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Clive Cussler's Dark Vector
Adventure thriller
Clive Cussler's Dark Vector
Book 19 of the NUMA Files series
Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala are searching for treasure once belonging to Chinese pirate queen Ching Shih when a freighter carrying extraordinarily powerful computers disappears in the western Pacific. The missing vessel proves central to a cyberwar between rival hacker groups seeking control over the world's flow of information. With a NUMA colleague held hostage and major governments pursuing the technology, Kurt and Joe accept help from contemporary pirates operating by their own rules. Modern and kinetic, this maritime thriller suits readers who enjoy legendary treasure, vanished ships, cyber conflict, uneasy alliances, and adventures that connect nineteenth-century piracy to the vulnerabilities of a digitally dependent world.
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Violence, danger, and sustained peril · Moderate frightening/intense material · Heavier kissing and romantic intimacy
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