# Shock Wave by Clive Cussler (Paperback)

**FROM THE _SUNDAY TIMES_ BESTSELLING AUTHOR  
  
_A mysterious plague in the Antarctic._**  
  
**_A diamond empire run by an evil genius._**  
  
**_A devastating new technology that could kill millions of people._**  
  
  
  
**Tasman Sea, 1856**. A British clipper ship bound for Australia's penal colony is crushed in a raging typhoon. A few lucky survivors wash up on a deserted island, with two women called Betsy Fletcher and Jess Dorsett among them, and discover an immense supply of diamonds.  
  
  
  
**Seymour Island, Antractica, 2000.** Dirk Pitt rescues Maeve Fletcher, a descendant of Betsy's, after an unknown cataclysm kills thousands of marine animals and destroys a cruise ship. Could Maeve's father, who runs a ruthless diamond cartel, be responsible?  
  
  
  
From a chilling escape at a high-security Canadian mine to a tiny boat adrift on lonely, shark-infested waters, the ingenious Pitt is racing to thwart the danger before an unthinkable disaster claims millions of innocent lives.  
  
  
  
**Praise for Clive Cussler**  
  
  
  
**'Clive Cussler is the guy I read'** Tom Clancy  
  
**'Nobody does it better than Clive Cussler'** Stephen Coonts  
  
**'The Adventure King'** _Sunday Express_  
  
**'Cussler is hard to beat'** _Daily Mail_  
  
**'Just about the best in the business'** _New York Post_

## Details

- **Price:** 9.99 GBP
- **Vendor:** Simon & Schuster, Limited
- **Tags:** All, thrillers

## Variants

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