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Written by Clive Cussler - Audio book performed by Howard McGillin - Abridged Fiction - 4 CASSETTES - 4.5 hours

DIRK PITT IS BACK -- IN THE SWEEPING NEW ADVENTURE!

AN ANCIENT HORDE OF MAGNIFICENT trEASURE…
THE SECRETS OF A LOST CIVILIZATION…
A SINISTER FAMILY SYNDICATE IN A DEADLY INTERNATIONAL OPERATION

When a group of archaeologists are nearly drowned in the mountaintop depths of a Peruvian sacrificial pool, only Dirk Pitt can save them. But soon Pitt and his friends are plunged into a vicious, no-holds-barred struggle to survive -- a mortal struggle involving art thieves, a tribe of local indians, U.S. FBI and Customs agents...and the legendary, priceless treasure of the last Inca King that sets off a race against danger and time, rushing towards a wild climax in a subterranean world of darkness and death.

About the Author: Clive Cussler is acclaimed worldwide as the Grandmaster of Adventure, a title richly deserved given that there are nearly 100 million copies of his best-selling Dirk Pitt® novels in print. He got his start in advertising, first as an award-winning copy writer, and then as creative director for two of the nation's largest agencies. His initial foray into fiction was in 1973, when he wrote his first Dirk Pitt® novel.

Since then he has continued to write Dirk Pitt® adventures while living a life that nearly parallels that of his action hero. Like Pitt, Cussler enjoys discovering and collecting things of historical significance. With NUMA (National Underwater & Marine Agency, a non profit group begun by Cussler) he has had an amazing record of finding over 60 shipwrecks, one of which was the long-lost Confederate submarine Hunley. Cussler also has a renowned and extensive classic car collection, which features over 80 examples of custom coachwork.

Along with being Chairman of NUMA, he is also a fellow of the Explorers Club (which honored him with the Lowell Thomas Award for outstanding underwater exploration), the Royal Geographical Society and the American Society of Oceanographers. Married to Barbara Knight for 40 years, with three children and two grandchildren, he divides his time between the mountains of Colorado and the deserts of Arizona.