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Now in a new trade paperback edition, one of Cussler's all-time bestselling novels follows the cool and courageous Dirk Pitt as he uncovers an empire of deep evil in the forbidden netherworld of the Andes mountains.

A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Cussler is hard to beat' Daily MailThe gripping Dirk Pitt classic from multi-million-copy king of the adventure novel, Clive Cussler.For the President of the United States, the crisis point is approaching fast. With his new Soviet initiative entering its most crucial phase, the President suddenly finds himself faced with a pollution disaster of potentially cataclysmic proportions. And then - incredibly - he vanishes into thin air, leaving his country poised on the brink of chaos.It's left to troubleshooter extraordinaire Dirk Pitt to hotwire the connections between these two shattering events. From the icy Alaskan waters to a Korean shipbreaker's yard; from a Caribbean shipwreck to a blazing inferno in the Mississippi Delta, he tracks down a conspiracy so fiendish and sophisticated that even the superpowers are helpless in its grip . . .'Clive Cussler is the guy I read' Tom Clancy'The Adventure King' Daily Express

A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Cussler is hard to beat' Daily MailThe brilliant fifth Dirk Pitt classic from multi-million-copy king of the adventure novel, Clive Cussler.Over thirty years ago, on an ultra-secret flight to the South Pacific, the transport plane Vixen 03 vanished. It was believed to be lost at sea. And carrying canisters of the most lethal substance known to man.Now Vixen 03 has returned to haunt the world. Dirk Pitt, the ace maritime troubleshooter who raised the Titanic, is the only man who can overcome the nightmarish problems involved in retrieving her cargo. And the price of failure is terrifying.'Clive Cussler is the guy I read' Tom Clancy'The Adventure King' Daily Express

Dirk Pitt doesn't go looking for adventure: it finds him easily enough. His chance witnessing of an airship disaster - which nearly kills him - and subsequent discovery of the gruesome fate of the crew sets in motion the most nail-biting chain of events of his career. The hijacking on a golf course of one of the world's most powerful leaders; an exotic but outrageous undercover operation in the Caribbean; the sinister intrigue of a secret power base on the moon . . . Pitt's considerable resources and guile are about to be tested to the limit.But when he finds a trail leading towards a fabulous treasure hidden fathoms deep in the ocean, Pitt realises he is on to something very special indeed. For somewhere in the raging waters lies the legendary lost lady of El Dorado, the golden prize that had already lured thousands to their graves . . .

Dirk Pitts to børn, datteren Summer og sønnen Dirk jr., befinder sig på bunden af havet med fire hundrede favne vand over sig. Efter genforeningen med deres far slutter de sig til ham i NUMA, og deres opgave denne gang er at undersøge et skibsvrag i Det Caribiske hav. Summer og Dirk har indrettet en hyggelig bolig i et af NUMAs dykkerskibe, og over dem ligger forskningsfartøjet, deres eneste kontakt med omverdenen. Det er til denne besætningen, at Summer og Dirk ophidset rapporterer om et usædvanligt fund: en ruinby, huse, søjler, pladser, templer.En del sømil derfra ligger verdens største havhotel, et monster af en bygning, der i den største luksus transporterer rige mennesker rundt på verdens have. Flere hundrede meter rager hotellet op over havets overflade, men ganske fladt i bunden for at kunne sejle ind i lavvandede områder med koraller og fisk. Højt og fladt og dermed usædvanligt ustabilt.Og mange sømil derfra igen trækker skyerne sammen. I løbet af få timer ved man at en orkan er under opbygning, en orkan som får navnet Lizzie. Orkaner er jævnligt tilbagevendende i det område, og i begyndelsen tager man det roligt, og går i gang med de sædvanlige forholdsregler som at advare kystvagten og evakuere folk. Men Lizzie er ikke en normal orkan - den bevæger sig med ubegribelig fart, og den følger ikke den beregnede bane. Derimod ser det ud til at den svinger bort fra land og ud over havet med kurs direkte mod havhotellet. NUMAs forskningsskib må trække ankeret op – og dermed iltforbindelsen til undervandsfartøjet – og ile af sted for at hjælpe.