Part of Dirk Pitt®, book 3
First published 2004
Dirk Pitt faces a puzzle locked in ice when he encounters a massive iceberg containing the burned wreckage of a luxury yacht. The vessel disappeared while carrying secret cargo to a White House meeting. Now only charred corpses and nine elaborate rings remain as evidence of what went wrong. Pitt must uncover why the ship vanished and what happened to its mysterious cargo. The investigation pulls him into a conspiracy that reaches the highest levels of government. As Pitt digs deeper, he realizes the missing cargo was worth killing for. The rings hold the key to a secret that powerful people want buried forever. Pitt races against time and enemies who will stop at nothing to keep their conspiracy hidden. His search for answers becomes a fight for survival as the truth threatens to expose corruption at the very top of American power.
Genres: adventure, suspense, mystery, crime, action, political-thriller
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, race-against-time
Setting: America, White House
Period: 20th-century, 21st-century
369 pages · Mass Market Paperback · Berkley Books