Clive Cussler began writing novels in 1965 and published his first work featuring his continuous series hero, Dirk Pitt®, in 1973. His first non-fiction, The Sea Hunters, was released in 1996.
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Zero Hour
A NUMA® Files Novel


A Kurt Austin Adventure

It is called zero point energy, and it really exists—a state of energy contained in all matter everywhere, and thus all but unlimited. Nobody has ever found a way to tap into it, however—until one scientist discovers a way. Or at least he thinks he has. More>>

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THE STRIKER

An Isaac Bell Adventure

It is 1902, and a bright, inexperienced young man named Isaac Bell, only two years out of his apprenticeship at the Van Dorn Detective Agency, has an urgent message for his boss. Hired to hunt for radical unionist saboteurs in the coal mines, he is witness to a terrible accident that makes him think that something else is going on, that provocateurs are at work and bigger stakes are in play. More>>

Coming July 16

Mediterranean Caper

A Dirk Pitt® Novel

When Clive Cussler published his first novel in 1973, he knew he didn’t want to write a familiar kind of character—no spy or detective or undercover investigator—his hero would have grand adventures set on or under water. He named him Dirk Pitt, and his organization the National Underwater and Marine Agency, or NUMA—and one of the world’s most beloved series characters was born. More>>


The Dirk Pitt® Novels
The Dirk Pitt® Novels, by Clive Cussler

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The NUMA® Files
 On Sale 5/28/13 
The Numa® Files, by Clive Cussler

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The Oregon Files
The Oregon Files, by Clive Cussler

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Fargo Adventures

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The NUMA® Files

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