Who wrote the series of novels featuring the adventurer 'Dirk Pitt'?
"and is about to be killed as a human sacrifice before being rescued by Dirk Pitt and Al Giordino in the nick of time. In ""Treasure of Khan"", Summer is kidnapped on a diving expedition and later escapes with the help of her brother. Along with her brother and father, she discovers a secret underwater cave. Summer Pitt Summer Pitt is a fictional character in the Dirk Pitt series of adventure novels written by Clive Cussler. she is the title character's daughter. She and her twin brother, Dirk Pitt, Jr. were raised by their mother, Summer Moran, without Dirk's knowledge."
"Clive Cussler Clive Eric Cussler (born July 15, 1931) is an American adventure novelist and underwater explorer. His thriller novels, many featuring the character Dirk Pitt, have reached ""The New York Times"" fiction best-seller list more than 20 times. Cussler is the founder and chairman of the real-life National Underwater and Marine Agency (NUMA), which has discovered more than 60 shipwreck sites and numerous other notable underwater wrecks. He is the sole author or lead author of more than 70 books. Clive Cussler was born in Aurora, Illinois, and grew up in Alhambra, California. His mother Amy's ancestors were from"
"adventure novels Although ""Pacific Vortex!"" was released in 1983, it is actually the first Dirk Pitt novel chronologically. The events of ""Pacific Vortex!"" happen before those of ""The Mediterranean Caper."" In fact, several events in ""Pacific Vortex!"" are referred to in ""The Mediterranean Caper."" The series does not have to be read in order, since each book stands by itself. There is also a Dirk Pitt reference book: Pitt has twice appeared on the big screen, in movie adaptations of ""Raise the Titanic!"" in 1980, and ""Sahara"" in 2005. In the former he was portrayed by Richard Jordan, and in"
"these efforts. The NUMA team, headed by Dirk Pitt, Al Giordino and Dirk Pitt's children, Dirk Junior and Summer, are trying to find a way to stop Global Warming. Their quest leads them to investigate a series of mysterious asphyxiations. They soon realize that the solution they are looking for is hidden in the heart of the Arctic; in an old forgotten ship. They will need to solve a centuries-old mystery to save the earth. Arctic Drift Arctic Drift is a Dirk Pitt novel, the 20th of the series and was released on November 25, 2008. The plot begins in"
"Arctic Drift Arctic Drift is a Dirk Pitt novel, the 20th of the series and was released on November 25, 2008. The plot begins in the year 1847, when the Franklin Expedition becomes stranded trying to find the Northwest Passage. They experience a harsh winter. The men are seemingly going mad. Their stranded ships (""Erebus"" and ""Terror"") are loaded with a mysterious, unidentified silvery metal. The story switches to the present day. There is an ongoing quest to save the earth from Global Warming. All of the world's scientists are looking for a solution. Some people are trying to thwart"
"Deep Six (novel) Deep Six is an English-language adventure novel by Clive Cussler published in the United States by Simon & Schuster in 1984. This is the seventh book featuring the author's primary protagonist, Dirk Pitt. When a mysterious and extremely deadly poison spreads through the waters off the coast of Alaska killing everything it comes in contact with, including several scientists and members of the crew of a Coast Guard cutter, Dirk Pitt and his NUMA team are dispatched in an attempt to find the source of the poison. When a member of his team is killed by the"
"and adventurer Dirk Pitt. The Dirk Pitt novels frequently take on an alternative history perspective, such as ""what if Atlantis were real?"" or ""what if Abraham Lincoln wasn't assassinated, but was kidnapped?"" The first two Pitt novels, ""The Mediterranean Caper"" and ""Iceberg"", were relatively conventional maritime thrillers. The third, ""Raise the Titanic!"", made Cussler's reputation and established the pattern that subsequent Pitt novels would follow: a blend of high adventure and high technology, generally involving megalomaniacal villains, lost ships, beautiful women, and sunken treasure. Cussler's novels almost always begin with a chapter taking place in the past. These contain none"
"Iceberg (Cussler novel) Iceberg is an adventure novel by Clive Cussler published in the United States by Dodd, Mead & Company in 1975. This is the 2nd published book to feature the author’s primary protagonist Dirk Pitt. Dirk Pitt is summoned from his vacation on the sunny beaches of California and sent to the Arctic when an iceberg is discovered that contains the remains of a missing luxury yacht. The yacht was on its way to a top-secret meeting with the White House; now the entire crew is dead, incinerated at their posts. This discovery sets Pitt on a deadly"
