A Japanese cargo ship cruises the eastern Atlantic near the Azores - when it bursts into flames.
A gang of pirates speeds to take advantage of the disaster - when their boat explodes.
What is happening in that part of the world?
As Kurt Austin, Joe Zavala, and the rest of NUMA's Special Assignments Team rush to investigate, they find themselves drawn into the extraordinary ambitions of an African dictator, the creation of a weapon of almost mythical power, and an unimaginably audacious plan to extort the world's major nations.
Their penalty for refusal? The destruction of their greatest cities.
Clive Cussler is the author or co-author of a great number of international bestsellers, including the famous Dirk Pitt® adventures, such as
Havana Storm; the NUMA® Files adventures, most recently
The Pharaoh's Secret; the
Oregon Files, such as
The Emperor's Revenge; the Isaac Bell historical thrillers, which began with
The Chase; and the recent Fargo Adventures which lastly included
The Solomon Curse. He lives in Arizona.
Graham Brown, a former pilot and lawyer and later part of a start-up healthcare firm, decided he hadn't had enough different careers yet and decided to become a writer.
A huge fan of Clive Cussler, Michael Crichton, Stephen King and television shows like the X-files and Lost, Graham's first novel Black Rain debuted in January 2010. He has now co-written six NUMA Files novels with Clive Cussler: Devil's Gate, The Storm, Zero Hour, Ghost Ship,The Pharaoh's Secret, and Nighthawk.