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Summer 1914. A murder investigation leads Detective Isaac Bell into the heart of a sinister conspiracy against America’s newly launched Federal Reserve. While President Woodrow Wilson celebrates aboard his yacht, Bell spots a low-flying plane threatening the nation’s leaders. His quick action prevents an assassination - but this attack is only the beginning of a far deadlier plot. Bell soon uncovers a web of double-crosses involving a master thief, an assassin’s accomplice, and the most audacious heist in America’s history: a billion-dollar robbery from the country’s most secure banking system. As Bell races against ruthless enemies, the fate of the U.S. economy - and the nation itself - hangs in the balance. Every step closer to the truth puts him deeper in danger. A gripping, high-stakes historical thriller from Clive Cussler’s acclaimed Isaac Bell series. -- 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

Summer, 1914. As New England swelters, Detective Isaac Bell is asked to investigate a cache of missing rifles. But whoever broke into his Winchester factory wasn''t looking to take weapons - they wanted to leave something in the shipping crates: a radio transmitter, set to summona fleet of dreaded German U-boats to their location in the seas. This means only one thing: someone is trying to keep American supplies from reaching British shores. If Bell doesn''t crack the conspiracy in time, the Atlantic Ocean will run red with blood. With the outcome of the war in the balance and franklin Roosevelt''s orders on the line, Bell must confront an old enemy, and hunt down a new piece of technology that is allowing the Germans to rule the seas from New York to England. In a high-stakes, high seas pursuit of explosive suspense, Bell will risk everything to stop the U-boats, before they strike again...

Dieci anni prima il satellite Medusa viene lanciato nell’atmosfera per mappare la geologia del territorio centro-africano. In soli tre minuti e mezzo, il Medusa passa dal sommo successo a un irrimediabile disastro. Mentre cade dallo spazio e viene avviluppato da un’incandescente palla di fuoco bianca, il satellite studia l’incolta e arida terra africana. Sotterrato da tonnellate di roccia e pietra, vede qualcosa che l’uomo aveva nascosto più di duemila anni addietro nella speranza che nessuno gli avrebbe mai permesso di scappare. Come la sua antica omonima, lo sguardo del Medusa avrebbe portato la morte. Un’altra sfida all’ultimo respiro per Mercer, ingegnere e consulente minerario dalle capacità leggendarie al culmine della carriera.

Den amerikanske udenrigsministers fly er styrtet ned på vej til topmøde i Libyen. CIA stoler ikke på libyerne og hyrer derfor Juan Cabrillo og hans agenttrænede besætning til at finde flyet – og deres bange anelser viser sig at være berettigede. Cabrillo og hans mandskab finder flyet, men diplomaten er forsvundet på grund af en forræderisk libysk minister med sin egen dagsorden. En dagsorden, som Cabrillo er nødt til at sætte en stopper for. Men hvad er forbindelsen til et søslag for 200 år siden og de endnu ældre islamiske skriftruller, som libyerne er så opsatte på at finde? Svarene fører Cabrillo tilbage i historiens mørke og ind i en voldsom kamp mod nutidige korsarer – og nationers skæbne afgøres på havets bølger. Den internationale bestseller-forfatter Clive Cussler leverer spænding og nutidigt eventyr i højt tempo og med et plot, der kan være taget fra dagens globale nyhedsoverskrifter. Pressen skriver: »Fart over feltet og galopperende spænding! « – Søndag

En ung nazisoldat gør en usædvanlig opdagelse, da han under 2. verdenskrig i en gletsjer finder det mest legendariske skib nogensinde. 60 år senere er Juan Cabrillo og hans agenttrænede mandskab på det tophemmelige militærskib Oregon på vej mod deres mest ekstraordinære mission til dato. De støder på et krydstogtskib, hvor alle passagerer på nær én er døde. Cabrillo beslutter sig for at grave dybere ned i mysteriet og støder på en mystisk og magtfuld kult, som har uhyggelige planer for menneskeheden. Planer, det måske allerede er for sent at stoppe. Pestskibet er den tredje bog i Clive Cusslers bestseller-serie om Juan Cabrillo og Oregon-skibet. Tidligere er udkommet Den gyldne Buddha og Skeletkysten.

