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Mirage / Clive Cussler, with Jack Du Brul.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Cussler, Clive. Oregon files adventures ; Publisher: New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, [2013]Description: xiii, 401 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0399158081 (hardback)
  • 9780399158087 (hardback) :
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: "The ninth in the Juan Cabrillo series featuring some or all of the same principal characters who have comprised the crew of the Oregon"-- Provided by publisher.Summary: In October 1943, a U.S. destroyer sailed out of Philadelphia and supposedly vanished, the result of a Navy experiment with electromagnetic radiation. The story was considered a hoax-- but now Juan Cabrillo and his Oregon colleagues aren't so sure. There is talk of a new weapon soon to be auctioned, something very dangerous to America's interests, and the rumors link it to the great inventor Nikola Tesla, who was working with the Navy when he died in 1943. As Cabrillo races to find the truth, he discovers there is even more at stake than he could have imagined-- but by the time he realizes it, he may already be too late.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Vol info Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Dr. James Carlson Library Fiction Cussler Clive OF 9 Available 33111007235118
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Fiction Cussler Clive OF 9 Available 33111005225343
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The extraordinary new novel in the #1 New York Times--bestselling series from the grand master of adventure.

In October 1943, a U.S. destroyer sailed out of Philadelphia and supposedly vanished, the result of a Navy experiment with electromagnetic radiation. The story was considered a hoax--but now Juan Cabrillo and his Oregon colleagues aren't so sure.

There is talk of a new weapon soon to be auctioned, something very dangerous to America's interests, and the rumors link it to the great inventor Nikola Tesla, who was
working with the Navy when he died in 1943. Was he responsible for the experiment? Are his notes in the hands of enemies? As Cabrillo races to find the truth, he discovers there is even more at stake than he could have imagined--but by the time he realizes it, he may already be too late.

"The ninth in the Juan Cabrillo series featuring some or all of the same principal characters who have comprised the crew of the Oregon"-- Provided by publisher.

In October 1943, a U.S. destroyer sailed out of Philadelphia and supposedly vanished, the result of a Navy experiment with electromagnetic radiation. The story was considered a hoax-- but now Juan Cabrillo and his Oregon colleagues aren't so sure. There is talk of a new weapon soon to be auctioned, something very dangerous to America's interests, and the rumors link it to the great inventor Nikola Tesla, who was working with the Navy when he died in 1943. As Cabrillo races to find the truth, he discovers there is even more at stake than he could have imagined-- but by the time he realizes it, he may already be too late.

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