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Nine scrolls of ancient wisdom • Nine individuals seeking to rule the world • When Juan Cabrillo and the Oregon crew board a ship in the Indian ocean little do they realise that they will soon put themselves in the sights of a mysterious ancient cabal bent on world domination • The Colossus Project sees 2000 years of esoteric knowledge distilled into a device so powerful no force on Earth can stop it - but now two different groups are fighting to control it • Only Juan Cabrillo and the Oregon stand in their way. But only if they can first discover the location of these shadow tyrants and - more importantly - the deadly device they have brought into being

A deadly venom. A ruthless terrorist. A billionaire's terrifying final wish • Answering a research ship's distress call in the Timor Sea, Juan Cabrillo's Oregon finds the crew unable to move or speak - victims of an unknown toxin. After a second attack leaves many more paralysed, Juan races not only to find an antidote - but also discover who is behind these crimes and what they want • His search for answers leads to a 2000-year-old Roman mystery and a plan to bring down a nation by a ruthless enemy acting from beyond the grave • It will take all of Juan's legendary wits, wiles and weaponry to keep millions of innocent lives out of the firing line

The Emperor's Revenge is the new action-packed Oregon Files adventure from bestselling author Clive Cussler • A deadly bank heist, a narrow escape and a secret hidden in history that could cripple life as we know it • Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon face their toughest challenge yet when a violent bank heist during the Monaco Grand Prix decimates the Corporation's accounts. To get the money back, Juan joins forces with an old friend from his days in the CIA so they can track down a rogue hacker and a ruthless former Ukrainian naval officer • It is only after the hunt begins that the enormity of the plan comes into focus: the bank theft is just the first step in a plot that will result in the deaths of millions and bring the world's economies to a standstill

It begins in fire and death • In 1902 a volcanic eruption devastates the island of Martinique. Many die - including a scientist on the verge of an astonishing breakthrough • A dark legacy is rediscovered • One hundred years later one of the smartest men on the planet completes the scientist's work. Now in possession of a device that means no secret is safe, he sets out to bring the world to its knees • And must be destroyed • But standing in his way are Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon. Now the man who knows everything faces the one man who will risk everything to stop him - but is it already too late?

In the dark, final days of World War Two, two submarines set out from Japan bearing a deadly virus destined for US cities. But neither boat was heard of again • Present day: NUMA Special Projects Director Dirk Pitt rescues a team of scientists from a deadly cloud of poison gas in the North West Pacific • Discovering that this was no natural phenomenon, Pitt is quickly on the hunt for a pair of lost WWII submarines and their deadly cargo • But he soon learns that he's not the only one searching for the virus: a sinister group of very able terrorists are aiming to relaunch the attack on the US some sixty years later. With time running out, only Dirk Pitt and the NUMA team stand between evil forces and a terrifying assault on America's west coast

A deadly collision puts Dirk Pitt on the trail of an ancient mystery stretching back thousands of years • When a rogue cargo freighter strikes an oil tanker in the Detroit River, the oil spill is the worst marine disaster in years. Dirk Pitt's NUMA team lead the clean-up operation, with the help of new green tech firm, BioRem • But when one of NUMA's best divers dies suspiciously while working on the wreck, Pitt fears there's more to BioRem than simply saving the environment • Discovering a trail of unexplained deaths which appear to be linked to BioRem's sites around the world, Pitt unravels a mystery from our past that could jeopardise mankind's future • But someone is determined to make sure Pitt and his associates don't survive to learn the truth

Ghost Ship is the latest action-packed novel in the No 1 New York Times-bestselling NUMA Files series from the grand master of adventure, Clive Cussler • When Kurt Austin is injured while rescuing the passengers and crew of a sinking yacht, he wakes up with conflicting memories of what he saw. Did he witness an old friend and her children drown, or was the yacht abandoned when he came aboard? • For reasons he cannot explain - yet - Kurt doesn't trust either version of his recollection • Determined to seek out the truth, in his hunt for answers, he soon descends into a shadowy world of state-sponsored cybercrime, where he uncovers a pattern of suspicious accidents, vanishing scientists and a web of human trafficking • Now, he must take on the sinister organization behind this conspiracy, facing off against them from Morocco to North Korea to the rugged coasts of Madagascar