I 1896 flygtede fire englændere med deres bytte, en formue i uslebne diamanter, gennem den nådesløse Kalahari-ørken, stærkt forfulgt af en afrikansk stamme. Det lykkedes de fire mænd at komme om bord på det ventende HMS Rove, men en storm blæste op, og skibet forsvandt med alle ombordværende. Juan Cabrillo og hans besætning på det ombyggede fragtskib, Oregon, er med nød og næppe sluppet helskindet fra en mission på Congo-floden, da de opfanger et nødkald fra et skib, der er kommet under beskydning ud for den afrikanske kyst. Cabrillo kommer den smukke Sloane Macintyre til undsætning og erfarer bagefter, at hun var på skattejagt og håbede at finde det forsvundne skib med dets last af diamanter. Det undrer Cabrillo, at Macintyres skib blev beskudt, før hun havde fundet skatten. Det undrer ham endnu mere at høre om gigantiske slanger af metal, der huserer i det samme område, hvor hun har søgt. Dette er åbenbart en skattejagt, som for enhver pris skal stoppes, men det skal man ikke sige to gange til Cabrillo! Skeletkysten er den anden bog i Clive Cusslers bestseller-serie om Juan Cabrillo og Oregon-skibet. Tidligere er udkommet Den gyldne Buddha.

Detective Isaac Bell''s investigation into an attempted assassination brings him to the construction site of the Panama Canal--and straight into a nest of vipers--in the latest adventure in the #1 New York Times-bestselling series from Clive Cussler. Detective Isaac Bell''s wife has said that he is always in the wrong place at the right time. This is certainly the case when Bell thwarts the assassination of a U.S. Senator shortly after meeting the man. This heroic rescue is just the start of the mystery for Bell, who suspects that the would-be assassins have a much larger and more dangerous agenda--one involving the nearly constructed Panama Canal. While the senator supports the building of the canal, there are many, including a local Panamanian insurgency known as the Red Vipers, who never want to see its completion. With millions of dollars and the fates of two nations at stake, Bell heads to Panama to find answers. After a deadly bombing at the canal''s construction site, he is determined to stop the insurgents--or whoever is funding them--before they can attack again.

When Isaac Bell attempts to decipher the forbidding deaths of nine men, he encounters a secret so powerful it could dictate the fate of the world in this riveting thriller by the #1 New York Times-bestselling author. A century apart, NUMA Director Dirk Pitt and detective Isaac Bell team up to unlock the truth about the most famous maritime disaster of all time. In the present day, Pitt makes a daring rescue from inside an antiquated submersible in the waters off New York City. His reward afterward is a document left behind a century earlier by legendary detective Isaac Bell--a document that reopens a historical mystery... In 1911, in Colorado, Isaac Bell is asked to look into an unexplained tragedy at Little Angel Mine, in which nine people died. His dangerous quest to answer the riddle leads to a larger puzzle centered on byzanium, a rare element with extraordinary powers and of virtually incalculable value. As he discovers that there are people who will do anything to control the substance, Isaac Bell will find out just how far he''ll go to stop them.

Philip Mercer, ingegnere minerario, si trova nella Repubblica Centrafricana alla ricerca di metalli preziosi. Il paese è alle prese con una guerra civile e mentre Mercer aiuta gli abitanti di un villaggio a scappare dalle forze ribelli, incontra Cali Stowe, una ricercatrice che lavora per i Centri per la prevenzione e il controllo delle malattie. La donna si trova in Africa per capire come mai quel villaggio presenta uno dei più alti tassi di tumore in tutto il mondo. Ciò suscita l’interesse di Mercer.Una volta tornato negli Stati Uniti, si ingegna per trovare delle risposte. Mercer s’imbarca così in un’avventura che lascerà una città in fiamme e svelerà la verità che si cela dietro tremila anni di leggende.

Nel cuore di Panama esiste un lago vulcanico che alimenta un lungo fiume serpeggiante. I suoi argini rocciosi sono stati creati dagli Inca, che riuscirono a riappropriarsi dell’oro e dei gioielli rubati dai conquistatori. La leggenda narra che il “tesoro rubato due volte” sia sepolto da secoli nel bel mezzo della giungla panamense. Riportarlo alla luce significa affrontare le imprevedibili acque del fiume della rovina... Il romanzo ha inizio in una casa d’aste di Parigi, dove il geologo Philip Mercer riceve in dono da un vecchio amico un prezioso diario, scritto all’epoca in cui i francesi cercarono di scavare il canale di Panama. Ma Mercer non è il solo a desiderarlo: tre sicari cinesi, incaricati di recuperarlo, lo costringeranno a giocare al gatto e al topo dando il via così ad una frenetica fuga. Mercer capisce di trovarsi al centro di un piano complesso messo a punto dai cinesi per sovvertire gli equilibri di potere a livello mondiale. Solo il coraggioso geologo – con l’aiuto della bellissima ufficiale dell’esercito statunitense Lauren Vanik, un reparto speciale della Legione straniera francese e uno scontroso capitano di mare in pensione di nome Harry White – può salvare le sorti del mondo.

