Part of Dirk Pitt®, book 27
First published 2023
Dirk Pitt finds uncut diamonds on a shipwreck during a diving expedition in the English Channel. The discovery seems routine until thieves steal the gems, pulling Pitt and his NUMA team into a deadly conspiracy. The theft connects to a wartime mystery from 1940, when a museum curator fled Paris with secret cargo as German forces advanced. The curator's desperate escape attempt aboard a damaged steamer holds the key to stopping a modern threat. A murderous organization targets water treatment plants worldwide, threatening billions of lives. Pitt races from Paris to the Irish Sea to the Caribbean islands alongside his children Summer and Dirk Jr. The family must solve an eighty-year-old puzzle to locate a treasure that could save both a nation's heritage and the world's population from disaster.
Genres: historical-fiction, adventure, mystery, thriller, action
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: family-secrets, treasure-hunt
Setting: Paris, English Channel, Ireland, Caribbean
Period: 1940, Modern Day
432 pages · Kindle Edition · G.P. Putnam's Sons