Part of NUMA Files, book 15
First published 2018
Ocean levels spike worldwide far beyond what melting glaciers could explain. Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala lead their NUMA scientific team across the globe hunting for causes. Their search takes them to the depths of the East China Sea, where they uncover something far more sinister than natural disaster. Someone has engineered a scheme to shatter the Pacific's balance of power and force a billion people from their homes. The mission pulls Austin from shark infested Asian waters to Tokyo's technological maze to a secret island where few are permitted. He faces an assassin so brutal that even the Yakuza cast him out. Ancient Japanese talismans five centuries old connect to a rare alloy found nowhere else on Earth. An ambitious technological breakthrough becomes Austin's personal nightmare. The NUMA team must risk their lives to prevent a catastrophe that would reshape the world's most populous region.
Genres: science-fiction, adventure, thriller, action
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, high-stakes
Setting: East China Sea, Japan, Pacific Ocean, Tokyo
Period: 21st-century
406 pages · Hardcover · G.P. Putnam's Sons