Sacred Stone

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Clive Cussler author of the bestselling Dirk Pitt" novels including " Arctic Drift" & " Black Wind" & co-author Craig Dirgo put hero Juan Cabrillo to the test once more in the second " Oregon Files" adventure " Sacred Stone". Tens of thousands of years ago: a fist of stone punches through the Earths atmosphere & falls on the snowy wastes of Greenland
- its deadly secret waiting to be found by man... The discovery of a radioactive meteorite in Greenland sends Jan Cabrillo & the crew of his hi-tech ship Oregon
- in Iceland to seize a nuclear weapon from terrorists
- on a second rescue mission: to retrieve the dangerous stellar object before someone unlocks the terrible properties it holds. Unfortunately Cabrillo is too late to prevent a fanatical group from spiriting the orb away. Now Cabrillo & his team aboard the Oregon have two problems: preventing the detonation of a nuclear bomb in London on New Years Eve & getting their hands on the meteorite before a madman uses it to start World War III..." Impossible to put down...a compelling sense of adventure that can rival any cinematic blockbuster". (" Big Issue"). " Cussler is hard to beat". (" Daily Mail"). Bestselling author Clive Cussler has kept readers on the edges of their seats for four decades with his thrilling action novels. As well as the " Oregon Files" series there are also the "NUMA Files" the " Dirk Pitt" stories (which started it all) the Isaac Bell adventures & the " Fargo" series. The other titles in the " Oregon Files" are: " Golden Buddha" " Dark Watch" " Skeleton Coast" " Plague Ship" " Corsair" " The Silent Sea" & " The Jungle" & are all available in Penguin paperback."