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Blue gold : a novel from the Numa files / Clive Cussler, with Paul Kemprecos.

by Cussler, Clive.

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Pocket Books, c2000.

Saline water conversion -- Fiction.

Women scientists -- Fiction.

Missing persons -- Fiction.

Water-supply -- Fiction.

Terrorism -- Fiction.

South America -- Fiction.

Cussler, Clive. NUMA files ; 2.

9780671785468 (trade pbk.)

067178546X (trade pbk.)

378 p. ; 24 cm.

"A Kurt Austin adventure"--Cover.

From deep within the Venezuelan rain forest emanates the legend of a white goddess and a mysterious tribe with startling technical accomplishments. Few believe the tribe exists -- and even fewer suspect its deity may hold knowledge that can change the course of history. For National Underwater & Marine Agency crew leader Kurt Austin, an investigation into the sudden deaths of rare whales leads him to the Mexican coast, where someone tries to put him and his mini-sub permanently out of commission. Meanwhile, in South America's lush hills, a specially assigned NUMA crew turns up the white-goddess legend -- and a murderous cadre of bio-pirates intent on stealing medicinal secrets worth millions. Soon Austin and his crew realize they're working the opposite ends of the same grand scheme. A billionaire California tycoon is poised to rise to power by monopolizing the earth's vastly depleted freshwater reserves and ultimately dominate the world. Austin has a hunch Venezuela's mythical tribal goddess has some real roots in science, and may be the key to locating a secret formula that could turn vast amounts of seawater into fresh. But with each step into the bush, he and his NUMA team feel like fish out of water -- and must fight a deadly, twisting trail of enemies through a dense jungle of treachery, blackmail, and murder.

Adventure fiction.

Science fiction.

Kemprecos, Paul.

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