It begins deep beneath the Pacific Ocean, where a nuclear bomb strikes at the fiery hot heart of the earth. Churning, spewing boiling lava, a volcano rises with unnatural speed from the ocean floor--the source of a new mineral that promises clean, li...
Ivan Kerikov, ex-leader of the KGB's secret science division, has joined forces with a renegade Arab oil minister to control the supply of oil to the U.S. They plan to mount a coup in the minister's home country, blow up the Alaska pipeline, and cras...
TEN YEARS AGO, THE SPY SATELLITE MEDUSA BURNED UPON RE-ENTRY--BUT NOT BEFORE ITS SENSORS REVEALED A SECRET BURIED DEEP IN THE EARTH, HIDDEN FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS FROM THE EYES OF HUMANITY. A PRICELESS DISCOVERY THAT SOME WOULD DIE TO FIND--AND KILL ...
During World War II, at a secret Nazi submarine base, containers crafted entirely from looted wartime gold were hidden away. The treasure was not the solid-gold chests, but the cargo they carried--an artifact so lethal that whoever possessed "Pandora...
In the heart of Panama, a volcanic lake feeds a serpentine river--its stone banks laid by the Incas, who took back the gold and jewels plundered from them by the conquistadors. Legend has it that the Twice-Stolen Treasure has been buried for centurie...
Geologist-adventurer Philip Mercer--"a combination of Dirk Pitt and James Bond" (The Sunday Oklahoman)--returns in his latest adventure, beginning beneath fabled Area 51 and propelling us to the edge of prophesied global destruction.... Hired to l...
What was Amelia Earhart carrying on her final flight? The adventure begins two thousand feet beneath the surface of the Earth. Philip Mercer, a preeminent geologist with a taste for international intrigue and danger, rides an elevator two thousand...