Flood Tide (Book #14 in Series of 21) The majority of Clive's adventure novels are part of multi-book series. Even though Pacific Vortex was published later in 1983, it is considered the 1st to be read chronologically in the series; though not required. We believe you will find the novels a great summer reading escape and an everyday, anyday adventure.
Following the runaway success of his first nonfiction book, The Sea Hunters, Clive Cussler returns with his legendary fictional hero Dirk Pitt" - in a masterfully crafted tale of villainy on the high seas and the Mississippi River that can only enhance his status as the grand master of adventure fiction.
The coin of the realm for the wealthy, insatiably greedy Chinese smuggler who is Dirk Pitt's adversary in Flood Tide is human lives: much of his vast fortune has been made smuggling Chinese immigrants into countries around the globe, including the United States. Tracking the smuggler's activities leads Pitt from Washington State to Louisiana, where his quarry is constructing a huge shipping port in the middle of nowhere. Why has he chosen this unlikely location? The trail then leads to the race to find the site of the mysterious sinking of the ship that Chiang Kai-shek filled with treasure when he fled China in 1949, including the legendary boxes containing the bones of Peking Man that had vanished at the beginning of World War I. As Pitt prepares for a final showdown, he is faced with the most formidable foe he has ever encountered.
Dirk Pitt is the ultimate man of action: always ready for any challenge,
always prepared to pit quick wits and brawn against an intractable
problem.
Ex-US Air force, he is cool, courageous and resourceful, which
is why he works for the US National Underwater and Marine Agency (NUMA)
- the undersea counterpart to NASA. In service of NUMA Pitt travels
across the globe - and wherever he goes, action and adventure are sure
to follow...
When shopping for Clive's novels keep in mind the collectability of his novels in each adventure series as they span a lifetime of writing; each novel building on the last, providing readers and collectors alike with entertainment for generations to come. Throughout the years there have been many covers on various books due to reprints and releases in other formats; each has a unique ISBN # associated with it.
( Hardcover, Paperback, Large Print, Us. Import, Mass Market Paperbacks, Audio, etc.)
Many of Clive's novels are also available in audio book format.
