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Kurt Austin and the NUMA crew are back in the latest action-packed adventure from Sunday Times bestselling author Clive Cussler. A biological disaster is looming and the key to saving the future seems to be locating a submarine which has been missing for decades - can they crack it before it''s too late?

''Sea of Greed will have readers turning pages. With a wonderful cast of characters and relentless action, this is classic Cussler'' Mail Online

After an explosion in the Gulf of Mexico destroys three oil rigs trying to revive a dying field, Kurt Austin and the NUMA Special Projects Team are tapped by the President of the United States to find out what''s gone wrong. The trail leads them to a brilliant billionaire in the alternative energy field. Her goal is the end of the oil age; her company has spent billions developing the worlds'' most advanced fuel-cell systems. But is she an environmental hero...or a rogue genetic engineer?

The NUMA crew discovers that the oil fields are infected with a bacteria that is consuming the oil before it can be pumped out of the earth-a bacteria originally lost decades ago when two submarines vanished in the Mediterranean.

With hired killers on his trail, can Kurt Austin locate a submarine that''s remained hidden for more than fifty years? And even if he can, can the biological terror that''s been unleashed be stopped?

Praise for Clive Cussler

''The Adventure King'' - Sunday Express

''Cussler is hard to beat'' - Daily Mail

''Just about the best in the business'' - New York Post

''Oceanography''s answer to Indiana Jones. Exotic locations, ruthless villains, and many narrow escapes - Cussler''s fans come for swashbuckling and he delivers'' - Associated Press

''Nobody does it better . . . nobody!'' - Stephen Coonts