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Zusatztext “Rousing…The conclusion is the usual Cussler nail-biter.”— Publishers Weekly “Full of action! death-defying escapes! heart-stopping scenes! and a cast of characters that you will not forget.”— Suspense Magazine “Fans can depend on [the Oregon Files] to deliver action and adventure.”— Booklist Informationen zum Autor Clive Cussler is the author or coauthor of over fifty previous books in five bestselling series! including Dirk Pitt®! NUMA® Files! Oregon ® Files! Isaac Bell! and Sam and Remi Fargo. His nonfiction works include Built for Adventure : The Classic Automobiles of Clive Cussler and Dirk Pitt ! and Built to Thrill: More Classic Automobiles from Clive Cussler and Dirk Pitt! plus The Sea Hunters and The Sea Hunters II ; these describe the true adventures of the real NUMA! which! led by Cussler! searches for lost ships of historic significance. With his crew of volunteers! Cussler has discovered more than sixty ships! including the long-lost Confederate ship Hunley. He lives in Colorado and Arizona. Jack Du Brul is the author of the Philip Mercer series! and the coauthor with Cussler of six Oregon Files novels. He lives in Vermont. From the Hardcover edition. Zusammenfassung Chairman of the Oregon! Juan Cabrillo! is on a rescue mission when a high-profile Russian prisoner warns of a weapon designed by one of America's greatest inventors in this #1 New York Times–bestselling series by the grand master of adventure. In October 1943! a U.S. destroyer sailed out of Philadelphia and supposedly vanished! the result of a Navy experiment with electromagnetic radiation. The story was considered a hoax—but now Juan Cabrillo and his Oregon colleagues aren’t so sure. There is talk of a new weapon soon to be auctioned! something very dangerous to America’s interests! and the rumors link it to the great inventor Nikola Tesla! who was working with the Navy when he died in 1943. Was he responsible for the experiment? Are his notes in the hands of enemies? As Cabrillo races to find the truth! he discovers there is even more at stake than he could have imagined—but by the time he realizes it! he may already be too late. ...
