Part of Dirk Pitt®, book 4
First published 2004
The Pentagon has given marine explorer Dirk Pitt an impossible mission. A secret presidential task force needs an extremely rare radioactive element for their new defensive weapon. Pitt has tracked down the only known cache of this substance, but it lies in the most famous shipwreck in history. The Titanic rests two miles beneath the Atlantic, and Pitt must bring the entire vessel to the surface to recover what lies inside. Soviet agents want the same material and will kill to get it. Brutal storms hammer the salvage operation. Time runs short as international tensions escalate. Pitt assembles a team of experts and cutting-edge technology, but raising a ship that has rested on the ocean floor for decades pushes every limit. The operation becomes a deadly race between superpowers, with the balance of military might hanging in the depths. Pitt faces his greatest challenge yet in this high-stakes battle of engineering, espionage, and survival.
Genres: historical-fiction, military-fiction, adventure, thriller, action, espionage
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, race-against-time
Setting: Atlantic Ocean, Pentagon, Soviet Union, Titanic
Period: Cold War
545 pages · Mass Market Paperback · G.P. Putnam's Sons