Part of Dirk Pitt®, book 22
First published 2012
America's most advanced attack submarine prototype has vanished, taking its revolutionary speed technology with it. The engineer who created the breakthrough propulsion system is dead, leaving no backup plans. NUMA director Dirk Pitt faces a puzzle that grows deadlier by the day. Ships disappear across the oceans, their crews found burned beyond recognition when the vessels resurface. The trail leads from Washington corridors to Mexican waters, from Idaho mountains to Panama's coastline. Pitt works alongside his children, marine engineer Dirk Jr. and oceanographer Summer, plus an NCIS agent tracking the same mystery. Their investigation uncovers connections to an Italian submarine that supposedly sank in 1943. But that wartime vessel may hold the key to understanding who stole the prototype and why. The enemy Pitt discovers threatens more than American naval superiority. The stolen technology could reshape global power permanently, and not in America's favor.
Genres: adventure, mystery, thriller, action
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Washington, Mexico, Idaho, Panama, Italy
Period: 1943, Contemporary
520 pages · Hardcover · G.P. Putnam's Sons