The towering iceberg drifting in the North Atlantic was a floating tomb.
Imbedded in the great gleaming mound was a ship, sealed so solidly in the ice
that not even its mast protruded.
The crew of the coast Guard Patrol plane had spotted the blurred outline of the
unknown vessel, dropping a red dye marker for identification. As soon as their
aircraft disappeared, two men, camouflaged in white snowsuits, rose from a
hiding place on the iceberg and started sending signals on their radio
transmitter.
Later that week, official investigators Major Dirk Pitt of the Air Force and
world-famous ocenographer Dr. Bill Hunnewell found that the red stains had been
chipped off the berg. Someone wanted to prevent the discovery of the mystery
ship and it macabre secret. Realizing they had failed, the unknown enemies
resorted to brutal violence to prevent the major's helicopter from reaching
Iceland.
So Dirk Pitt set out on a mission that was to bring him into conflict with
conspirators who concealed their aims as well as their identities. It would send
him, wounded and on foot, across the lonely tundras of Iceland, and it would
take him far beneath the surface of the waters surrounding its shores. He would
become involved with a hauntingly beautiful woman, with a few allies and with
many enemies. His strength and skills, his reckless disregard of danger had
become a legend, but would they be enough to end a cleverly plotted campaign of
terror and cold-blooded murder?I
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