Clive Cussler's fifth Oregon Files novel, Plague Ship, pits Juan Cabrillo against a deadly adversary • In a Norwegian glacier during World War Two a Nazi officer makes an extraordinary discovery - the most legendary ship of all time • Sixty years later Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon - a top secret state of the art military vessel disguised as a heap of junk - reap the terrible rewards of this find. In the Persian Gulf they encounter a cruise ship full of the dead and the dying. While attempting a rescue, the stricken liner erupts into a fireball. Cabrillo escapes with his life, and one survivor • When Cabrillo decides to probe deeper into this mystery, he finds a powerful cult obsessed with the end of the world. It is a discovery that sees the Oregon and her crew racing against time to prevent a sinister madman from using the secrets of the past to to destroy the future

Arctic Drift sees Clive Cussler's greatest hero, Dirk Pitt, fighting his enemies in the cruel Arctic • A foundered Victorian ship looking for the fabled Northwest Passage holds a secret in its icy grave • When Dirk Pitt of NUMA is almost blown to pieces in a lab explosion, he suspects sabotage. The lab in question belongs to a scientist hoping to use a rare mineral to combat greenhouse gases - but who would want to destroy our one chance to save the planet? • But there are those who will do anything to control such a valuable prize. Pitt's investigations take him to the Arctic in search of a clue to the origins of this precious mineral. There he and NUMA colleague Al Giordino must battle for survival against the hostile elements and an evil megalomaniac who is about to plunge the North American continent into war

Join Private Detective Isaac Bell as he navigates the seedy back alleys of New York, in the ninth book in the action-packed series from Sunday Times bestseller Clive Cussler • Crime, corruption and murder. . . a vicious organisation is terrorising the city and only one man can stop them • The Black Hand Strikes • 1906, New York City. Italian gangsters calling themselves the Black Hand terrorize citizens in a menacing spree of kidnapping, extortion and arson • Who dares stop them? • Detective Isaac Bell of the Van Dorn Agency is hired to form a special 'Black Hand Squad' - but with each gangster caught a new one appears on the street. Are these new recruits or other criminals imitating the Black Hand? Where are these men coming from? • Murder is just the beginning

Husband and wife treasure-hunting team Sam and Remi Fargo ARE BACK in a brand-new thrilling adventure to find an ancient scroll which carries a deadly curse • North Africa, 533 A.D • The last Vandal ruler faces the invading Byzantines • An oracle predicts defeat unless a sacred scroll is found • When an archaeological dig in Tunisia funded by Sam and Remi Fargo uncovers clues pointing to the whereabouts of a lost ancient scroll, the treasure hunting team can't wait to discover the truth • But it looks like they'll have to - the Nigerian school they fund has been robbed and they need to find out what happened • Little do they realise how ruthless this band of robbers are - willing to take Remi and the school's students hostage. With a snake in the grass in the Fargo team, not to mention hints that this might just be connected to their lost scroll, Sam and Remi have their work cut just staying alive

Skeleton Coast is Clive Cussler's fourth Oregon Files adventure, featuring captain Juan Cabrillo • 1896: HMS Rove vanishes in a shocking storm off the African coast. Aboard is a fortune in stolen diamonds • Present day: Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the covert super-ship Oregon have just escaped a double-cross on the Congo River when they come to the aid of Sloane Macintyre - looking for some long lost treasure. Sloane's story is strange and when Juan checks it out, he finds that there's much more than just diamonds at stake on the African coast • A deranged militant and his followers plan to unleash a devastating power that will kill millions and cause worldwide havoc. Soon the Oregon is steaming to the rescue - but some forces are so extreme that even a hero like Juan Cabrillo thinks twice before getting involved