Arctic Drift (A Dirk Pitt Novel, #20) (Dirk Pitt Adventure) Hardcover - 2008

by Cussler, Clive; Cussler, Dirk

As with all Clive Cussler's dazzling Dirk Pitt novels, criticssaid Treasure of Khan 'amazes, informs and entertains'(Publishers Weekly), 'the action zipping alonguntil a final powerhouse showdown' (Entertainment Weekly).'What's not to like?' proclaimed the Los Angeles Times andhundreds of thousands of readers agreed.

In his new novel, however the twentieth Dirk Pitt adventure Cussler may have topped even himself.

A potential breakthrough discovery to reverse globalwarming . . . a series of unexplained sudden deaths in BritishColumbia . . . a rash of international incidents between theUnited States and one of its closest allies that threatens to eruptinto an actual shooting war . . . NUMA director Dirk Pitt and hischildren, Dirk. Jr. and Summer, have reason to believe there's aconnection here somewhere, but they also know they have verylittle time to find it before events escalate out of control. Theironly real clue might just be a mysterious silvery mineral tracedto a long-ago expedition in search of the fabled Northwest Passage.But no one survived from that doomed mission, captainand crew perished to a man and if Pitt and his colleague AlGiordino aren't careful, the very same fate may await them.

Filled with the breathtaking suspense and audacious imaginationthat have become his hallmarks, this is a tour de force further proof that when it comes to adventure writing, nobodybeats Clive Cussler.