Aliens are spying on Earth from one of the four worlds that make up the Warden Diamond. But it is impossible to send agents to any of the four worlds because of unique microscopic symbionts that make it impossible for visitors to leave the Diamond.Seeking a unique solution, each of the four worlds m
Medusa
โ Scribed by Clive Cussler
- Publisher
- Penguin;G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Year
- 2009;2015
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 221 KB
- Edition
- First G.P. Putnam's Sons premium edition
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780425235096
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โฆ Synopsis
Deep-sea explorer and government operative Kurt Austin must save the world from a deliberate viral outbreak in this thriller from the #1 New York Times-bestselling author
In the Micronesian islands, a top-secret U.S. government-sponsored undersea lab conducting vital biomedical research on a rare jellyfish known as the Blue Medusa suddenly disappears. At the same time, off Bermuda, a bathysphere is attacked by an underwater vehicle and left helpless a half-mile below the surface, its passengersincluding Zavalaleft to die. Only Kurt Austins heroic measures save them from a watery grave, but suspecting a connection, Austin puts the NUMA team on the case.
Austin's team has no way to prepare for what comes next:a hideous series of medical experiments, an extraordinarily ambitious Chinese criminal organization, and a secret new virus that threatens to set off a worldwide pandemic. Austin and Zavala have been in tight spots before, but this time its not just their own skins theyre trying to saveits the lives of millions.
Filled with the high-stakes suspense and boundless invention that are unique to Cussler, Medusa is the most thrilling novel yet from the grand master of adventure.
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*Medusa* is Clive Cussler's eighth NUMA files novel featuring hero Kurt Austin. **In the Micronesian Islands, a top-secret US undersea lab vanishes . . .** At the same time, off Bermuda, a bathysphere operated by NUMA and overseen by Kurt Austin is attacked and becomes stranded half a mile below t
In the Micronesian islands, a top-secret U.S. government-sponsored undersea lab conducting vital biomedical research on a rare jellyfish known as the Blue Medusa suddenly... disappears. At the same time, off Bermuda, a bathysphere is attached by an underwater vehicle and left helpless a half-mile be
EDITORIAL REVIEW: For seven books, Clive Cussler has dazzled readers with the "spine-tingling adventures" (\*Chicago Tribune\*) of Kurt Austin, Joe Zavala, and the rest of the NUMA(r) Special Assignments Team, but in \*Medusa\* the NUMA(r) team faces what may be its most perilous mission of all
EDITORIAL REVIEW: For seven books, Clive Cussler has dazzled readers with the "spine-tingling adventures" (\*Chicago Tribune\*) of Kurt Austin, Joe Zavala, and the rest of the NUMA(r) Special Assignments Team, but in \*Medusa\* the NUMA(r) team faces what may be its most perilous mission of all
Kurt Austin puts the NUMAA team on a case involving a hideous series of medical experiments, an extraordinarily ambitious Chinese criminal organization, and a secret new virus that threatens to set off a worldwide pandemic.