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Black Wind

Black Wind

A Dirk Pitt Novel
MilitaryThriller
Pages
496
Published
2004
Language
English

Synopsis

Oceanographer Dirk Pitt and his children must race against time to stop a modern-day catastrophe. They uncover secret World War II battle plans involving biological weapons hidden in lost submarines. This high-stakes adventure pits them against a truly evil force determined to reshape the world.

Prose complexity
4/10

Vibe

TenseAdventurous
QuestSurvivalFamily Saga

Genres

Military Thriller World War II Adventure

Authors

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Clive Cussler

Cussler began writing novels in 1965 and published his first work featuring his continuous series hero, Dirk Pitt, in 1973. His first non-fiction, The Sea Hunters, was released in 1996. The Board of Governors of the Maritime College, State University of New York, considered The Sea Hunters in lieu of a Ph.D. thesis and awarded Cussler a Doctor of Letters degree in May, 1997. It was the first time since the College was founded in 1874 that such a degree was bestowed. Cussler is an internation...

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Dirk Cussler

Dirk Cussler arbeitete nach seinem Studium in Berkeley viele Jahre lang in der Finanzwelt, bevor er sich hauptberuflich dem Schreiben widmete. Darüber hinaus nahm er an mehreren der über achtzig Expeditionen der NUMA teil.

Characters

Dirk Pitt Jr.Protagonist

A NUMA marine engineer and Dirk Pitt's son, making his debut as series lead here while he dives on a scuttled Japanese submarine and its wartime cargo.

Dae-jong KangAntagonist

A wealthy Incheon industrialist secretly advancing a North Korean scheme to strike the United States with a biological weapon recovered from the sunken submarines.

TongjuAntagonist

An assassin carrying out a string of killings on Kang's orders, staged to look like the work of an unrelated terrorist group.

Dirk PittSupporting

Head of NUMA and the series' longtime hero, who joins the hunt for the lost WWII submarines while his adult children take the field lead for the first time.

Summer PittSupporting

A NUMA marine biologist and Dirk Pitt's daughter, twin sister to Dirk Jr., who is pulled into the search for the missing submarines alongside her brother.

All characters in Black Wind

Frequently asked questions

  • Is Black Wind the first Dirk Pitt novel co-written by Dirk Cussler?

    Yes. Black Wind (2004) is the first Dirk Pitt novel Clive Cussler co-wrote with his son, Dirk Cussler, and it is also the first in the series to put Dirk Pitt's adult children, Dirk Jr. and Summer, in the lead field roles.

  • Do I need to read the earlier Dirk Pitt books before Black Wind?

    No. Black Wind is the 18th book in the Dirk Pitt series but works as a starting point: it introduces Dirk Pitt's children as new leads and recaps enough of Dirk Pitt's background as it goes.