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Clive Cussler’s Desolation Code

Series: The NUMA Files
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The new white-knuckled thriller in the NUMA series from the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling Grand Master of Adventure, Clive Cussler. A routine NUMA investigation uncovers a mystery when a strange figure steals their findings. Who are they? Meanwhile, a cryptic text using NUMA's codes makes... Read More
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The new white-knuckled thriller in the NUMA series from the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling Grand Master of Adventure, Clive Cussler.

A routine NUMA investigation uncovers a mystery when a strange figure steals their findings. Who are they?

Meanwhile, a cryptic text using NUMA's codes makes things even stranger. Are they being helped by a friend, or lured into a traitorous trap?

Kurt, Joe, and even Max, NUMA's supercomputer, will have to investigate like never before as they prepare for a battle on two very different planes—one physical; one digital.

It's just the beginning of a sinister plan concocted by a mind more brilliant than any they've ever faced—the mind of a machine. A new, terrifying world order is being plotted...

Series: The NUMA Files

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781405967549

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 November 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 25.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 291g

Pages: 416

About the Author

Graham Brown is the author of Black Rain and Black Sun, and the co-author with Cussler of Devil's Gate, The Storm, Zero Hour, Ghost Ship, The Pharaoh's Secret, Nighthawk and The Rising Sea. A pilot and an attorney, he lives in Arizona.

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