Deep
A deadly tide of poison flows into ocean waters. A ghost ship drifts across the empty northern Pacific. A luxury Soviet liner blazes into a funeral pyre. The Presidential yacht cruises the Potomac night—and the President disappears without a trace. Dirk Pitt takes on a sinister Asian shipping empire in an intercontinental duel of nerves. In his most dangerous, fast-paced adventure, he fights to save the US government—and to seize one desperate moment of revenge!
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When a series of mysterious vessel disappearances and a brewing energy crisis converge on the Indian Ocean, NUMA agents Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala chase a stolen technology that could remake the world's power grid.
Multiple books share this title. Deep: Freediving, Renegade Science, and What the Ocean Tells Us About Ourselves was written by James Nestor and published in 2014. It is his first book before the bestseller Breath.
Yes. Deep is nonfiction. James Nestor reports on competitive freediving, marine biology, and underwater scientific research, drawing on his own experiences as well as interviews with divers and scientists.
Deep is 470 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, Deep takes most readers 7 to 10 hours to finish.
Deep is a standalone novel by Clive Cussler, not part of a series.
Deep is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.