Tiefsee / Cyclop

Dirk Pitt® #7-8

by Clive Cussler, Willy Thaler (Translator), Michael Görden (Translator)

Tiefsee (Deep Six) 1984

Ein rätselhaftes Gift tötet vor der Küste von Alaska alles, was sich im und auf dem Meer befindet. Eine Katastrophe von unvorstellbaren Ausmaßen bahnt sich an. Aber im Kampf mit einer Organisation von Mördern klärt Major Dirk Pitt, Spitzenmann der NUMA, das ungeheuerliche Verbrechen auf.

Cyclop (Cyclops) 1986

Im Februar 1918 legt der Kohlefrachter "Cyclop" mit einer Ladung Manganerz im Hafen von Rio de Janeiro ab und nimmt Kurs auf Baltimore. Doch das hoffnungslos überfrachtete Schiff soll sein Ziel nie erreichen: Die "Cyclop" ist gerade in kubanischen Gewässern angelangt, als sie unter mysteriösen Umständen mit allen Mann an Bord sinkt. Vierzig Jahre später versucht Dirk Pitt das Rätsel der "Cyclop" zu lösen. Er ahnt nicht, daß er sich auf eine Mission von aberwitziger Gefährlichkeit eingelassen hat...

Genres: Thriller

987 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1984

About the author

Cussler began writing novels in 1965 and published his first work featuring his continuous series hero, Dirk Pitt, in 1973. His first non-fiction, The Sea Hunters, was released in 1996. The Board of Governors of the Maritime College, State University of New York, considered The Sea Hunters in lieu of a Ph.D. thesis and awarded Cussler a Doctor of Letters degree in May, 1997. It was the first time since the College was founded in 1874 that such a degree was bestowed.

Cussler was an internationally recognized authority on shipwrecks and the founder of the National Underwater and Marine Agency, (NUMA) a 501C3 non-profit organization (named after the fictional Federal agency in his novels) that dedicates itself to preserving American maritime and naval history. He and his crew of marine experts and NUMA volunteers discovered more than 60 historically significant underwater wreck sites including the first submarine to sink a ship in battle, the Confederacy's Hunley, and its victim, the Union's Housatonic; the U-20, the U-boat that sank the Lusitania; the Cumberland, which was sunk by the famous ironclad, Merrimack; the renowned Confederate raider Florida; the Navy airship, Akron, the Republic of Texas Navy warship, Zavala, found under a parking lot in Galveston, and the Carpathia, which sank almost six years to-the-day after plucking Titanic's survivors from the sea.

In addition to being the Chairman of NUMA, Cussler was also a fellow in both the Explorers Club of New York and the Royal Geographic Society in London. He was honored with the Lowell Thomas Award for outstanding underwater exploration.

Cussler's books have been published in more than 40 languages in more than 100 countries. His past international bestsellers include Pacific Vortex, Mediterranean Caper, Iceberg, Raise the Titanic, Vixen 03, Night Probe, Deep Six, Cyclops, Treasure, Dragon, Sahara, Inca Gold, Shock Wave, Flood Tide, Atlantis Found, Valhalla Rising, Trojan Odyssey and Black Wind (this last with his son, Dirk Cussler); the nonfiction books The Sea Hunters, The Sea Hunters II and Clive Cussler and Dirk Pitt Revealed; the NUMA® Files novels Serpent, Blue Gold, Fire Ice, White Death and Lost City (written with Paul Kemprecos); and the Oregon Files novels Sacred Stone and Golden Buddha (written with Craig Dirgo) and Dark Watch (written with Jack Du Brul).

Clive Cussler died at his home in Scottsdale, Arizona on February 24, 2020.