure that's not only a terrific read but is smart, intelligent, and poised to shake up the whole thriller community. Every copy should come with a bucket of popcorn and a John Williams soundtrack to play in the background. I loved it.

Action-packed . . . The fast pace . . . will keep readers forging ahead

A unique and compelling thriller that will keep your interest start to finish. ..fast-paced, dangerous adventure at its very best. A sequel is in the works, and I can't wait to read it

Graham Brown was born in Chicago. He is a pilot and an attorney. He lives with his wife, Tracey, in Tucson, Arizona, where he is currently at work on a new novel. 
 
www.authorgrahambrown.com

A coveted treasure. A perilous mission. A dangerous secret that could change the world... 
 
Former CIA-agent Hawker has been black flagged by his own government and Interpol and the State department have issued a warrant for his arrest. All Hawker wants to do is find a way back home that doesn't involve a prison sentence or a body bag. 
 
Government operative Danielle Laidlaw is his way out. She needs a pilot and a security consultant for her mission to discover the lost Mayan city of Tulan Zuyu. In return for his services, she promises Hawker his life back. 
 
But as an unseen enemy stalks the rainforests, leaving battered corpses in its wake, they are about to discover that they are not the first - and they are not the only people looking for Tulan Zuyu and the secrets it may hold.

Graham Brown

When a NATO super-weapon is successfully tested at the North Pole, the aircraft carrying it suddenly vanishes off the radar, the crew are found murdered at their stations, and the weapon – capable of triggering global catastrophe – disappears into the Arctic mists. 
 
NUMA’s Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala are pulled into a race against time to lead the search. 
 
Rival Russian and Chinese powers are closing in, but as Kurt and his team race to reach the wreck first, a darker mystery emerges: the world’s great powers are all being carefully manipulated by one vengeful man with a deadly plan . . .

Graham Brown

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