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Deep Six

Deep Six

ThrillerAdventure
Pages
448
Published
1984
Language
English

Synopsis

A deadly tide of poison flows into ocean waters. A ghost ship drifts across the empty northern Pacific. A luxury Soviet liner blazes into a funeral pyre. The Presidential yacht cruises the Potomac night—and the President disappears without a trace. Dirk Pitt takes on a sinister Asian shipping empire in an intercontinental duel of nerves. In his most dangerous, fast-paced adventure, he fights to save the US government—and to seize one desperate moment of revenge!

Prose complexity
4/10

Vibe

AdventurousTenseDark
Revenge

Genres

Thriller Adventure

About the author

C
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...

Characters

Dirk PittProtagonist
Min Koryo BougainvilleAntagonist

Ruthless matriarch of Bougainville Maritime Lines, who conspires with the Soviets to kidnap and mind-control the President.

Lee Tong BougainvilleAntagonist

Min Koryo's grandson, the mastermind running Bougainville Maritime's black-ops side of the kidnapping conspiracy.

Al GiordinoSupporting

Pitt's close friend and NUMA colleague, assisting throughout the investigation.

Loren SmithSupporting

Congresswoman and Pitt's love interest, who becomes a target of the kidnapping plot.

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