Sacred Stone

"A NEW CLIVE CUSSLER NOVEL IS LIKE A VISIT

FROM YOUR BEST FRIEND."

-Tom Clancy

His first novel of the Oregon Files was hailed as "honestly fabulous"

(Kirkus Reviews). Now, Clive Cussler, creator of the bestselling NUMA®

and Dirk Pitt® series, returns with an all-new novel of adventure and intrigue

featuring the enigmatic high-seas action hero Juan Cabrillo ...

In the remote wastes of Greenland, a young scientist has unearthed an

artifact hidden in a cave for a millennium-a 50,000-year-old meteorite

known as the Sacred Stone, which possesses potentially catastrophic radioactive

power. But the astounding find places him in the crosshairs of

two opposing terrorist groups who seek the stone for themselves.

One is a group of Muslim extremists who have stolen a nuclear device.

With the power of the meteorite, they could vaporize any city in the

West. The other group is led by a megalomaniacal industrialist who

seeks to carry out the utter annihilation of Islam itself.

Caught between two militant factions bent on wholesale slaughter, Juan

Cabrillo and his ship of high-tech mercenaries known as the Corporation

must fight to protect the Sacred Stone-and prevent the outbreak of

World War III ...

PRAISE FOR CLIVE CUSSLER

AND THE FIRST NOVEL OF THE OREGON FILES

GOLDEN BUDDHA

"Readers will burn up the pages following the blazing action and daring

exploits of these men and women and their amazing machines."

-Publishers Weekly

"Fans of Cussler will not be disappointed." -Library journal

PRAISE FOR

CLIVE CUSSLER'S NUMA® SERIES

"MARVELOUS ... simply terrific fun." -Kirkus Reviews

"YOU CAN'T GET MUCH MORE SATISFYING."

-The Cleveland Plain Dealer

"Cussler and Kemprecos weave A GREAT STORY." -Tulsa World

"Audacious and WILDLY ENTERTAINING." -New York Daily News

PRAISE FOR

CLIVE CUSSLER'S DIRK PITT® SERIES

"[A] NONSTOP THRILLER.... CUSSLER SPEEDS AND TWISTS

through the complex plot and hairbreadth escapes [with] the intensity

and suspense of a NASCAR race." -Publishers Weekly

"CLIVE CUSSLER ... IS AT TOP FORM HERE." -Kirkus Reviews

"A DELIGHTFUL PAGE-TURNER that is almost impossible to put

down." -The San Francisco Examiner

"THE FUNNEST DIRK PITT ADVENTURE SINCE RAISE THE

TITANIC!" -Rocky Mountain News

DIRK PITT® ADVENTURES BY CLIVE CUSSLER

Trojan Odyssey

Valhalla Rising

Atlantis Found

Flood Tide

Shock Wave

Inca Gold

Sahara

Dragon

Treasure

Cyclops

Deep Six

Pacific Vortex

Night Probe

Vixen 03 -Raise the Titanic!

Iceberg

The Mediterranean Caper

FICTION BY CLIVE CUSSLER WITH PAUL KEMPRECOS

White Death

Fire Ice

Serpent

Blue Gold

FICTION BY CLIVE CUSSLER AND CRAIG DIRGO

Sacred Stone

Golden Buddha

NONFICTION BY CLIVE CUSSLER AND CRAIG DIRGO

The Sea Hunters II

The Sea Hunters

Clive Cussler and Dirk Pitt Revealed

SACRED

STONE

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