New Releases by PAUL KEMPRECOS

Als een oud Phoenicisch beeld informatie blijkt te bevatten over de huidige locatie van de schatten van koning Salomo, probeert een internationaal misdaadsyndicaat het beeld te stelen.

Kurt Austin, le chef des opérations spéciales de la NUMA, en mission de routine dans un glacier alpin, retrouve l''épave d''un avion de la Première Guerre mondiale et un casque couvert d''inscriptions mystérieuses... Bientôt, des événements inquiétants se succèdent : en Grèce, un scientifique, Angus MacLean, est kidnappé alors qu''il cherchait à s''enfuir après la mort suspecte de tous les chercheurs de son équipe ; sur les îles Orcades, au large de l''Ecosse, des concurrents d''un jeu télévisé sont victimes de créatures mutantes ; dans les profondeurs de l''océan Arctique, des biologistes découvrent une nouvelle algue qui pourrait prolonger l''espérance de vie de l''humanité... ou assécher les océans du monde entier. Une fois encore, l''équipe de la NUMA nous entraîne dans une aventure palpitante, aux enjeux décisifs pour notre planète.

L''équipage d''un groupe de protection de l''environnement aux idées plutôt radicales, qui tentait de mettre fin au massacre des baleines au large des îles Féroé, a sombré corps et biens dans des circonstances mystérieuses. Appelé à la rescousse, Kurt Austin, explorateur, chef des opérations spéciales de la NUMA, est loin de se douter que cette périlleuse mission va l''entraîner dans de plus sinistres abîmes encore... Que s''est-il vraiment passé entre le groupe écologiste et les barbares tueurs de cétacés ? Y a-t-il un lien avec la gigantesque usine avoisinante, aussi impénétrable qu''une forteresse ? Et pourquoi, à peine a-t-il planté ses harpons dans cet infernal engrenage, Kurt Austin est-il victime d''une tentative d''assassinat ?

NUMA operative Kurt Austin takes on a madman fronting as an evironmentalist in this #1 New York Times-bestselling series. Sixty years ago, an eccentric Hungarian genius discovered how to artificially trigger such a shift in the polar ice caps, which could cause massive eruptions, earthquaks, and even climate changes. But then his work disappeared, or so it was thought. Now, the charismatic leader of an antiglobalization group plans to use it to give the world’s industrialized nations a small jolt, before reversing the shift back again. The only problem is, it cannot be reversed. Once it starts, there is nothing anyone can do. Austin, Zavala, and the rest of the NUMA Special Assignments Team must make strange alliances to protect this technology from being exploited by their new and power-hungry nemesis before the entire planet is made to pay. Rich with all the hair-raising action and endless imagination that have become Cussler’s hallmarks, Polar Shift is a wonderful thriller—indeed, “vintage Cussler.”

The NUMA crew, under Kurt Austin’s direction, take on a blood-thirsty family with a fortune built on crime, in what may be race to discover the very secret of ever-lasting life in this heart-bounding installment in the #1 New York Times-bestselling series. Kurt Austin is mid-mission when his new colleague, the stunning archeologist Skye Labelle, is called away to examine a mysterious 16th-century military helmet discovered in the possession of a very contemporary-looking corpse. Ms. Labelle’s research on the armor draws her into the sights of a ruthless black-widow with her own plans for the artifact. As danger creeps closer to Ms. Labelle, a scientist half-way across the globe is kidnapped. At the same time, experts working to harvest an enzyme discovered two thousand feet down in the North Atlantic, in an area known as “Lost City,” start turning up dead. Worlds apart in location and areas of expertise, they all have something in common. And it’s up to Kurt Austin, with the help of Joe Zavala and the NUMA Special Assignments Team, to put the pieces together if he’s going to keep his friend safe.

Clive Cussler introduces Kurt Austin, hero for the new millennium, in this thriller.

Hailed as a hero for the new millennium, NUMA leader Kurt Austin must protect the seas’ delicate ecosystem from a fish-farming organization with big plans for their genetically-modified product in this #1 New York Times-bestselling adventure series. A confrontation between a radical environmentalist group and a Danish cruiser leave many survivors trapped inside a sunken ship. But when the head of NUMA Special Assignments, Kurt Austin, and his colleague, Joe Zavala, are enlisted to run the rescue operation, they uncover a far more sinister agenda on the part of the supposed environmental group. Their agency, Sentinels of the Sea, is connected to a shadowy multinational corporation with plans for controlling the world’s oceans. And somebody within the company is willing to kill anyone who gets in the way. When Austin narrowly escapes an explosion on his own boat, he becomes certain he’s the next target. This can only mean he’s onto something big. In fact, he’s in the midst of an environmental disaster that has already begun, and only he and NUMA® stand in the way….

Leader of the NUMA Special Assignments team, Kurt Austin must work with a former KGB spy to save the United States from a lunatic with a generations-spanning grudge in this novel in the #1 New York Times-bestselling series. Kurt Austin is preparing for an interview while aboard a research vessel in the Black Sea. But his television spot suddenly becomes a rescue mission when the waiting film crew is attacked on a nearby island. With little information on the attackers, and no clue to their true agenda, Austin is forced to turn to an unlikely source: his old KGB Cold War adversary Vladimir Petrov. According to Petrov, the island is actually an old submarine base that’s been commandeered by clever mobster-turned-billionaire-businessman Mikhail Razov. Razov is certain he descends from the great Romanov family and he’s out to reclaim his rightful position as czar of Russia. With a powerful resource called “fire ice”, discovered by his mining company, Razov may just have the ammunition he needs to take over the modern world. To stop him, Austin will have to work with Petrov. And he’ll have to find out fast how much trust he can offer an old nemesis in this thrilling adventure that “goes down like a chilled Stolichnaya martini.” (Kirkus Reviews)

When Kurt Austin, the leader of an exploration team from NUMA (National Underwater & Marine Agency), rescues beautiful marine archaeologist Nina Kirov, he becomes the next target of Texas industrialist Don Halcon. A madman bent on carving a new nation out of the southwestern United States and Mexico, Halcon hatches a scheme which hinges on Nina''s recent discovery involving Christopher Columbus and a priceless pre-Columbian artifact found on the sunken Andrea Doria.

Spanish translation of "Serpent". When Kurt Austin, the leader of an exploration team from NUMA (National Underwater & Marine Agency), rescues beautiful marine archaeologist Nina Kirov, he becomes the next target of Texas industrialist Don Halcon. A madman bent on carving a new nation out of the southwestern United States and Mexico, Halcon''s scheme hinges on Nina''s recent discovery involving Christopher Columbus, and a priceless pre-Columbian artifact found on the sunken Andrea Doria.

In need of cash, sometime private detective Soc Socarides takes on the case of a murdered fisherman found harpooned in a stolen boat, but begins to regret his actions when the investigation takes another deadly turn

Cape Cod fisherman-sleuth Aristotle "Soc" Socarides juggles simultaneous investigations into a missing freighter, unexplained offshore attacks, and a children''s vacation camp threatened with bankruptcy.

Aristotle "Soc" Socarides mystery.