Vor den mikronesischen Inseln unterhalten die USA ein von der Regierung finanziertes Unterwasserlabor. Hier werden wichtige biomedizinische Forschungen zu dem Gift betrieben, das aus der seltenen Quallenart "Blaue Medusa" gewonnen wird. Dann verschwindet das Labor von einem Moment zum anderen. Zur selben Zeit wird bei den Bermudainseln eine Taucherkugel von einem Unterwasserfahrzeug angegriffen. Danach treibt die Taucherkugel hilflos mehrere hundert Meter unter der Wasseroberfläche. Ihre Passagiere, unter ihnen Kurt Austin und Joe Zavala, sind ihrem Schicksal überlassen.
Medusa is Clive Cussler's eighth NUMA files novel featuring hero Kurt Austin.
In the Micronesian Islands, a top-secret US undersea lab vanishes . . .
At the same time, off Bermuda, a bathysphere operated by NUMA and overseen by Kurt Austin is attacked and becomes stranded half a mile below the surface. Only quick thinking and bold action will save the crew - which includes the head of a certain, now-missing undersea lab - from a watery grave.
Austin is convinced both events are connected, and he puts NUMA on the case. Soon he's uncovering some hideous medical experiments and evidence of a terrifying virus that could be used to create a worldwide pandemic. Behind it all lies an ambitious Chinese criminal organization prepared to commit mass murder to achieve its ends.
Now Austin must put his life on the line in order that millions will be saved from death . . .
Clive Cussler, author of the best-selling Dirk Pitt novels Arctic Drift and Trojan Odyssey, and co-author Paul Kemprecos put their hero, Kurt Austin, at the forefront of a battle against time and global pandemic in Medusa, the eighth novel of the action-packed NUMA Files series.
Praise for Clive Cussler:
'Cussler is hard to beat' Daily Mail
'The guy I read' Tom Clancy
