Night Probe!

By Clive Cussler

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Average Rating: (See all reviews) Format: Paperback, 352 pages Published In: United States, June 1984 Quantity Available: 16 Ships within 6-10 days Cussler's most dazzling bestseller. Dirk Pitt's most dangerous adventure. Dirk Pitt proved invincible in "Raise the Titanic!" Now, with the future of virtually every person in the world at stake, he is enlisted to spearhead his most daring mission yet--the rescue of a vital document for the United States. To an energy-starved, economically devastated America, possession of this document is worth billions. But to Great Britain, it's worth a war. Pitt's quest plunges him into a head-to-head confrontation with Britian's most cunning secret agent--and into the throes of a torrid love triangle. As time runs out for a desperate America, Dirk Pitt races toward an underwater clash more terrifying than anything Clive Cussler has ever created--the breathtaking climax of Night Probe!" " Publisher: Bantam Books ISBN: 0553277405 EAN: 9780553277401 Dimensions: 17.48 x 10.74 x 2.49 centimeters (0.17 kg)

This is the 6th Dirk Pitt novel from the Grandmaster of adventure, first published in 1981...

3 copies of the North American Treaty - linking the USA, Canada & Great Britain - mysteriously disappear in 1914. The bearer of one is on a train that plunges into the Hudson River; the second is carried on a ship which sinks on the St Lawrence River; the third, held by the Canadian Prime Minister, is destroyed because it is detrimental to Canada.

Jump forward 75 years, & a historian finds a reference in one of Woodrow Wilson's letters to this treaty - could it still exist? If it did, it would still be valid - enter Dirk Pitt, international coo guy and underwaters expert, to help save the day...

I really enjoyed this one - it lacks the James Bond over-the-top qualities of the later ones - the espionage, alternative history, and suspense are great. Highly reccomended.