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A wealthy American financier disappears on a treasure hunt in an antique blimp. From Cuban waters, the blimp drifts toward Florida with a crew of dead men -- Soviet cosmonauts. DIRK PITT discovers a shocking scheme: a covert group of U.S. industrialists has put a colony on the moon, a secret... read more
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Dirk Pitt doesn't go looking for adventure, it finds him. His chance witnessing of an airship disaster which nearly kills him and his discovery of the gruesome fate of the crew sets in motion the most nail-biting chain of events in his career.
Characters edit
- Dirk Pitt: Main character.
- Al Giordino: Dirk Pitt's partner at NUMA.
- Admiral James Sandecker: Director of NUMA.
Quotes edit
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“Not if you adhere to the Communist mania of seeing a CIA plot under every rock."Seems you have a high disregard for the Soviet Union.""Name one thing you people have ever done in the last seventy years to earn a humanity award. What is baffling as hell is why the Russians have never wised up to the fact they're the laughing stock of the world. Your empire is history's most pathetic joke. The twenty-first centrury is just around the corner and your government operates as though it never advanced past the nineteen-thirties.”
Dirk Pitt
Setting & Locations edit
First Sentence edit
The Cyclops had less than one hour to live.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 8 of 22 in Dirk Pitt Adventures. (standard series)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Clive Cussler (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1986
ISBN: 0671311026
Page Count: 473
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1986
ISBN: 0671311026
Page Count: 473
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PS3553.U75 C9 1986
- Dewey: 813.54
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