04367cam a2200601 4500 294576391 TxAuBib 20170603120000.0 ||||||s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780399184031 0399184031 B01M0I28M0 Amazon b4643588-1453-4e6a-a992-9b5e0905bf2b OverDrive (Reserve ID) 2968765 OverDrive (Product ID) 2968765 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Cussler, Clive. Nighthawk [Libby] : The NUMA Files Series, Book 14. Penguin Publishing Group, 2017. weapon. Action. Justice. China. Adventure. race. Russia. Thriller. Aircraft. inca. South America. Kurt Austin. ticking clock. Joe Zavala. NUMA Files. Clive Cussler books. Kurt Austin Adventure. Kurt Austin books. NUMA Files books. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 1728kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read, Filesize: 1728kB. Fiction. Suspense. Thriller. HTML:<p>March 13, 2017<br /> Kurt Austin of the National Underwater and Marine Agency has to track down an unmanned experimental aircraft, the <em>Nighthawk</em>, in bestseller Cussler’s exciting 14th NUMA Files novel (after 2015’s <em>The Pharaoh’s Secret</em>, also coauthored with Brown). The <em>Nighthawk</em> went off course and disappeared as it was returning from a three-year mission in orbit. Kurt and his NUMA team, aided by the NSA’s Emma Townsend, have seven days to “find and shut off a ticking bomb that could shake the very foundations of the Earth.” It soon becomes apparent that there’s more at stake concerning the secret aircraft than Emma is admitting. Also chasing the <em>Nighthawk</em> are Russian and Chinese forces, in particular a deadly Chinese operative, Daiyu, who works for the Ministry of State Security. Meanwhile, Kurt must deal with double and triple crosses from his supposed friends. Tension builds as our heroes race to save the planet. <em>Agent: Peter Lampack, Peter Lampack Agency.</em></p>. Publisher's Weekly. HTML:<b>NUMA crew leaders Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala must beat the clock to stop the world's most dazzling new technological advance from becoming mankind's last in this action-packed thriller from the #1 <i>New York Times</i>–bestselling grand master of adventure.</b><br /> <br /> When the most advanced aircraft ever designed vanishes over the South Pacific, Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala are drawn into a deadly contest to locate the fallen machine. Russia and China covet the radical technology, but the United States worries about a darker problem. They know what others don't—that the X-37 is carrying a dangerous secret, a payload of exotic matter, extracted from the upper reaches of the atmosphere and stored at a temperature near absolute zero. As long as it remains frozen, the cargo is inert, but if it thaws, it will unleash a catastrophe of nearly unthinkable proportions.<br /> From the Galapagos Islands to the jungles of South America to an icy mountain lake many believe to be the birthplace of the Inca, the entire NUMA team will risk everything in an effort to avert disaster . . . but they may be caught in a race that no one can win.<br /> <i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2017-06-02 23:00:02. Brown, Graham. http://nh.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=b4643588-1453-4e6a-a992-9b5e0905bf2b https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=b4643588-1453-4e6a-a992-9b5e0905bf2b&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=b4643588-1453-4e6a-a992-9b5e0905bf2b&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=b4643588-1453-4e6a-a992-9b5e0905bf2b&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)