1896:Four Englishmen flee for their lives across the merciless Kalahari Desert carrying a stolen fortune in raw diamonds, and hunted by a fierce African tride. The thieves manage to reach the waiting HMS Rove- Only to die with their Pursuers in a storm that buries them all under tons of sand...

Today: Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the covert combat ship Oregon have barely escaped a mission on the Congo River when they intercept a mayday saving the craft …along with beautiful Sloane Macintyre. Sloane is looking for the now-submerged Roue, and her search has attracted unwanted-and lethal attention from unknown forces. But what surprises Cabrillo is her story about a crazy fisherman who claims to have been attacked on the open sea-by giant metal snakes-in the same area.

What begins as a snake hunt leads Cabrillo to the trial of a har more lethal quarry-a deranged enemy whose cadre of followers plans to unleash the dev-astating power of nature itself against all who oppose them…

 

CLIVE CUSSLER is the author of coauthor of many previous books including Polar Shift, Dark Watch, Black Wind, Lost City , and Sacred Stone, and the nonfiction work The Sea Hunters II. The last describes the true-life adventures of the real NUMA, which, led by Cussler, searches for lost ships of historic significance. With his crew of volunteers, Cussler has discovered more than sixty ships, including the long-lost Confederate submarine Hunley. He lives in Arizona .

JACK Du BRUL is the author of the Philip Mercer series. He holds a degree in international relations from George Washington University . He lives in Vermont with his wife, Debbie.