The pharaoh's secret : a novel from the NUMA files / Clive Cussler and Graham Brown.
By: Cussler, Clive
Contributor(s): Brown, Graham
Series: Kurt Austin adventures: bk. 13.Publisher: New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2015Description: 422 p. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780399174117Subject(s): Austin, Kurt (Fictitious character) -- Fiction | Marine scientists -- Fiction | Resurrection (Egyptian religion) -- Fiction | Mythology, Egyptian -- Fiction | Water-supply -- Political aspects -- Africa -- Fiction | Egypt -- FictionGenre/Form: Thrillers (Fiction) | Action and adventure fiction. | Mystery fiction.Summary: A ruthless powerbroker schemes to build a new Egyptian empire as glorious as those of the Pharaohs. Part of his plan rests on the manipulation of a newly discovered aquifer beneath the Sahara, but an even more devastating weapon at his disposal may threaten the entire world: a plant extract known as the black mist, discovered in the City of the Dead and rumored to have the power to take life from the living and restore it to the dead. With the balance of power in Africa and Europe on the verge of tipping, Kurt, Joe, and the rest of the NUMA team will have to fight to discover the truth behind the legends—but to do that, they have to confront in person the greatest legend of them all: Osiris, the ruler of the Egyptian underworld.| Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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A ruthless powerbroker schemes to build a new Egyptian empire as glorious as those of the Pharaohs. Part of his plan rests on the manipulation of a newly discovered aquifer beneath the Sahara, but an even more devastating weapon at his disposal may threaten the entire world: a plant extract known as the black mist, discovered in the City of the Dead and rumored to have the power to take life from the living and restore it to the dead. With the balance of power in Africa and Europe on the verge of tipping, Kurt, Joe, and the rest of the NUMA team will have to fight to discover the truth behind the legends—but to do that, they have to confront in person the greatest legend of them all: Osiris, the ruler of the Egyptian underworld.