Part of Dirk Pitt®, book 13
First published 1996
Dirk Pitt discovers cruise ship passengers stranded on an Antarctic island, including Maeve Fletcher, descendant of shipwreck survivors who found diamonds 140 years earlier. Pitt rescues the group while investigating a mysterious plague killing marine life in the Weddell Sea. His search for answers leads him to Arthur Dorsett, Maeve's father, whose diamond mining operations cause the deadly contamination. Dorsett and his two daughters plan to destroy the global diamond market to secure their own monopoly, regardless of the millions who will die. Pitt must stop their ruthless scheme as it takes him from dangerous waters off Canada's coast to being abandoned in the Tasman Sea. The thirteenth Dirk Pitt adventure pits the marine engineer against a family willing to commit mass murder for wealth and power.
Genres: adventure, mystery, thriller, action
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Antarctica, Canada, Tasman Sea, Weddell Sea
Period: 140 Years Ago
537 pages · Paperback · POCKET BOOKS U.K.
Content warnings: violence