Front cover of Clive Cussler's The Corsican Shadow by Dirk Cussler, paperback

Clive Cussler's The Corsican Shadow : A Dirk Pitt adventure (27) - Dirk Cussler

Dirk Cussler

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  • Pages · 496 pages
  • Publication Date · 07/11/2024
  • Genre · Crime & mystery
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DISCOVER THE LATEST DIRK PITT ADVENTUREFrom the shadow of war comes an enduring historical mystery - and a present-day explosive plot'Cussler is hard to beat' Daily Mail----Normandy, 1940: A decrepit steamer flees the shore under German fire. Its cargo? `The soul of France . . .'Decades later, NUMA Director Dirk Pitt is diving on a shipwreck in the English Channel when he recovers a cache of uncut diamonds. Which are promptly stolen. Pursuing the thieves with old comrade Al Giordino, Pitt soon finds that theft is the least of his worries. They have stumbled upon a murderous cabal whose global ambitions and destructive plans will leave millions in grave peril. Crossing the cabal was their first mistake. But stopping it will lead Pitt on an urgent chase across the Atlantic to prevent catastrophe . . . And, at the centre of it all, lies the mysterious `soul of France' . . . ----PRAISE FOR CLIVER CUSSLER:'The Adventure King' Sunday Express
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