{"product_id":"serpent-9781982163808","title":"Serpent","description":"\u003cb\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author Clive Cussler delivers another page-turning NUMA adventure featuring an underwater exploration team on the hunt to discover ancient hidden treasure--before the world as they know it changes forever.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Kurt Austin, the leader of a courageous National Underwater and Marine Agency exploration team, rescues beautiful marine archaeologist Nina Kirov off the cost of Morocco, he becomes the next target of Texas industrialist Don Halcon. A madman bent on carving a new nation out of the southwestern United States and Mexico, Halcon's scheme hinges on Nina's recent discovery involving Christopher Columbus and a priceless pre-Columbian antiquity buried in the battered remains of the sunken Italian luxury line \u003ci\u003eAndrea Doria.\u003c\/i\u003e Only Kurt Austin and his NUMA team stand between Halcon and the \u003ci\u003eAndrea Doria\u003c\/i\u003e's silent steel hull--and if their deadly mission fails, Halcon will ride to power on a wave of death and destruction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClive Cussler (1931-2020) was the author or coauthor of over eighty books in five bestselling series, including DIRK PITT(R), THE NUMA FILES(R), THE OREGON FILES (R), AN ISAAC BELL ADVENTURE (R), A SAM AND REMI FARGO ADVENTURE (R), and A KURT AUSTIN ADVENTURE (R). His nonfiction works include \u003ci\u003eBuilt for Adventure\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003ci\u003eThe Classic Automobiles of Clive Cussler and Dirk Pitt\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBuilt to Thrill: More Classic Automobiles from Clive Cussler and Dirk Pitt\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Sea Hunters\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Sea Hunters II\u003c\/i\u003e; these describe the true adventures of the real NUMA, which, led by Cussler, searches for lost ships of historic significance. With his crew of volunteers, Cussler discovered more than sixty ships, including the long-lost Civil War submarine \u003ci\u003eHunley. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Pocket Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50642714427666,"sku":"9781982163808","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_33e4419f-eb1a-4f3c-ac45-6cd75a1dd847.jpg?v=1733070839","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/serpent-9781982163808","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}