Part of NUMA Files, book 5
First published 2004
A frozen corpse emerges from a French Alps glacier after nine decades of ice. Kurt Austin and his NUMA Special Projects team respond when researchers become trapped in flooding alpine tunnels. The rescue reveals something far more sinister than an accident. The preserved body carries secrets worth killing for. Austin finds himself tracking a deadly algal organism that threatens the Atlantic's Lost City trench. He confronts a ruthless family whose greed knows no bounds. They will murder anyone who stands between them and their goal. Austin must uncover the connection between the ancient corpse and the modern biological threat before more people die.
Genres: adventure, mystery, thriller, action
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, investigation
Setting: French Alps, Atlantic Ocean, Lost City Trench
Period: 20th Century, 21st Century
544 pages · Paperback · Penguin