pitt, dirk (fictitious character)

After NUMA hero Dirk Pitt's daughter, a marine biologist, discovers an ancient artifact off the coast of Nicaragua, the sea crew and a floating resort hotel find themselves in the path of a terrible storm and someone's dangerous designs.

Major Dirk Pitt is called to Greece to investigate the sabotage of a National Underwater Marine Agency mission to find a fish with links to the prehistoric era, and discovers a web of conspiracy involving drug smuggling, a beautiful woman, and a vengeful Nazi war criminal.

When Dirk Pitt saves a group of archaeologists from drowning, he finds himself caught up in a smuggling ring searching for lost Inca treasure.

Frozen inside a million-ton mass of ice is a bizarre ocean vessel with a crew of corpses--and the key to the ultimate conspiracy, a supercharged scheme that could blow every fuse on earth.

Frozen inside a million-ton mass of ice is a bizarre ocean vessel with a crew of corpses-- and the key to the ultimate conspiracy, a supercharged scheme that could blow every fuse on earth.

When Dirk Pitt saves a group of archaeologists from drowning, he finds himself caught up in a smuggling ring searching for lost Inca treasure.

Dr. Rojas and Dirk Pitt are in Africa investigating different things, but are thrown together to save the world from environmental catastrophe.

NUMA director Dirk Pitt searches for the connections among newly discovered Roman artifacts, the rise of a fundamentalist movement, and the existence of a mysterious long-lost "manifest, " which, if discovered again, may change the history of the world.

While working for the National Underwater and Marine Agency, Dirk Pitt and Al Giordino uncover the deadly plans of a Mongolian mogul to deal oil to the Chinese and ruin the global market, and discover the scheme is linked to the treasures of Genghis Khan.

Underwater explorer and adventure magnet Dirk Pitt sets off on a whirlwind course around the world to save civilization from destruction after ancient runes are discovered in an abandoned Colorado mine and archaeologist Patricia O'Connell is almost killed to keep them secret.