04339cam a2200361 4500 280763192 TxAuBib 20161214120000.0 ||||||s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780399575525 0399575529 B01COJUGQ2 Amazon 987b6381-7206-4f69-92f1-27ef34bebfe1 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 2624835 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Cussler, Clive. Odessa Sea [Libby eBook] : Dirk Pitt Series, Book 24. Penguin Publishing Group, 2016. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 11MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read, Filesize: 11MB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. HTML:<b>"Oceanography's answer to Indiana Jones"*, Dirk Pitt responds to a mysterious Mayday signal from a deserted ship that draws him toward a deadly Cold War secret in this novel in the #1 <i>New York Times</i>-bestselling series.</b><br /> <br /> Dirk Pitt, the director of the National Underwater and Marine Agency, is on the Black Sea, helping to locate a lost Ottoman shipwreck, when he responds to an urgent Mayday—"Under attack!"—from a nearby freighter. But when he and his colleague Al Giordino arrive, there is nobody there. Just dead bodies and a smell of sulfur in the air. As Pitt and Giordino explore, a blast from the stern scuttles the ship swiftly, almost taking them with it.<br /> The more the two of them search for the secret of the death ship, the deeper they descend into an extraordinary series of discoveries. A desperate attempt in 1917 to preserve the wealth and power of the Romanov Empire. A Cold War bomber lost with a deadly cargo. A brilliant developer of advanced drone technology on an unknown mission. Modern-day nuclear smugglers, determined Ukrainian rebels, a beautiful anti-terrorism agent from Europol—all will combine to present Pitt with the most dangerous challenge of his career.<br /> And not only Pitt. His two children, marine engineer Dirk and oceanographer Summer, are exploring a mysterious shipwreck of their own, when they are catapulted into his orbit. The three of them are used to perilous situations—but this time, they may have found their match.<br /> Filled with breathtaking suspense and remarkable imagination, <i>Odessa Sea</i> is further proof that when it comes to adventure writing, nobody beats Clive Cussler. HTML:<p>October 3, 2016<br /> On the Black Sea, the setting for bestseller Cussler’s intricately plotted 24th Dirk Pitt adventure, the seventh coauthored with son Dirk (after 2014’s <em>Havana Storm</em>), a Russian freighter has encountered a deadly mystery that has killed almost everyone aboard. Fortunately, Dirk and his crew aboard the <em>Macedonia</em>, an oceanographic research ship, are nearby, allowing Dirk and pal Al Giordino to investigate. After Dirk and Al rescue a lone crew member, a small explosion on the stern sends the freighter to the bottom of the sea. Ana Belova, a special investigator with Europol, and her partner, Lt. Petar Ralin, from the Bulgarian Organized Crime Directorate, assist Dirk and company in the hunt for Martin Hendriks, a Dutch businessman who’s working a complicated deal with the Russians to acquire a nuclear weapon. The pages whip by as the characters, at least the good guys, survive one deadly encounter after another, and the bad guys get their comeuppances. Readers will anxiously await Dirk’s next adventure. Agent: Peter Lampack, Peter Lampack Agency.</p>. Publisher's Weekly. Suspense. Thriller. Fiction. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2016-11-22 23:00:03. http://www.ntexlibrariesonthego.org/ContentDetails.htm?ID=987b6381-7206-4f69-92f1-27ef34bebfe1 https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=987b6381-7206-4f69-92f1-27ef34bebfe1&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=987b6381-7206-4f69-92f1-27ef34bebfe1&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=987b6381-7206-4f69-92f1-27ef34bebfe1&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read) TXMLR