Durante la seconda guerra mondiale, in una base sottomarina nazista, furono nascosti al-cuni container interamente realizzati con l’oro saccheggiato in guerra. Il “tesoro” lì custodito non constava di forzieri d’oro massiccio, ma di un manufatto così letale che chi possedeva “le casse di Pandora” aveva il potere di scatenare l’inferno sulla terra... Nelle inospitali distese della Groenlandia, il geologo Philip Mercer scopre una base abban-donata dell’esercito statunitense sepolta sotto il ghiaccio e un cadavere ancora carico di potenti radiazioni. Prima che lui e la seducente dotto-ressa Anika Klein possano indagare più a fondo, vengono travolti da un susseguirsi di eventi con un ritmo vertiginoso. Una potente società tede-sca ha lanciato un’operazione per distruggere la prova del suo passato nazista. Ma uno dei mer-cenari aziendali conosce il contenuto delle casse di Pandora e trama di tenere il mondo intero in ostaggio, a meno che Mercer non riesca a trova-re un modo per fermarlo...

Geologist and adventurer Philip Mercer is visiting an old friend who’s working far down in Minnesota’s Leister Deep Mine—but he arrives too late to save Abe Jacobs and his climate-research team from a shocking, brutal attack. Mercer vows to seek revenge as well as answers, hoping to pick up Jacobs’s search for a cache of the rare crystals known as lightning stones—rumored to have been aboard Amelia Earhart’s plane when it vanished in 1937. From a harrowing close call in the Midwestern U.S. to a nailbiting showdown in the rugged mountains of Afghanistan, to a remote island in the middle of the Pacific, Mercer must race to stay ahead of a team of highly-trained assassins—and to figure out if he’s chasing a rare scientific discovery, or merely a historical fairy tale.

Juan Cabrillo faces a global deadly threat in Clive Cussler''s The Jungle. Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon are up against their smartest foe yet - but in their midst there is a traitor . . . After losing their contract with the US government because of a daring raid too far, Cabrillo and his crew of mercenaries with a conscience are earning money the hard way: doing dirty, dangerous little jobs in the world''s trouble spots. Now they''ve accepted a mission deep to find a missing adventurer deep in the jungles of Myanmar. But it is not long before Cabrillo and his team realise that they have been set up. Cabrillo - betrayed, tortured and played for a fool - is angry that he''s been used as a pawn in someone''s deadly scheme. But with the US nuclear launch codes up for grabs and a madman bent on using them to hold millions of lives to ransom, he hasn''t time to worry about revenge. He''s got to save the world first . . . The number-one bestseller Clive Cussler, author of the thrilling Dirk Pitt novels Treasure of Khan andTrojan Odyssey, and co-author Jack Du Brul tell a gripping story of adventure, treachery and betrayal in the eighth Oregon Files novel. The Jungle is preceded by Corsair and The Silent Sea. Praise for Clive Cussler: ''Frightening and full of suspense . . . unquestionably entertaining'' Daily Express ''All-action, narrow escapes and the kind of unrelenting plot tension that has won Cussler hundreds of millions of fans worldwide'' Observer

1937. Le zeppelin Hindenburg s’écrase près de New York. Dans le crash, une arme secrète, particulièrement redoutable, est détruite. 70 ans plus tard, ce secret est sur le point de refaire surface et menace à nouveau le monde. Philip Mercer, géologue et agent secret, est en mission en Afrique centrale à la recherche d’un métal précieux utilisé dans la fabrication de composants électroniques. Dans cette jungle hostile, il rencontre une jeune scientifique qui enquête sur un phénomène troublant : un village présente le taux de cancer le plus élevé au monde... L’agent secret est progressivement entrainé dans l’aventure la plus spectaculaire de sa carrière, sur les traces d’un mystère remontant à l’Egypte Antique... Une aventure palpitante par le co-auteur de la série Oregon avec Clive Cussler.

A bord de l’Oregon, un navire de guerre recelant les gadgets les plus sophistiqués, les membres de la Corporation, emmenés par Juan Cabrillo, protègent au péril de leur vie les intérêts occidentaux. Alors que Cabrillo vient de terminer une mission à haut risque dans une base militaire iranienne, il découvre en pleine mer un navire de croisière, jonché de centaines de corps sans vie. L’équipe de l’Oregon s’est à peine échappée avec la seule survivante, que déjà le bateau coule, et en-gloutit avec lui toute trace du forfait. Des Philippines aux eaux de la Méditerranée et aux fjords de Norvège, Juan et ses hommes vont tout faire pour découvrir le sombre complot qui se cache derrière ce meurtre de masse et mettre un terme aux desseins mortels de ses commanditaires...

