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Fearless adventurer Dirk Pitt, \\u201coceanography\'s answer to Indiana Jones\\u201d (Associated Press), must unravel a historical mystery of epic importance in CLIVE CUSSLER\\u2019S THE DEVIL\\u2019S SEA, the latest novel in the beloved New York Times bestselling Dirk Pitt Adventure\\xae series created by the \\u201cgrand master of adventure\\u201d Clive Cussler and written by his son Dirk Cussler.

In 1959 Tibet, a Buddhist artifact of immense importance was seemingly lost to history in the turmoil of the Communist takeover. But when National Underwater and Marine Agency Director Dirk Pitt discovers a forgotten plane crash in the Philippine Sea over 60 years later, new clues emerge to its hidden existence.

But Pitt and his compatriot Al Giordino have larger worries when they are ordered to recover a failed hypersonic missile from Luzon Strait. Only someone else is after it, too\\u2026a rogue Chinese military team that makes their own earthshattering discovery, hijacking a ship capable of stirring the waters of the deep into a veritable Devil\\u2019s Sea.

From the cold dark depths of the Pacific Ocean to the dizzying heights of the Himalaya Mountains, only Dirk Pitt and his children, Summer and Dirk Jr., can unravel the mysteries that will preserve a religion, save a nation\\u2026and save the world from war

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Dirk Cussler is the coauthor with Clive Cussler of eight previous Dirk Pitt adventures: Black Wind, Treasure of Khan, Arctic Drift, Crescent Dawn, Poseidon\'s Arrow, Havana Storm, Odessa Sea, and Celtic Empire. For the past several years, he has been an active participant and partner in his father\'s NUMA expeditions and has served as president of the NUMA advisory board of trustees. He lives in Connecticut.