THE RISING SEA

By Clive Cussler and Graham Brown

Hard to believe, but this is #15 from The NUMA Files, a series of books that has made readers, again and again, thank the gods that Clive Cussler decided to be an author long ago. Also adding his immense talent and imagination to this new “Kurt Austin Adventure” is Graham Brown. He and Cussler certainly make a duo that truly does not know how to create a bad book.

This time out the NUMA team is facing a global threat; taking on a desperate mission to make things right; and facing a conclusion that could kill millions of people if they don’t do their job.

Kurt Austin, Zoe Zavala and the rest of the team are attempting to understand why the world’s sea levels are suddenly rising at such a quick pace. The explanation for it being a glacier melt and nothing more is unacceptable at this rate. Therefore, something or someone truly sinister has to be behind it.

There are many incredible locations they’ll head to, and many secrets they’ll find, but it will all lead to an underwater mining operation that no one knew was even in the works. Not a surprise, considering it’s buried in the East China Sea and is there for a secret purpose that could end up bringing about a worldwide catastrophe.

As always with NUMA, a plot is in the works that is more dangerous than the characters, or readers, can possibly imagine. As the fast-paced, action-packed story unfolds, the risks for NUMA grow large as powerful figures attempt to reach the top of the ladder while crushing everyone else under their feet.

Cussler and Brown have both received high praise for their writing, and this is yet another book that earns it. From a diabolical man to a killer weapon to a violent assassin, there’s nothing this tale fails to offer. Readers will be locked into this story from word one and will be absolutely floored by the awesome ending.