Synopsis A father and son team wrote this book, and a father and son team serve as the protagonists of this undersea thriller, part of the Dirk Pitt series. A World War II plan by the Japanese to depopulate the U.S. with a Chinese biological weapon launched via submarine is linked to a 2007 scheme by a South Korean to detonate a rocket full of viruses in Los Angeles and frame Japanese terrorists for the deed. It's up to Dirk Pitt Sr. and Jr. to foil the past and near-future plots.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 2004-11-23 | | Series: | Dirk Pitt Series |
| Size | | Length: | 530 pages | | Height: | 9.8 in | | Width: | 7.0 in | | Thickness: | 2.0 in | | Weight: | 28.0 oz |
Publisher's Note In the final days of World War II, the Japanese launch a desperate last-ditch effort to seize victory in the face of certain defeat by sending two submarines carrying a new strain of a deadly virus to the west coast of the United States, but years after the subs are lost at sea, someone plots to use their deadly cargo, and only Dirk Pitt and his children, Summer and Dirk, stand in the way.
Industry Reviews "[M]ore than maintains the supercharged Cusslerian danger." Kirkus (10/15/2004)
"[T]hriller fans will revel in this action-packed yarn of land- and sea-based derring-do....[M]ajor entertainment that's bound toward the top of the charts." Publishers Weekly (10/11/2004)
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