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Sahara

Sahara

MysteryThriller
Pages
576
Published
1992
Language
English

Synopsis

In 1996 Egypt, adventurer Dirk Pitt finds himself entangled in a deadly plot while searching for treasure on the Nile. He must protect a U.N. scientist investigating a mysterious disease causing madness and death across North Africa, all while confronting a billionaire industrialist and a ruthless tyrant. Pitt races against time to prevent an environmental catastrophe that threatens the world's oceans, uncovering long-lost secrets of a Civil War ironclad and a missing female pilot along the way. His desperate stand in the Sahara desert will determine the fate of humanity.

Prose complexity
4/10

Vibe

AdventurousTense
QuestSurvival

Genres

Mystery Thriller Adventure Suspense Political Thriller

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
Yves MassardeAntagonist
All characters in Sahara