It is July 2003. In the middle of its maiden voyage the luxury cruise shipEmerald Dolphin suddenly catches fire and sinks. What caused it? Why didnt thealarms g... » 

It is July 2003. In the middle of its maiden voyage the luxury cruise shipEmerald Dolphin suddenly catches fire and sinks. What caused it? Why didnt thealarms go off? What was its connection to the revolutionary new enginespowering the ship? NUMA special projects director Dirk Pitt races to rescue thepassengers and investigate the disaster but he has no idea of the bizarrechain of events about to engulf him. In the next few weeks Pitt will findhimself confronted by an extraordinary series of monsters both human andmechanical modern and ancient. He will tread upon territory previously knownonly to legend. At the end of it all though many lives will be lost and manysaved it is Pitts own life that will change for ever ... «