Medusa (Cussler novel)

Medusa

Author	Clive Cussler & Paul Kemprecos
Country	United States
Language	Dutch
Series	NUMA Files
Genre	Thriller novel
Publisher	Putnam
Publication date	June 2, 2009
Media type	Print (hardcover)^[1]
Pages	464 pp (first edition, hardcover)
ISBN	0-399-15565-1 (first edition, hardcover)
Preceded by	The Navigator (2007)
Followed by	Devil's Gate (2011)

Medusa is a Kurt Austin novel, of the series NUMA Files. This book is the eighth of that series. The hardcover edition was released June 2, 2009. Other editions of this book were released on other dates.^[2]

Plot

This novel centers around the exploits of Clive Cussler's characters Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala. These two and other members of NUMA respond to several mysterious incidents. One is the sudden disappearance of an underwater lab conducting experiments on a rare jellyfish (the Blue Medusa), an attack on a bathysphere that almost kills passenger Zavala and an attempt to kidnap a Chinese scientist at a remote lab in the Florida Keys. The NUMA team seeks to discover who is behind these incidents. They discover a criminal organization based in China that is conducting unethical medical experiments on humans and intends to create a deadly virus that it will threaten to unleash in an attempt to blackmail the world into surrendering to its whims.

Reviews

As of December 2011 sixty-nine customer reviews of Medusa were on the Amazon.com website. The book was given an average of 3 1/2 stars out of a possible five by reviewers.^[3]

References

↑ Also released as Kindle Edition, as two paperback editions and as various audio and CD editions.
↑ Amazon.com website, http://www.amazon.com/Medusa-NUMA-Files-Clive-Cussler/dp/0399155651 ;Fantastic Fiction website, http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/c/clive-cussler/medusa.htm ; V J Books website, http://www.vjbooks.com/Clive-Cusler-Paul-Kemprecos-Medusa-p/cusmedu01-b.htm .
↑ Amazon.com website.

Works by Clive Cussler

Dirk Pitt Adventures	The Mediterranean Caper (1973) Iceberg (1975) Raise the Titanic! (1976) Vixen 03 (1978) Night Probe! (1981) Pacific Vortex! (1983) Deep Six (1984) Cyclops (1986) Treasure (1988) Dragon (1990) Sahara (1992) Inca Gold (1994) Shock Wave (1996) Flood Tide (1997) Atlantis Found (1999) Valhalla Rising (2001) Trojan Odyssey (2003) Black Wind (2004) Treasure of Khan (2006) Arctic Drift (2008) Crescent Dawn (2010) Poseidon's Arrow (2012) Havana Storm (2014)

The NUMA Files	Serpent (1999) Blue Gold (2000) Fire Ice (2002) White Death (2003) Lost City (2004) Polar Shift (2005) The Navigator (2007) Medusa (2009) Devil's Gate (2011) The Storm (2012) Zero Hour (2013) Ghost Ship (2014) The Pharaoh's Secret (2015)

Oregon Files	Golden Buddha (2003) Sacred Stone (2004) Dark Watch (2005) Skeleton Coast (2006) Plague Ship (2008) Corsair (2009) The Silent Sea (2010) The Jungle (2011) Mirage (2013) Piranha (2015) The Emperor's Revenge (2016)

Isaac Bell Adventures	The Chase (2007) The Wrecker (2009) The Spy (2010) The Race (2011) The Thief (2012) The Striker (2013) The Bootlegger (2014) The Assassin (2015) The Gangster (2016)

Fargo Adventures	Spartan Gold (2009) Lost Empire (2010) The Kingdom (2011) The Tombs (2012) The Mayan Secrets (2013 The Eye of Heaven (2014) The Solomon Curse (2015)

Non fiction	The Sea Hunters: True Adventures with Famous Shipwrecks (1996) The Sea Hunters II: Diving the World's Seas for Famous Shipwrecks (2002)

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