Poseidon's Arrow

Forfattere: Clive Cussler, Dirk Cussler Sprog: Engelsk Antal sider: 520 Udgivelsesår: 2012 1942, the Cape of Good Hope. Returning from a secret mission to the Far East an Italian submarine is attacked by British aircraft and fatally damaged. On board, a mysterious scientist and his precious cargo are believed to be lost along with the vessel . . . Three quarters of a century later, while diving off the coast of Chile, NUMA Director Dirk Pitt saves a crowded cruise ship from being rammed by a runaway freighter. On board the rogue ship he finds the strangely burned remains of a single crewman. A continent away, in a secure Naval dry-dock, the President is shown the prototype of the Poseidon's Arrowattack submarine, the top secret result of a black programme so advanced it will secure US dominance at sea for decades to come. But there's one problem. The scientist responsible for its design