Poseidon's Arrow

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 has disappeared, along with the final plans to the technology. Pitt is assigned to investig