Celtic Empire

Name: Celtic Empire
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Author: Unknown Author
ISBN: 9780241349571

by Unknown Author

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464 pages2019Penguin Books, LimitedISBN 9780241349571

Fiction Adventure Action Thriller

About this book

THE BRAND-NEW ACTION-PACKED ADVENTURE IN THE DIRK PITT SERIES FROM NO 1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR CLIVE CUSSLER The murder of UN scientists while investigating mysterious deaths in El Salvador . . . A deadly collision in the Detroit river . . . An attack on an archaeological site along the Nile . . . While on a routine investigation in South America, NUMA Director Dirk Pitt finds himself caught up in solving the mystery of these cryptic and violent incidents. When a new bioremediation company offers to help NUMA with the clean-up operation of a devastating oil spill it seems like the perfect solution, but he soon begins to suspect they have a much more sinister agenda. Could they be behind these events? And if so, why? In his boldest and most daring adventure yet, follow Dirk around the world from the desert heat of Egypt to the rocky isles of Ireland on his quest to solve the mystery. But this time the stakes are even higher - the lives of his children are in serious danger. The key to solving the mystery may lie in an ancient tale of an Egyptian princess - it seems that Pitt must look to the past in order to save the future. 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

Publication Details

Publisher: Penguin Books, Limited
Published: 2019
Pages: 464
ISBN: 9780241349571
Language: en

About Unknown Author

Cussler began writing novels in 1965 and published his first work featuring his continuous series hero, Dirk Pitt, in 1973. His first non-fiction, The Sea Hunters, was released in 1996. The Board of Governors of the Maritime College, State University of New York, considered The Sea Hunters in lieu of a Ph.D. thesis and awarded Cussler a Doctor of Letters degree in May, 1997. It was the first time since the College was founded in 1874 that such a degree was bestowed. Cussler is an internationally recognized authority on shipwrecks and the founder of the National Underwater and Marine Agency, (NUMA) a 501C3 non-profit organization (named after the fictional Federal agency in his novels) that dedicates itself to preserving American maritime and naval history. He and his crew of marine experts and NUMA volunteers have discovered more than 60 historically significant underwater wreck sites including the first submarine to sink a ship in battle, the Confederacy's Hunley, and its victim, the Union's Housatonic; the U-20, the U-boat that sank the Lusitania; the Cumberland, which was sunk by the famous ironclad, Merrimack; the renowned Confederate raider Florida; the Navy airship, Akron, the Republic of Texas Navy warship, Zavala, found under a parking lot in Galveston, and the Carpathia, which sank almost six years to-the-day after plucking Titanic's survivors from the sea. In September, 1998, NUMA - which turns over all artifacts to state and Federal authorities, or donates them to museums and universities - launched its own web site for those wishing more information about maritime history or wishing to make donations to the organization. (www.numa.net). In addition to being the Chairman of NUMA, Cussler is also a fellow in both the Explorers Club of New York and the Royal Geographic Society in London. He has been honored with the Lowell Thomas Award for outstanding underwater exploration. Cussler's books have been published in more than 40 languages in mo