"that the author wrote ""Pacific Vortex!"" is unknown, it is difficult to know whether this is a coincidence or whether the author based this portion of the book on real-life events which were revealed in a New York Times article in 1975. The 1965 text was revised in places for the 1983 publication. Pacific Vortex! Pacific Vortex! is an adventure novel by Clive Cussler. Though not the first book to be released featuring the author's primary protagonist, Dirk Pitt, Cussler states that this was the earliest story he wrote starring the popular action hero. Begun in 1965, it was published"
"Vixen 03 Vixen 03 is an adventure novel by Clive Cussler. This is the fourth book to feature the author’s primary protagonist Dirk Pitt. In 1954 ""Vixen 03"", an aircraft carrying a top-secret cargo to the military’s testing grounds in the South Pacific, crashes and is never recovered. Thirty-four years later while on vacation Dirk Pitt, Special Projects Director for the National Underwater and Marine Agency (NUMA), finds the remains of ""Vixen 03"" and her top-secret cargo. His salvage efforts turn up some anomalies, including a body that is not of any member of the original crew; and send Pitt"
"The 39 Clues The 39 Clues is a series of adventure novels written by a collaboration of authors, including Rick Riordan, Gordon Korman, Peter Lerangis, Jude Watson, Patrick Carman, Linda Sue Park, Margaret Peterson Haddix, Roland Smith, David Baldacci, Jeff Hirsch, Natalie Standiford, C. Alexander London, Sarwat Chadda and Jenny Goebel. It consists of five series, ""The Clue Hunt"", ""Cahills vs. Vespers"", ""Unstoppable"", ""Doublecross"", and ""Superspecial"". They chronicle the adventures of two siblings, Amy and Dan Cahill, who discover that their family, the Cahills, has been the most influential family in history. The first story arc concerns Dan and Amy's"
"arrival of the renowned scuba diving hero Dirk Pitt, who is in the area on a marine expedition. Pitt soon finds out that his life has been placed in jeopardy as well by smugglers intent on uncovering the lost ancient Incan treasure. Soon, he, his faithful companions, and Dr. Shannon Kelsey, a beautiful young archaeologist, are plunged into a vicious, no-holds-barred struggle to survive. From then on it becomes a battle of wits in a race against time and danger to find the golden chain, as Pitt finds himself caught up in a struggle with a sinister international family syndicate"
"Trojan Odyssey Trojan Odyssey is a Dirk Pitt novel by Clive Cussler, published first in 2003. The book opens with a fictional historical overview/flashback to events of Homer's ""Odyssey"", but alters the original plot. In the present day, Dirk Pitt, his son Dirk Pitt, Jr., his daughter Summer Pitt, and friend Al Giordino are involved in the search for the source of a brownish contamination in the ocean's waters, which leads to a diabolical plot that they must unravel and ultimately topple. As this is occurring, discoveries relating to the ""true"" tale of the Odyssey are made. The villain is"
"in command, Dirk Pitt has made numerous important shipwreck discoveries, and he has also thwarted a large number of plans by villains intent on global catastrophe or world domination.<br> Dirk Pitt went on, in the more recent novels, to become the head of NUMA when Admiral James Sandecker was appointed as Vice President of the United States by President Ward after the Vice President unexpectedly died in office. Despite this appointment, Pitt is uncomfortable with his desk job, and still personally heads projects in the field, becoming entangled in villainous plots just as easily as before his promotion. Dirk Pitt"
"of the QD device. Vixen 03 Vixen 03 is an adventure novel by Clive Cussler. This is the fourth book to feature the author’s primary protagonist Dirk Pitt. In 1954 ""Vixen 03"", an aircraft carrying a top-secret cargo to the military’s testing grounds in the South Pacific, crashes and is never recovered. Thirty-four years later while on vacation Dirk Pitt, Special Projects Director for the National Underwater and Marine Agency (NUMA), finds the remains of ""Vixen 03"" and her top-secret cargo. His salvage efforts turn up some anomalies, including a body that is not of any member of the original"
"Oregon Files series of books. Flood Tide (novel) Flood Tide is an adventure novel by Clive Cussler. This is the 14th book featuring the author’s primary protagonist, Dirk Pitt. While recovering from his injuries suffered a month earlier as told in Shock Wave, Dirk stumbles upon mysterious activities around a peaceful lake in Washington state. He must rescue illegal immigrants being smuggled into the US for a life of slavery and abuse by a Chinese tycoon and locate the bones of the Peking Man, the famous lost example of Homo erectus. This book also introduces Juan Cabrillo and some of"
"Black Wind (Cussler novel) Black Wind is an adventure novel by Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler. This book centers on a relatively new character to the book series, Dirk Pitt, Jr. The novel centers around a terrorist plot to launch a biological warfare attack on the United States; Dirk Pitt Jr., his father, and his sister Summer must foil the plot and expose and stop the antagonists before a deadly toxin can be spread in released over Los Angeles, California. In December 1944, the commanding officer of the I-403, a Japanese I-400 class submarine, is given orders to launch a"
