Lost City [first edition]

A New York Times BestsellerAn enzyme that will dramatically prolong life has been discovered two thousand feet down in the North Atlantic, in an area known as "Lost City." But why are the people attempting to harvest it getting killed? Why are the scientists in a remote Greek laboratory disappearing one by one? What does this all have to do with a body found frozen in ice in the Alps? To Kurt Austin, leader of NUMA's Special Assignments Team, and his colleague Joe Zavala, it's clear they have their work cut out for them. But it may be bigger than they think - in fact, it may be their greatest challenge of all. Lost City is rich with all the hair-raising action and endless imagination that have become Cussler's hallmarks. Clive Cussler divides his time between the mountains of Colorado and the deserts of Arizona Cussler's books are published in more than 40 languages in more than 100 countries with a readership of more than 125 million avid fans Cussler began writing novels in 1965 and published his first work featuring series hero Dirk Pitt in 1973 His first nonfiction book, 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 of 1997 Cussler is the Chairman of NUMA (National Underwater & Marine Agency), a non-profit group which he himself began. He is also a fellow of the Explorers Club, which awarded him the Lowell Thomas Award for outstanding underwater exploration, the Royal Geographical Society and the American Society of Oceanographers