**It is up to Juan Cabrillo and the crew of his ship, the** Oregon **, to stop a terrorist plot to release a deadly chemical weapon across the globe in the explosive new novel in Clive Cussler's #1** New York Times **bestselling series.** While interrupting an attack on a Kuwaiti oil tanker, Juan Cabrillo and his team discover something even more dangerous: a ruthless billionaire's dying wish has allowed a paralyzing chemical to end up in the hands of a terrorist group. When an *Oregon* crew member falls victim to the poison, Juan Cabrillo will stop at nothing to find an antidote before it is too late. He and his team must connect an ancient mystery with a cunning modern enemy in order to save millions of innocent lives, including their own. **

**Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the** Oregon **sail into a perfect storm of danger when they try to stop a new world war in this thrilling novel from the #1** New York Times **-bestselling grand master of adventure. ** Hired to search for a collection of paintings worth half a billion dollars, Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the *Oregon* soon find themselves in much deeper waters. The vicious leader of a Filipino insurgency is not only using them to finance his attacks, he has stumbled upon one of the most lethal secrets of World War II: a Japanese-developed drug, designed, but never used, to turn soldiers into super-warriors. To stop him, the *Oregon* must not only take on the rebel commander, but a South African mercenary intent on getting his own hands on the drug, a massive swarm of torpedo drones targeting the U.S. Navy, an approaching megastorm, and, just possibly, a war that could envelop the entire Asian continent. **“Cussler and Morrison take readers to the edge, at a pace so fast, you may find yourself needing oxygen.”—** Suspense Magazine

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