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Serpent - A Novel From the NUMA files (Serpent - A Novel From the NUMA files)
Serpent A Novel From the NUMA files - Serpent - A Novel From the NUMA files From AudioFile Hidden in the depths off Nantucket Sound lie the sunken remains of the ANDREA DORIA, an Italian luxury liner. Few know of the pre-Columbian artifact locked in within its bowels, or of the murdered guards secluded with the artifact. Reader Purdham draws listeners into the characters as murder and mayhem ensue. He switches accents a... more »nd gender roles quickly. Nina, a young, beautiful, marine archaeologist, is depicted with youthful vigor. The staccato enunciation of killers in hot pursuit is in sharp... read more --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition. Book Description Clive Cussler, the author of sixteen consecutive New York Times bestsellers, unleashes a hero for the next millennium in an electrifying new series of unrelenting action and edge-of-your-seat thrills. When Kurt Austin, the leader of a courageous National Underwater & Marine Agency exploration team, rescues beautiful marine archaeologist Nina Kirov off the coast of Morocco, he becomes the next target of Texas industrialist Don Halcon. A madman bent on carving a new nation out of the southwestern United States and Mexico, Halcon's scheme hinges on Nina's recent discovery involving Christopher Columbus, and a priceless pre-Columbian antiquity buried in the battered remains of the sunken Italian luxury liner Andrea Doria. Only Kurt Austin and his crack NUMA team stand between Halcon and the Andrea Doria's silent steel hull -- and if their deadly mission fails, Halcon will ride to power on a wave of death and destruction.« less