Zero Hour

<p><b><i>Zero Hour</i> is the latest in a string of nerve-shredding NUMA Files novels from Clive Cussler.</b><br><br>A burning helicopter crashes into Sydney Opera House and Kurt Austin is flung headlong into a race to avert global catastrophe . . .<br><br>Attempting to save a man in a speedboat from a sniper swooping in by helicopter, Kurt Austin lands himself in trouble with the Australian secret service. Though he gives them their only clue - 'Tartarus', the last word of a dying man - Kurt is brusquely warned off. Intrigued and never one to ignore a mystery he is soon on the trail of a crazed scientist hellbent on unleashing a deadly destructive force: machines capable of triggering earthquakes.<br><br>Now Austin must assemble the NUMA team. Their mission? To find and stop this madman before he tears the world apart.<br><br>Clive Cussler, author of recent <i>New York Times</i> bestsellers <i>The Tombs</i>, <i>Poseidon's Arrow</i> and <i>The Striker</i>, brings us <i>Zero Hour</i>, the new adrenalin-soaked doomsday masterpiece in the NUMA Files series.<br><br><b>Praise for Clive Cussler: </b><br><br>'Clive Cussler is hard to beat'<i> Daily Mail<br></i><br>'The guy I read' Tom Clancy<br><br>'The adventure king'<i> Daily Express</i></p>\n\n<p><b><i>Zero Hour</i> is the latest in a string of nerve-shredding NUMA Files novels from Clive Cussler.</b><br><br>A burning helicopter crashes into Sydney Opera House and Kurt Austin is flung headlong into a race to avert global catastrophe . . .<br><br>Attempting to save a man in a speedboat from a sniper swooping in by helicopter, Kurt Austin lands himself in trouble with the Australian secret service. Though he gives them their only clue - 'Tartarus', the last word of a dying man - Kurt is brusquely warned off. Intrigued and never one to ignore a mystery he is soon on the trail of a crazed scientist hellbent on unleashing a deadly destructive force: machines capable of triggering earthquakes.<br><br>Now Austin must assemble the NUMA team. Their mission? To find and stop this madman before he tears the world apart.<br><br>Clive Cussler, author of recent <i>New York Times</i> bestsellers <i>The Tombs</i>, <i>Poseidon's Arrow</i> and <i>The Striker</i>, brings us <i>Zero Hour</i>, the new adrenalin-soaked doomsday masterpiece in the NUMA Files series.<br><br><b>Praise for Clive Cussler: </b><br><br>'Clive Cussler is hard to beat'<i> Daily Mail<br></i><br>'The guy I read' Tom Clancy<br><br>'The adventure king'<i> Daily Express</i></p>