Ex-CIA ship captain Juan Cabrillo leads the crew of the Oregon on a quest to save a kidnapped politician in this adventure in the #1 New York Times-bestselling series. Corsairs are pirates, and pirates come in many different varieties. There are the pirates who fought off the Barbary Coast in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, the contemporary pirates who infest the waters of Africa and Asia, and the pirates...who look like something else. When the U.S. secretary of state’s plane crashes while bringing her to a summit meeting in Libya, the CIA, distrusting the Libyans, hire Juan Cabrillo to search for her, and their misgivings are well founded. The crew locates the plane, but the secretary of state has vanished. It turns out Libya’s new foreign minister has other plans for the conference, plans that Cabrillo cannot let happen. But what does it all have to do with a two- hundred- year-old naval battle and the centuries-old Islamic scrolls that the Libyans seem so determined to find? The answers will lead him full circle into history, and into another pitched battle on the sea, this time against Islamic terrorists, and with the fate of nations resting on its outcome.

Eine schlagkräftige Crew um den früheren Militär- und Geheimdienstagenten Juan Cabrillo kämpft gegen die schlimmen Geschäfte von Piraten, die Tausende chinesische Flüchtlinge als Sklaven in Goldbergwerken missbrauchen.

Chairman of the Corporation Juan Cabrillo and his mercenary crew steer theOregon into battle against a militant leader and his cult-like followers in this #1 New York Times-bestselling series. Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the covert combat ship Oregon have barely escaped a mission on the Congo River when they intercept a mayday from a defenseless boat under fire off the African coast. Still smarting from a weapons-trade gone bad and a double-cross, Cabrillo takes action. He manages to save the beautiful Sloane Macintyre, who''s on a mission of her own, looking for a long-submerged ship that may hold a fortune in diamonds. But what surprises Cabrillo is her story about a crazy fisherman who claims to have been attacked on the open sea by giant metal snakes in the same area. What begins as a snake hunt leads Cabrillo onto the trail of a far more lethal quarry—a deranged militant and his followers who plan to unleash the devastating power of nature itself against all who oppose them.

Years ago, a secret Soviet plan was created to destroy the Alaskan oil pipeline. Now, those plans have been stolen by the brilliant and treacherous ex-KGB agent Ivan Kerikov. Joining forces with a powerful Arab oil minister, Charon''s Landing is about to be unleashed at last. But they didn''t count on the one man who possesses the determination and daring to stop them cold. They didn''t count on Philip Mercer.

Juan Cabrillo and his crew aboard the Oregon take on modern-day pirates for a surprising new client in this #1 New York Times-bestselling series. Cabrillo and his motley crew aboard the clandestine spy ship Oregon have made a very comfortable and very dangerous living working for high-powered Western interests. But their newest clients have come from the Far East to ask for Cabrillo''s special brand of assistance: a consortium of Japanese shipping magnates whose fortunes are being threatened by brutal pirates trolling the waters of Southeast Asia. Normally, such attacks on the high seas are limited to smaller ships and foreign-owned yachts-easy targets on the open ocean. Now, however, giant commercial freighters are disappearing. But when Cabrillo confronts the enemy, he learns that the pirates'' predations hide a deadly international conspiracy-a scheme of death and slavery that Juan Cabrillo is going to blow out of the water.

USA Today bestselling author Jack Du Brul brings back geologist-adventurer Philip Mercer for an apocalyptic adventure. Hired to lead the excavation of caverns deep beneath Area 51, Philip Mercer finds himself drilling straight into the epicenter of an age-old conspiracy. A reclusive order of Himalayan monks, through special knowledge of the earth’s tectonic movement, has predicted the end of the world—and it is determined to see the prediction unfold accordingly. Now, with icebergs floating through the South Pacific and a thermonuclear bomb set to destroy an island paradise, the stage is set for Armageddon—and it is up to Philip Mercer and the beautiful, mysterious Tisa Nguyan to prevent a cataclysm beyond imagination.

Bidding on a rare diary, written during the French attempt to dig the Panama Canal, geologist Philip Mercer finds himself caught up in a complex Chinese plot to trigger a shift in the world''s balance of power.