{"product_id":"books-serpent-by-clive-cussler","title":"Serpent","description":"From the classic novel \u003ci\u003eRaise the Titanic \u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eFlood Tide, \u003c\/i\u003e Clive Cussler and his fictional alter ego Dirk Pitt(R) have earned legions of fans worldwide. Now, the author of numerous consecutive bestsellers unleashes a hero for the next millennium in an electrifying new series of unrelenting action and edge-of-your-seat thrills. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn the bottom of the icy sea off Nantucket lies the battered remains of the Italian luxury liner, \u003ci\u003eAndrea Doria.\u003c\/i\u003e But few know that within its bowels rests a priceless pre-Columbian antiquity -- a treasure that now holds the key to a puzzle that is costing people their lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor Kurt Austin, the leader of a courageous National Underwater Marine Agency (NUMA) exploration team, the killing begins when he makes a daring rescue of a beautiful marine archaeologist. The target of a powerful Texas industrialist named Halcon, Nina Kirov was attacked off the coast of Morocco after her discovery of a carved stone head that may prove Christopher Columbus was not the first European to discover America. Soon Kurt and Nina embark on a deadly mission to uncover Halcon's masterful plan -- an insidious scheme that would have him carve out a new nation from the southwest United States and Mexico, and ride to power on a wave of death and destruction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith Austin's elite NUMA crew attacking the murderous conspiracy from different sides, an extraordinary truth emerges: that Columbus may have made a fifth, unknown voyage to America in search of a magnificent treasure. And that the silent, steel hull of the \u003ci\u003eAndrea Doria\u003c\/i\u003e not only holds the answer to what the explorer may have found -- but the fate of the United States itself.","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53480418967825,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781451627107.jpg?v=1777547333","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/books-serpent-by-clive-cussler","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}