Clive Cussler author of the best-selling Dirk Pitt" novels " Crescent Dawn" & " Treasure of Khan" & co-author Paul Kemprecos place their hero Kurt Austin at the centre of a tangled web of conspiracy & ambition in " Devils Gate" the ninth novel of the action-packed "NUMA Files" series. Deep beneath the Eastern Atlantic Ocean lies an extraordinary underwater burial ground of ships & planes... When Kurt Austin & the NUMA team set out to rescue a Japanese cargo ship from a gang of ruthless pirates they are immediately plunged into a mystery. For after the pirates scuttle the ship they fought so hard to take their own corsair suddenly bursts into flames mid-getaway. As Austin & the team investigate this curious turn of events they uncover a scheme involving the deadly ambitions of an African dictator the creation of a weapon of terrible power a kidnapped CERN scientist & a deep-water graveyard holding a lost aircraft & its precious cargo. As a terrifying & audacious plan to bring the worlds major nations to their knees is set in motion only Kurt Austin
- the right man in the right place at the right time
- can stop it..." The guy I read". (Tom Clancy). Bestselling author Clive Cussler has kept millions of readers hooked with adventures at sea exotic locations cutting-edge science & page-turning pace for four decades. As well as the "NUMA Files" series there are also the " Oregon Files" the " Dirk Pitt" stories (which started it all) the Isaac Bell adventures & the " Fargo" series. The other titles in the "NUMA files" series are: " Serpent" " Blue Gold" " Fire Ice" " White Death" " Lost City" " Polar Shift" " The Navigator" " Medusa" & " The Storm"."