History Creator / CliveCussler

* ''The Spy'' : As tensions begin to mount around the globe and war appears on the horizon, the United States begins working on a revolutionary new battleship design to secure their territorial waters. But when a series of "accidents" begins to pick off the lead designers one by one, it is up to Bell and the Van Dorns to uncover whoever is behind the deaths and keep them from setting off a chain reaction that could compromise America's newest project and plunge the world into war.

* ''Ghost Ship'' (to be released)

* ''The Eye of Heaven'' (to be released)

* ''The Chase'' : A string of deadly bank robberies plague 1906 America, perpetrated by an unknown assailant who kills all witnesses then vanishes without a chase. When the Van Dorns are contracted to hunt him down, Detective Bell finds himself in a deadly pursuit where the hunter becomes hunted, and facing down threats not only from a sociopathic killer, but the forces of Mother Nature itself.

* ''The Race'' : : A daring aviatrix enters an aerial cross-country race, but the skies are more treacherous than they seem as she also struggles to escape the clutches of her estranged, and very dangerous, ex-husband. Armed with a plane of his own, Isaac Bell must risk life and limb to protect her, but it isn't just the aviatrix's violent ex that he needs to worry about...

* ''The Chase''
* ''The Wrecker''
* ''The Spy''
* ''The Race''
* ''The Thief''
* ''The Striker''
* ''The Bootlegger''

Clive Cussler is an American ActionAdventure writer, and is often referred to as the grandmaster of adventure. While he is most known for his Literature/DirkPittAdventures series, he has written over 50 different adventure novels in five separate series of books, although he has more recently been cowriting most of them with other authors. Cussler also has a son, Dirk, who often cowrites the series with him as well as a collection of classic cars, specimens of which often pop up in his books.

* DividedStatesOfAmerica: The first NUMA Files book, ''Serpent'', had a BigBad who not only wanted to [[MexicoCalledTheyWantTexasBack make himself leader of a country called Angelica formed from the Southwest plus Mexico]], he also had contingencies in place for the Chinese-controlled Pacifica, plus Quebec separating from Canada and the Maritime Provinces, cut off from the rest of the country, joining the remainder of the USA.

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Clive Cussler's main series, which chronicles the adventures of Dirk Pitt, Special Projects Director of the National Underwater and Marine Agency, a government agency that specializes in exploring the ocean and excavating underwater artifacts. Later on in the series, he becomes [[spoiler:the director of the agency]] as well as [[spoiler:learns he has children who join the main character cast]]. Main article [[ here]].

Clive Cussler's main series, which chronicles the adventures of Dirk Pitt, Special Projects Director of the National Underwater and Marine Agency, a government agency that specializes in exploring the ocean and excavating underwater artifacts. Later on in the series, he becomes [[spoiler:the director of the agency]] as well as [[spoiler:learns he has children who join the main character cast]]. Main article [[Literature/DirkPittAdventures here]].

* ''Literature/RaiseTheTitanic''

Cussler's third series features Juan Cabrillo, leader of the mysterious Corporation and captain of his ship called ''The Oregon''. The ship and its crew functions as a business that takes jobs for organizations such as the CIA. Main article [[Literature/TheOregonFiles here]].

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Cussler's second series, which focuses on Kurt Austin, the leader of NUMA's Special Assignments division. While Austin was meant to replace Pitt as the new protagonist, the two series ended up running concurrently. [[Literature/NUMAFiles Main article.]]

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Cussler's third series features Juan Cabrillo, leader of the mysterious Corporation and captain of his ship called ''The Oregon''. The ship and its crew functions as a business that takes jobs for organizations such as the CIA.

Clive Cussler is an American ActionAdventure writer, and is often referred to as the grandmaster of adventure. While he is most known for his [[NUMASeries Dirk Pitt]] series, he has written over 50 different adventure novels in five separate series of books, although he has more recently been cowriting most of them with other authors. Cussler also has a son, Dirk, who often cowrites the series with him as well as a collection of classic cars, specimens of which often pop up in his books.

Clive Cussler's main series, which chronicles the adventures of Dirk Pitt, Special Projects Director of the National Underwater and Marine Agency, a government agency that specializes in exploring the ocean and excavating underwater artifacts. Later on in the series, he becomes [[spoiler:the director of the agency]] as well as [[spoiler:learns he has children who join the main character cast]]. Main article [[NUMASeries here]].

* ''Raise the Titanic!''

Cussler's second series, which focuses on Kurt Austin, the leader of NUMA's Special Assignments division. While Austin was meant to replace Pitt as the new protagonist, the two series ended up running concurrently. [[NUMAFiles Main article.]]

Cussler's second series, which focuses on Kurt Austin, the leader of NUMA's Special Assignments division. While Austin was meant to replace Pitt as the new protagonist, the two series ended up running concurrently.

** While ''Pacific Vortex'' was the first book to be written, it was the sixth to be published.

* ''The Eye of Heaven''

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* ''Havana Storm''

Clive Cussler is an American ActionAdventure writer, and is often referred to as the grandmaster of adventure. While he is most known for his {{NUMASeries Dirk Pitt}} series, he has written over 50 different adventure novels in five separate series of books, although he has more recently been cowriting most of them with other authors. Cussler also has a son, Dirk, who often cowrites the series with him as well as a collection of classic cars, specimens of which often pop up in his books.

Clive Cussler's main series, which chronicles the adventures of Dirk Pitt, Special Projects Director of the National Underwater and Marine Agency, a government agency that specializes in exploring the ocean and excavating underwater artifacts. Later on in the series, he becomes [[spoiler:the director of the agency]] as well as [[spoiler:learns he has children who join the main character cast]]. Main article {{NUMASeries here}}.

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