From deep within the
Venezuelan rain forest emanates the legend of a whit goddess and a mysterious
tribe with startling technical accomplishments. Few believe the tribe exists -
and even fewer suspect its deity may hold knowledge that can change the course
of history. For National Underwater & Marine Agency crew leader Kurt Austin, an
investigation into the sudden deaths of rare whales leads him to the Mexican
coast,where someone tries to put him and his mini-sub permanently out of
commission. Meanwhile, in South America's lush hills, a specially assigned NUMA
crew turns up the white-goddess legend - and a murderous cadre of bio-pirates
intent on stealing medicinal secret worth millions. Soon Austin and his crew
realize they're working the opposite ends of the same grand scheme. A
billionaire California tycoon is poised to rise to power by monopolizing the
earth's vastly depleted freshwater reserves and ultimately dominate the world.
Austin has a hunch Venezuela's mythical tribal goddess has some real roots in
science, and may be the key to locating a secret formula that could turn vast
amounts of seawater into fresh. But with each step into the bush, he and his
NUMA team feel like fish out of water - and must fight a deadly, twisting trail
of enemies through a dense jungle of treachery, blackmail, and murder.
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