VALHALLA RISING

By Clive Cussler

Synopsis

When a luxury cruise liner, powered by a revolutionary new propulsion system - becomes a raging inferno and sinks mysteriously, it is lucky that NUMA special projects director Dirk Pitt is on hand to rescue the passengers and investigate the tragedy. But before long, Pitt finds himself caught between the secrets of the past and the intrigues of the future. A future that will hold the world to ransom...

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Narrator	Garrick Hagon
Length	18hrs 40mins
Catalogue No.	13003
Publisher	Isis Audio Books; 2001

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THE CHASE

1906: For two years, the western states of America have been suffering a string of bank robberies by a man who cold-bloodedly murders all witnesses and then vanishes without a trace. No-nonsense detective Isaac Bell soon discovers he is pursuing the sharpest criminal mind he has ever encountered, and the woman who seems to hold the key to the bandit's identity.

CYCLOPS

For Dirk Pitt, the witnessing of an airship disaster sets in motion the most nail-biting events of his career. When he finds his trail leading to fabulous treasure beneath the sea he knows he is on to something special. Or is he?

DARK WATCH

The interests of Japanese shipping magnates are under threat from pirates trawling the Southeast Asia seas: giant commercial freighters are disappearing. Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the spy ship Oregon are called upon to help, but on confronting the enemy they find a deadly international conspiracy…

FAST ICE

In the early days of World War II, the infamous German Luftwaffe embark upon an expedition to Antarctica's icy continent. Their mission ends in disaster - its frozen secrets lying forgotten for almost a century . . . When a former NUMA colleague mysteriously disappears, Kurt Austin and his assistant Joe Zavala journey to the freezing edge of the world to investigate. Amidst the perilous waters and frigid temperatures, they soon uncover a terrifying weapon - a man-made, fast-growing ice with the power to usher in a new Ice Age. With a determined madman and a monstrous storm at their heels, Kurt and the NUMA team must unravel the Nazi-era plot, and save the globe from a freeze that would bury it once and for all.

THE GANGSTER

It is 1906, and in New York the Italian crime group known as the Black Hand is on a spree of kidnapping, extortion and arson. Detective Isaac Bell of the Van Dorn Agency is hired to form a special Black Hand Squad, but the gangsters appear to be everywhere. Then the murders begin, each one of a man more powerful than the last, and as Bell discovers, to his dismay, the ultimate target may be the most powerful man of all.

ICEBERG

The towering iceberg drifting in the North Atlantic was a floating tomb. Embedded in the great gleaming mass was a ship - sealed in so solidly that not even its mast protruded. Here was a sea mystery to rank alongside the Bermuda Triangle and the Marie Celeste. But for Major Dirk Pitt, top troubleshooter for the National Underwater and Marine Agency, it was also the first link in a fantastic chain of events that would lead him too close - and too often - to violent death. And to the discovery of the most sinister and bizarre conspiracy of the century ... ICEBERG

JOURNEY OF THE PHARAOHS

In 1074 BC, vast treasures disappear from the tombs of Egyptian Pharaohs. In 1927, a daredevil American aviator vanishes on an attempted transcontinental flight. And in the present day, a fishing trawler - along with its mysterious cargo - sinks off the coast of Scotland. How are these three mysterious events connected? And, more importantly, what do they mean for Kurt Austin and his NUMA team?

MAYDAY!

Major Dirk Pitt picked up the frantic distress call as he cruised his amphibious plane over the Aegean. Brady Air Force base was under fire, its entire force of jets destroyed on the ground ... by just one First World War bi-plane! A psychotic ex-Nazi, a bloodthirsty Greek strongman and a beautiful double agent sets Pitt on the trail of the warped mastermind behind a devastating sabotage plot. And on that trail, danger and death are never far behind...

PACIFIC VORTEX!

Dirk Pitt finds a communication capsule of the type used by submarines wishing to communicate with ships on the surface and finds inside a chilling message from the commander of the U.S. Navy’s nuclear submarine, the Starbuck, which had disappeared with all hands six months previously.

PIRATE

Husband-and-wife treasure-hunting team Sam and Remi Fargo have gone on impossible missions before and faced many perils, but never have they faced an adversary as determined as the one before them now. The battle for an 800-year-old treasure will take them halfway around the world, and at its end will be either one of the most glorious finds in history, or certain death...

THE SABOTEURS

Detective Isaac Bell's wife has said that he is always in the wrong place at the right time. This is certainly the case when Bell thwarts the attempted assassination of a United States Senator shortly after meeting the man. This heroic rescue is just the start of the mystery for Bell, who suspects that the would-be assassins have a much larger and more dangerous agenda--one involving the nearly constructed Panama Canal. While the Senator supports the building of the canal, there are many, including a local Panamanian insurgency known as the Red Vipers, who never want to see the its completion. With millions of dollars and the fates of two nations at stake, Bell heads to Panama to find answers. After a deadly bombing at the Canal's construction site, he is determined to stop the insurgents--or whoever is funding them--before they can attack again.

THE SOLOMON CURSE

In the blue waters of the Solomon Islands the ruins of an ancient city have lain undisturbed for centuries. Legend tells of a terrible fate befalling anyone foolish enough to venture near. But when treasure-hunting team Remi and Sam Fargo dive to investigate the city, they find more than ancient monuments and lost artefacts. And the closer Remi and Sam get to discovering the truth, the closer they come to being the curse's next victims...

TREASURE OF KHAN

When an oil survey team is abducted after a suspicious accident, Dirk Pitt follows leads to Mongolia, where he learns about a megalomaniac's plot to supply oil to China and to undermine global oil markets.

TROJAN ODYSSEY

In the wake of a hurricane off the coast of Nicaragua, Major Dirk Pitt, top troubleshooter for the National Underwater and Marine Agency, discovers clues that point to an ancient mystery, with shocking implications for today. Soon Pitt and his team find themselves in a race against time to prevent a global catastrophe...