"full of implausible successes, assassins, fleet actions and daredevil do-or-die gallantry"". written as ""Mike Moscoe"" First trilogy written as ""Mike Moscoe"", originally referred to as ""The Ray Longknife books"", renamed in 2012 to ""Jump Universe books"", and published under the name ""Mike Shepherd"". Written as Mike Shepherd Written as Mike Shepherd Mike Shepherd (author) Mike Shepherd, born Mike Moscoe, is an American science fiction writer who lives in Vancouver, WA. He was born in August 2, 1947 in Philadelphia to a Navy family and travelled a lot as a child. It was not until high school that he finished a"
"their security and are enjoying a ride on the Pirates of the Caribbean; he succeeds in foiling Rondheim (disguised as part of the display) with a prop-cutlass, breaks Rondheim's (whom he knows to be wanted mobster Carzo Butera) legs and arms and turns him over to FBI for trial and execution. Iceberg (Cussler novel) Iceberg is an adventure novel by Clive Cussler published in the United States by Dodd, Mead & Company in 1975. This is the 2nd published book to feature the author’s primary protagonist Dirk Pitt. Dirk Pitt is summoned from his vacation on the sunny beaches of"
"Discworld Discworld is a comic fantasy book series written by the English author Terry Pratchett (1948–2015), set on the Discworld, a flat planet balanced on the backs of four elephants which in turn stand on the back of a giant turtle. The books frequently parody or take inspiration from J. R. R. Tolkien, Robert E. Howard, H. P. Lovecraft, Charles Dickens and William Shakespeare, as well as mythology, folklore and fairy tales, often using them for satirical parallels with cultural, political and scientific issues. Forty-one ""Discworld"" novels have been published. The original British editions of the first 26 novels, up"
"Flood Tide (novel) Flood Tide is an adventure novel by Clive Cussler. This is the 14th book featuring the author’s primary protagonist, Dirk Pitt. While recovering from his injuries suffered a month earlier as told in Shock Wave, Dirk stumbles upon mysterious activities around a peaceful lake in Washington state. He must rescue illegal immigrants being smuggled into the US for a life of slavery and abuse by a Chinese tycoon and locate the bones of the Peking Man, the famous lost example of Homo erectus. This book also introduces Juan Cabrillo and some of the Corporation of the future"
"of SEALs infiltrate Kang's base as he prepares his final getaway aboard his luxury yacht. After an epic showdown, ignoring the chief SEAL, Pitt Jr. grabs him and jumps off the luxury yacht, letting it – and Kang – crash and explode into the North Korean side of the river. Black Wind (Cussler novel) Black Wind is an adventure novel by Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler. This book centers on a relatively new character to the book series, Dirk Pitt, Jr. The novel centers around a terrorist plot to launch a biological warfare attack on the United States; Dirk Pitt"
"Rick Brant Rick Brant is the central character in a series of 24 adventure and mystery novels by John Blaine, a pseudonym for authors Harold L. Goodwin (all titles) and Peter J. Harkins (co-author of the first three). The series was published by Grosset & Dunlap between 1947 and 1968, with the previously unpublished title, ""The Magic Talisman"" printed in 1990 in a limited edition as the concluding #24. In the series, teenaged Rick Brant and his former-Marine pal, Don ""Scotty"" Scott live on Spindrift Island off the coast of New Jersey, where Rick's father, Hartson Brant, heads the Spindrift"
"Valhalla Rising (novel) Valhalla Rising is a 2001 Clive Cussler book in the Dirk Pitt series. The events depicted in the book take place between July and August 2003. Dirk Pitt has to stop an evil CEO of an oil and natural gas company in the US from establishing absolute monopoly over oil resources and supplies. It is a typical Dirk Pitt novel dealing with a countdown, bribed officials, and ruthless evil leaders. Pitt also unravels the work of a brilliant, reclusive scientist who had made great advances in oil technology, traced the history and found the remains of a"
"St. Julien Perlmutter St. Julien Perlmutter is a fictional character in the Dirk Pitt series of adventure novels by Clive Cussler. Perlmutter is often consulted for his knowledge of sea history and lore, as well as to search his extensive library of rare books concerning the ships, shipwrecks, oceans, and events of the sea. Perlmutter lives in Georgetown in the District of Columbia. Perlmutter's library is said to be the world's largest archive of marine history. He is described as an intellectual with sharp mental acuity. Perlmutter's library is often contrasted with ""Max"", an ultramodern computer personality created by another"
