Inca Gold (adapted for young readers) - Softcover

Cussler, Clive

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0671020560 ISBN 13: 9780671020569

Publisher: Simon Pulse, 1998

Synopsis

Dirk Pitt® is the world's greatest adventure hero -- a man of action who lives by his wits and daring. As Special Projects Director for the U.S. National Underwater and Marine Agency (NUMA), he is cool and courageous, with a love of fast cars and extreme danger. A death-defying rescue of two drowning scientists plunges Dirk Pitt into a whirlpool of corruption and betrayal. Sinister criminals have traced a long-lost treasure -- worth almost a billion dollars -- from the Andes Mountains to a chamber on the banks of a hidden river that flows beneath a desert. Driven by burning greed, the criminals are racing to seize a golden prize...and to terminate the one man who can stop them: Dirk Pitt!

About this title

From the Publisher:

DIRK PITT IS BACK -- IN THE SWEEPING NEW ADVENTURE FROM THE AUTHOR OF

INCA GOLD

AN ANCIENT HORDE OF MAGNIFICENT TREASURE...THE SECRETS OF A LOST CIVILIZATION...A SINISTER FAMILY SYNDICATE IN A DEADLY INTERNATIONAL OPERATION

When a group of archaeologists are nearly drowned in the mountaintop depths of a Peruvian sacrificial pool, only Dirk Pitt can save them. But soon Pitt and his friends are plunged into a vicious, no-holds-barred struggle to survive -- a mortal struggle involving art thieves, a tribe of local indians, U.S. FBI and Customs agents...and the legendary, priceless treasure of the last Inca King that sets off a race against danger and time, rushing towards a wild climax in a subterranean world of darkness and death.

About the Author:

Clive Cussler's life nearly parallels that of his hero, Dirk Pitt®. Whether searching for lost aircraft or leading expeditions to find famous shipwrecks, he has had amazing success. With his NUMA crew of volunteers, Cussler has discovered more than sixty lost ships of historic importance, including the long-lost Confederate submarine Hunley. Like Pitt, Cussler collects classic automobiles. His collection features eighty examples of custom coachwork and is one of the finest to be found anywhere. Cussler divides his time between the deserts of Arizona and the mountains of Colorado.

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon Pulse
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0671020560
• ISBN 13: 9780671020569
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 388