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The fully armed Starbuck slips into the Pacific, leaving no wreckage, signals or survivors. Dirk Pitt discovers a shark‑torn surf log warning, “Do not search for us… only end in vain,” and a frantic captain’s scrawled note pointing to the sub’s grave far from its last known position. Pitt’s hunt opens a mystery of a deadly Pacific vortex, forcing him to confront underwater danger, nuclear threat and the limits of human courage.
First publish date: 1982
Genre: Adventure Fiction/Action Adventure
Authors: Clive Cussler
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