"different characters in different novels. Seventeen books have had a character with this name, frequently in the opening prologues, frequently a sailor, usually dying; a notable exception is the first (in chronological order) Dirk Pitt adventure, ""Pacific Vortex"", in which Admiral Leigh Hunter is a major character, commander of the 101st Recovery Fleet in Hawaii. In the introduction to ""Arctic Drift"", Cussler says there was a real Leigh Hunt who died in 2007 and the novel is dedicated to him. Another is that significant events in several novels occur on July 15 (Cussler's birthday). He also uses the name ""Periwinkle"""
"Treasure of Khan Treasure of Khan is an adventure novel by Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler, and is the nineteenth to feature Cussler's most famous protagonist, Dirk Pitt. The book is about a Mongolian oil tycoon and his attempts to gain control over the world petroleum markets. It also has a secondary plot of a search for the treasures in the tombs of Genghis Khan and Khublai Khan. A relatively small oil company headed by the antagonist, Borjin, a Mongolian who is bent on taking control of the world oil market, and also determined to re-unite the Chinese province of"
"The Adventure Series The Adventure Series by Enid Blyton, a prolific English children's author, is a series of eight children's novels. These books feature the same child characters: Philip, Jack, Dinah, and Lucy-Ann, along with several adult characters. Jack's pet parrot, Kiki, is also a standard feature in each novel. The stories show the four children off on their own, discovering and solving mysteries without much adult assistance. Although the publication dates span a decade, Blyton reportedly wrote each of the novels in less than a week. The colourful dust jackets and line illustrations were by Stuart Tresilian. Originally, the"
"The Adventure Series The Adventure Series by Enid Blyton, a prolific English children's author, is a series of eight children's novels. These books feature the same child characters: Philip, Jack, Dinah, and Lucy-Ann, along with several adult characters. Jack's pet parrot, Kiki, is also a standard feature in each novel. The stories show the four children off on their own, discovering and solving mysteries without much adult assistance. Although the publication dates span a decade, Blyton reportedly wrote each of the novels in less than a week. The colourful dust jackets and line illustrations were by Stuart Tresilian. Originally, the"
"The Pathfinder series The Pathfinder series is a completed series of novels by Orson Scott Card that is notable for its unusual fusion of the themes of science fiction and historical fiction. One significant aspect of the Pathfinder series is its uniquely complex but well documented set of time travel rules. The narrative follows the adventures of a young man named Rigg, an unknowing colonist of a planet called Garden in a seemingly medieval state of scientific advancement. Rigg, at first a fur trapper's apprentice who has been educated in nearly every skill by a mysterious figure claiming to be"
"Cuban torture chamber to the cold ocean depths, Pitt is racing to defuse an international conspiracy that threatens to shatter the Earth! Cyclops (novel) Cyclops is an action-adventure novel by Clive Cussler. This is the 8th book featuring the author’s primary protagonist, Dirk Pitt. A wealthy American financier disappears on a treasure hunt in an antique blimp. From Cuban waters, the blimp drifts toward Florida with a crew of dead men—Soviet cosmonauts. Dirk Pitt discovers a shocking scheme: a covert group of U.S. industrialists has put a colony on the moon, a secret base they will defend at any cost."
"the surviving members of the Wolf family successfully avoided prison. That 9/11 occurred only a day later, leaves readers to wonder whether the Wolfs had anything to do with it, despite the book being written 2 years prior. Atlantis Found Atlantis Found is a 1999 novel by Clive Cussler, the fifteenth book in the Dirk Pitt series. In 7120 BC, a comet hit North America, abruptly ending several advanced civilizations. In AD 1858, a whaling vessel discovers a 1770s merchant ship frozen in Antarctic ice; included on this ship is a polished obsidian skull. A group of U.S. scientists discover"
"The Wayward Pines Trilogy The Wayward Pines Trilogy (2012–2014) is a mystery/thriller/science fiction novel series by American author Blake Crouch. It follows U.S. Secret Service agent Ethan Burke as he unravels the mystery surrounding his unanticipated arrival in the small town of Wayward Pines, Idaho following a devastating car accident. The novels are Pines (2012), Wayward (2013), and The Last Town (2014). In 2015, the novels were adapted into the television series ""Wayward Pines"". The plot surrounds Secret Service agent Ethan Burke's introduction to the remote small town of Wayward Pines, his new home from which he cannot escape. The"