Clive Cussler�s New York Times bestselling Blue Gold, now available in ebook, is a heart-pounding thriller in the NUMA adventure series. Kurt Austin navigates the Amazon jungle in search of a legend that could change the path of science�but secretive powers will do anything to stop him.
 
From deep within the Venezuelan rain forest emanates the legend of a white goddess and a mysterious tribe with startling technical accomplishments. Few believe the tribe exists�and even fewer suspect its deity may hold knowledge that can change the course of history.
 
For National Underwater & Marine Agency crew leader Kurt Austin, an investigation into the sudden deaths of rare whales leads him to the Mexican coast, where someone tries to put him and his mini-sub permanently out of commission. Meanwhile, in South America�s lush hills, a specially assigned NUMA crew turns up the white-goddess legend�and a murderous cadre of bio-pirates intent on stealing medicinal secrets worth millions. Soon Austin and his crew realize they�re working the opposite ends of the same grand scheme. A billionaire California tycoon is poised to rise to power by monopolizing the earth�s vastly depleted freshwater reserves and ultimately dominate the world.
 
Austin has a hunch Venezuela�s mythical tribal goddess has some real roots in science, and may be the key to locating a secret formula that could turn vast amounts of seawater into fresh. But with each step into the bush, he and his NUMA team feel like fish out of water�and must fight a deadly, twisting trail of enemies through a dense jungle of treachery, blackmail, and murder.
 
Published: 2000
 
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