White Deathby Clive Cussler and Paul KemprecosThe NUMA® Files Original publication date: 2003 by Putnam paperback | 9780425195451 |
Hailed as a hero for the new millennium, Austin is the leader of NUMA's Special Assignments Teamand the threat before him now is definitely special. A confrontation between a radical environmentalist group and a Danish cruiser has forced Austin and colleague Joe Zavala to come to the rescue of a shipful of trapped men, but when the two of them investigate further, they discover that something far more sinister is at work. A shadowy multinational corporation is attempting to wrest control of the very seas themselvesno matter what havoc results, and is killing anyone who attempts to stop them. When Austin's boat blows up and he only barely survives, it seems certain he was supposed to be the next in line to die, but he cannot stop now. For the environmental disaster has already begun, and only he and NUMA stand in the way...