Crescent Dawn

Crescent Dawn

Dirk Pitt #21

Summary

Dirk Pitt must fight another perilous battle in Clive Cussler's Atlantis Found.

An ancient cargo long thought lost is found. With terrible consequences . . .

Dirk Pitt is surveying in the Middle East when a stroke of luck reveals an Ottoman wreck with a very curious cargo. While investigating the find, he foils a night raid on Istanbul's Topkapi Palace Museum. This puts Pitt at the centre of a race to acquire a series of legendary artefacts.

Meanwhile, the region is being pushed to the brink of war by a series of explosions across Turkey and Egypt. Finding that his search for the artefacts is linked to the attacks, Pitt must prevent a deranged brother and sister's fanatical plans succeeding...

Packed with breathtaking suspense and fired by an extraordinary imagination, Crescent Dawn is a barnstorming read for all fans of action, suspense and intrigue. Crescent Dawn is the twenty-first of Clive Cussler's bestselling Dirk Pitt novels - the series that also includes Inca Gold and, his first novel,Mayday - co-authored with his son Dirk Cussler, in which hero Dirk Pitt finds himself caught between artefacts and fanatics.


Praise for Clive Cussler:

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

'Frightening and full of suspense ... unquestionably entertaining' Daily Express

About the authors

Clive Cussler

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Dirk Cussler

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.
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