Biblical Secrets
Viktor Baltazar will do anything, including murder, to get his hands on a Phoenician statue called The Navigator, the title of Clive Cussler's seventh NUMA file series featuring Kurt Austin. A minerals magnate and mercenary, Baltazar believes The Navigator is the key to finding the ancient biblical object he covets.
"Anyone who gets in his way, he kills," says Cussler's collaborator, Paul Kemprecos. "Baltazar comes from an old, mysterious European family but he's a bad seed right from the beginning."
His first victim is an antiques dealer. His second victim, a UN investigator, is saved by Austin, head of NUMA's special assignment team. NUMA or National Underwater and Marine Agency, is like an underwater NASA.
At 6'1, Austin is broad-shouldered, gregarious and easygoing. "But he's not afraid to be tough when the moment arises," Kemprecos says.
To find out why the Navigator is so extraordinary, Austin and the NUMA team must voyage through time and space in search of answers. Their odyssey encompasses the legend of King Solomon and Queen of Sheba, Thomas Jefferson's encoded and mysterious packet of documents, and a top-secret scientific project that could impact the world forever.
Clive Cussler began writing in 1965. He is the founder the National Underwater & Marine Agency, (NUMA) a 501C3 non-profit organization that dedicates itself to American maritime and naval history. Cussler and his crew of marine experts and NUMA volunteers have discovered over 60 historically significant underwater wreck sites. Cussler's internationally bestselling novels are published in more than 40 languages in more than 100 countries with a readership of more than 125 million fans. His collaborator, Paul Kemprecos, has co-authored all Numa Files novels with Cussler. Kemprecos is a shamus award-winning author of six underwater detective thrillers.
