Dirk Pitt oceanography s answer to Indiana Jones * responds to a Mayday signal from a deserted
ship and gets drawn towards a deadly Cold War secret in this thriller in Clive Cussler s #1 New
York Times-bestselling series. Dirk Pitt the director of the National Underwater and Marine
Agency is on the Black Sea helping to locate a lost Ottoman shipwreck when he responds to an
urgent Mayday Under attack! from a nearby freighter. But when he and his colleague Al Giordino
arrive there is nobody there. Just dead bodies and a smell of sulfur in the air. As Pitt and
Giordino explore a blast from the stern scuttles the ship swiftly almost taking them with it.
The more the two of them search for the secret of the death ship the deeper they descend into
an extraordinary series of discoveries. A desperate attempt in 1917 to preserve the wealth and
power of the Romanov Empire. A Cold War bomber lost with a deadly cargo. A brilliant developer
of advanced drone technology on an unknown mission. Modern-day nuclear smugglers determined
Ukrainian rebels a beautiful anti-terrorism agent from Europol all will combine to present
Pitt with the most dangerous challenge of his career. And not only Pitt. His two children
marine engineer Dirk and oceanographer Summer are exploring a mysterious shipwreck of their
own when they are catapulted into his orbit. The three of them are used to perilous situations
but this time they may have found their match.
