Dirk Pitt Novels (Book Guide) - Deep Six, Iceberg, Sahara, Pacific Vortex!, the Mediterranean Caper, Raise the Titanic!, Atlantis Found, Inca Gold, Ni (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Commentary (novels not included). Pages: 23. Chapters: Deep Six, Iceberg, Sahara, Pacific Vortex , The Mediterranean Caper, Raise the Titanic , Atlantis Found, Inca Gold, Night Probe , Vixen 03, Shock Wave, Black Wind, Treasure, Trojan Odyssey, Dragon, Valhalla Rising, Treasure of Khan, Flood Tide, Cyclops, Arctic Drift. Excerpt: Deep Six is an adventure novel by Clive Cussler published in the United States by Simon & Schuster in 1984. This is the 7th book featuring the author's primary protagonist, Dirk Pitt. When a mysterious and extremely deadly poison spreads through the waters off the coast of Alaska killing everything it comes in contact with, including several scientists and members of the crew of a Coast Guard cutter, Dirk Pitt and his NUMA team are dispatched in an attempt to find the source of the poison. When a member of his team gets killed by the poison, Pitt vows to take revenge on whoever is responsible for the poison outbreak. The trail leads him to a powerful and extremely wealthy Korean shipping company matriarch and her grandson, and while pursuing them, Pitt uncovers a plot that could lead to the fall of the government of the United States. Deep Six opens in 1966 aboard the refitted liberty ship San Marino on its way from San Francisco to Auckland, New Zealand. The ship is carrying more than eight million dollars worth of titanium ingots as well as a mysterious passenger who goes by the name of Estelle Wallace. Wallace is actually Arta Casilighio, a former bank teller at the Beverly-Wilshire bank who embezzled more than $120,000 and is making her getaway. Unfortunately, for her and the rest of the crew, a group of Korean seamen who came aboard as last-minute crew replacements have hijacked the ship and its cargo, and conveniently dispose of Wallace and the crew by paralyzing them with poison in their food and...