Clive Cussler sends his great hero on an explosive mission inAtlantis Found, the fifteenth Dirk Pitt adventure.Around the world ancient artefacts are suddenly appearing, hinting at a catastrophe that will soon visit Earth …Dirk Pitt is on hand at a Colorado archaeological site where an ancient and mysterious artefact has been found – one that is perhaps linked to other strange objects turning up across the globe. And soon Pitt’s skills and ingenuity are desperately needed to rescue the team after a suspicious explosion seals them deep underground.It quickly becomes clear that the artefacts carry a message: warning of global Armageddon. Yet a shadowy organisation called the Fourth Empire not only wants to stop others from heeding that warning, but is also actively seeking to accelerate the end it foretells. Now Pitt and NUMA must face this diabolical foe, who will stop at nothing to wipe out all life on earth …Packed with blistering action and hair-raising suspense, Atlantis Found is Clive Cussler at his brilliant best.Atlantis Foundis the fifteenth of Clive Cussler’s bestselling Dirk Pitt thrillers – the series that also includesArctic Driftand, his first novel,Mayday- in which the discovery of an artefact could mean the end of the world.Praise for Clive Cussler:’Cussler is hard to beat’Daily Mail’The guy I read’ Tom Clancy

An Antarctic whaler stumbles across an aged wreckher frozen crew guarding a priceless treasure.A team of anthropologists is buried under a mountain by a deliberate explosion.A ship that should have died fifty-six years ago reappears, and almost sinks a National Underwater and Marine Agency ship.Dirk Pitt knows that somehow these events are connected. His investigations lead to an ancient mystery with devastating modern consequences, and a diabolical enemy unlike any he has ever known. Now, he is racing to save not only his lifebut the world. The trap is set. The clock is ticking. And only one man stands between the earth and Armageddon.