Sacred Stone
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Sacred Stone
The discovery of a radioactive meteorite in Greenland sends Juan Cabrillo and the crew of his hi-tech ship Oregon - in Iceland to seize a nuclear weapon from terrorists - on a second rescue mission: to retrieve the dangerous stellar object before someone unlocks the terrible properties it holds.
Packed with blazing action and daring exploits, comes a nerve-shredding thriller from the best in the business.
Packed with blazing action and daring exploits, comes a nerve-shredding thriller from the best in the business.
In the remote wastes of Greenland, a young scientist has unearthed an artifact hidden in a cave for a millennium – a 50,000-year-old meteorite known as the Sacred Stone – which he soon discovers possesses potentially catastrophic radioactive power.
But the astounding find places him in the crosshairs of two opposing terrorist groups who seek the stone for themselves. One is a group of Muslim extremists who have stolen a nuclear device.
With the power of the meteorite, they could vaporize any city in the west. The other group is led by a megalomaniacal industrialist who seeks to carry out the utter annihilation of Islam itself. Caught between two militant factions bent on wholesale slaughter, Juan Cabrillo and his ship of high-tech mercenaries, known as the Corporation, must fight to protect the scientist and the Sacred Stone – and prevent the outbreak of World War III...
Series: The Oregon Files
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781405916578
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 05 September 2013
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 31.0mm
Width: 128.0mm
Height: 197.0mm
Weight: 372g
Pages: 544
About the Author
Clive Cussler is the author or co-author of a great number of international bestsellers, including the famous Dirk Pitt(R) adventures, such as Arctic Drift; the NUMA(R) Files adventures, most recently Medusa; the Oregon Files, such as The Jungle; the Isaac Bell adventures, which began with The Chase; and the highly successful new series - the Fargo adventures. He lives in Arizona. Craig Dirgo is the best-selling author of numerous books and novels including The Einstein Papers, The Tesla Documents, Gunnison Grit and the New South Britain series. He has also co-written Sacred Stone and Golden Buddha with Clive Cussler. He resides in Crested Butte, Colorado high in the Rocky Mountains where he enjoys snow skiing, hiking, bicycling and motorcycling.
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