| Product Summary | | Format: Hardcover | | ISBN: 9780399155994 | | Publisher: PUTNA | | Publish Date: 11/17/2009 | | Buy.com Sku: 211284481 | | Item#: | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 8845 | | Dimensions (in Inches) 9H x 6.25L x 1.25T |
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| | | Detective Isaac Bell travels early-20th-century America pursuing thieves and killers. When train wrecks, fires, and explosions sabotage the Southern Pacific Railroad''s Cascades express line, Bell quickly discovers that a mysterious saboteur is at work.
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Clive Cussler's private detective Isaac Bell returns in this bracing, racing historical thriller. It's 1907 and across America the railroad connects the remote parts of the country, allowing for unprecedented mobility and economic growth. So when the system of trains and rails suffers a series of suspicious attacks, they bring in the best-of-the-best to put a stop to this. The wide ranging attacks all lead back to an individual known as "The Wrecker": it seems he cajoles destitute individuals to carry out his plans and then brutally kills them afterward. And as Bell investigates this madman, it becomes frighteningly clear that The Wrecker has even more horrific plans for his ultimate act of destruction.
| Praise| "[R]ousing....[R]eaders will find many thrills and much diabolical cleverness along the way." 09/14/2009 |
| Author Bio| Clive Cussler | | Born in Aurora, Illinois, Cussler grew up mainly in California where he attended Pasadena City College before joining the Air Force during the Korean War. Serving as an aircraft mechanic and flight engineer, Cussler eventually left the service to work in advertising as a copywriter, moving on to become creative director of some of the country's most prestigious agencies. Cussler didn't begin writing novels until he was 34, and it wasn't until eight years later in 1973 that he published a novel featuring Dirk Pitt, the hero he is most famous for creating. Since then, Cussler has gone on to write a long list of best-selling adventure novels, which have been translated into 40 languages and have been sold in over 135 countries. He has served as chairman of the National Underwater & Marine Agency, and as a fellow in the Explorers Club of New York, the Royal Geographic Society in London, and the American Society of Oceanographers. Cussler is married to Barbara Knight, with whom he has had three children. He spends much of his time on his favorite hobby, tending to his sizable collection of rare and classic cars. |
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