Fire Ice by Clive Cussler with Paul Kemprecos

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Bibliographic Details

• Authors: Clive Cussler with Paul Kemprecos
• Title: Fire Ice (A Kurt Austin Adventure)
• Publisher: ‎ G. P. Putnam's Sons
• Publication Date: June 3, 2002
• Language: ‎ English
• Format: Hardcover – 434 pages
• ISBN-10: ‎ 0399148728
• ISBN-13: ‎ 978-0399148729
• Item Weight: ‎ 1.70 pounds
• Dimensions: ‎ 6.34 x 1.4 x 9.32 inches
• Reading age: ‎ 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher
• Book Condition: New / Like New – Excellent
• Dust Jacket Condition: Excellent

Synopsis:

Leader of the NUMA Special Assignments team, Kurt Austin must work with a former KGB spy to save the United States from a lunatic with a generations-spanning grudge in this novel in the #1 New York Times-bestselling series. 

 

Kurt Austin is preparing for an interview while aboard a research vessel in the Black Sea. But his television spot suddenly becomes a rescue mission when the waiting film crew is attacked on a nearby island. With little information on the attackers, and no clue to their true agenda, Austin is forced to turn to an unlikely source: his old KGB Cold War adversary Vladimir Petrov.

According to Petrov, the island is actually an old submarine base that’s been commandeered by clever mobster-turned-billionaire-businessman Mikhail Razov. Razov is certain he descends from the great Romanov family and he’s out to reclaim his rightful position as czar of Russia. With a powerful resource called “fire ice”, discovered by his mining company, Razov may just have the ammunition he needs to take over the modern world.

To stop him, Austin will have to work with Petrov. And he’ll have to find out fast how much trust he can offer an old nemesis in this thrilling adventure that “goes down like a chilled Stolichnaya martini.” (Kirkus Reviews)

About the Authors:

Clive Cussler began writing novels in 1965 and published his first work featuring his continuous series hero, Dirk Pitt, in 1973. His first non-fiction, The Sea Hunters, was released in 1996. The Board of Governors of the Maritime College, State University of New York, considered The Sea Hunters in lieu of a Ph.D. thesis and awarded Cussler a Doctor of Letters degree in May, 1997. It was the first time since the College was founded in 1874 that such a degree was bestowed.

Cussler was an internationally recognized authority on shipwrecks and the founder of the National Underwater and Marine Agency, (NUMA) a 501C3 non-profit organization (named after the fictional Federal agency in his novels) that dedicates itself to preserving American maritime and naval history. He and his crew of marine experts and NUMA volunteers discovered more than 60 historically significant underwater wreck sites including the first submarine to sink a ship in battle, the Confederacy's Hunley, and its victim, the Union's Housatonic; the U-20, the U-boat that sank the Lusitania; the Cumberland, which was sunk by the famous ironclad, Merrimack; the renowned Confederate raider Florida; the Navy airship, Akron, the Republic of Texas Navy warship, Zavala, found under a parking lot in Galveston, and the Carpathia, which sank almost six years to-the-day after plucking Titanic's survivors from the sea.

In addition to being the Chairman of NUMA, Cussler was also a fellow in both the Explorers Club of New York and the Royal Geographic Society in London. He was honored with the Lowell Thomas Award for outstanding underwater exploration.

Cussler's books have been published in more than 40 languages in more than 100 countries. His past international bestsellers include Pacific Vortex, Mediterranean Caper, Iceberg, Raise the Titanic, Vixen 03, Night Probe, Deep Six, Cyclops, Treasure, Dragon, Sahara, Inca Gold, Shock Wave, Flood Tide, Atlantis Found, Valhalla Rising, Trojan Odyssey and Black Wind (this last with his son, Dirk Cussler); the nonfiction books The Sea Hunters, The Sea Hunters II and Clive Cussler and Dirk Pitt Revealed; the NUMA® Files novels Serpent, Blue Gold, Fire Ice, White Death and Lost City (written with Paul Kemprecos); and the Oregon Files novels Sacred Stone and Golden Buddha (written with Craig Dirgo) and Dark Watch (written with Jack Du Brul).

Clive Cussler died at his home in Scottsdale, Arizona on February 24, 2020.

Paul Kemprecos is an American adventure and mystery writer. Paul worked in the newspaper business for over 25 years before he started writing fulltime. He says that the writing bug bit him when he took up a story involving the Whydah ship that sank with treasures of immense value in 1717. Paul found the rescue characters quite engaging and thought that the story could be turned in to a novel. His debut novel, Cool Blue Tomb, has some details of this intruding ship that pushed this talented managing editor into full-time writing. Paul’s debut novel enjoyed quite a readership and even got a Shamus award for the best paperback novel.

Paul has co-authored the NUMA FILES series with Clive Cussler and also went ahead to write more novels after that. Paul lives in Cape Cod with his wife and two cats. He lives a rather quiet life where he enjoys time spent with his three children and grandchildren.