The Sicilian Project is the undercover plan of the decade. It is undoubtedly the
best-kept secret since the atomic bomb. And it's the President's baby. If
successful, it will create a defense network that will insure America's security
from foreign attack for the foreseeable future. The sole hitch is that the
project requires a quantity of Byzantium, an extremely rare element. In fact, it
looks as though the only Byzantium in the world lies in the hold of R.M.S.
Titanic, sunk in 1912 and still resting more than twelve thousand feet deep in
the North Atlantic. The task is simple enough: Raise the Titanic! The man in
charge of the mission is Dirk Pitt, jack-of-all-trades and master of-most. Using
highly sophisticated submersible equipment, Pitt sets to work at his Herculean
job. The presence of two Russian spies doesn't help, nor does the intervention
of one very nasty lady, Hurricane Amanda. For balance, however, there is one
very sweet lady who doesn't in the least resemble your average marine
archaeologist. Clive Cussler has accomplished a remarkable feat in blending high
melodrama with exhaustively sound scientific research; the Titanic could be
raised today.
Reviews:
Intriguing... ingeniously crafted... exciting. ... The details of the ship's
raising, worked out lovingly by Mr. Cussler, are fascinating.... A ripping good
story."
Minneapolis Tribune
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