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A mysterious plague in the Antarctic... A diamond empire run by an evil genius... A devastating new technology that threatens to annihilate millions! <b>Tasman Sea, 1856.</b> A British clipper ship bound for Australia's penal colony is crushed in a raging typhoon. A few pitiful survivors wash up on a deserted island. Among them are Betsy Fletcher and Jess Dorsett, who discover an immense supply of exquisite diamonds... <b>Seymour Island, Antarctica, 2000.</b> Dirk Pitt rescues Maeve Fletcher, a descendant of Betsy and Jess, after an unknouwn cataclysm kills thousands of marine animals plus nearly two hundred people aboard a cruise ship. Pitt traces the carnage to the global diamond operations of Maeve's father, Arthur Dorsett, and her callous sisters. From a chilling escape at a high-security Canadian mine to a tiny boat adrift on lonely, shark-infested seas, the ingenious Pitt is racing to thwart Dorsett's ruthless plans -- before an unthinkable disaster claims millions of innocent lives!
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Shock Wave, Clive Cussler
- Language
- Released
- 1996
- Binding
- (Hardcover)
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- Title
- Shock Wave
- Subtitle
- a novel
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Clive Cussler
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Released
- 1996
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 537
- ISBN10
- 068480297X
- ISBN13
- 9780684802978
- Series
- Categories
- Tags
- Adventure, Mystery Novels, Contemporary Fiction, Adventure Fiction, Suspense, USA, Action, Espionage
- Description
- A mysterious plague in the Antarctic... A diamond empire run by an evil genius... A devastating new technology that threatens to annihilate millions! <b>Tasman Sea, 1856.</b> A British clipper ship bound for Australia's penal colony is crushed in a raging typhoon. A few pitiful survivors wash up on a deserted island. Among them are Betsy Fletcher and Jess Dorsett, who discover an immense supply of exquisite diamonds... <b>Seymour Island, Antarctica, 2000.</b> Dirk Pitt rescues Maeve Fletcher, a descendant of Betsy and Jess, after an unknouwn cataclysm kills thousands of marine animals plus nearly two hundred people aboard a cruise ship. Pitt traces the carnage to the global diamond operations of Maeve's father, Arthur Dorsett, and her callous sisters. From a chilling escape at a high-security Canadian mine to a tiny boat adrift on lonely, shark-infested seas, the ingenious Pitt is racing to thwart Dorsett's ruthless plans -- before an unthinkable disaster claims millions of innocent lives!