Clive Cussler’s desolation code. Graham Brown. 2024.

Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala are researching the shark paradise of Reunion Island when a marine catastrophe calls their attention. Whales, sharks and other aquatic life are washing up on the island’s usually thriving beaches. Before Kurt and Joe can investigate however, an angry mob and a high-speed chase leave their lives in danger - and their findings in the hands of a mysterious stranger. Someone really doesn’t want the NUMA crew digging here. But who, and why?

Meanwhile, a cryptic text through the NUMA satellite network deepens the mystery: these add phrases and numbers look like NUMA codes. Are the team being helped by an old friend - or lured into a treacherous trap?

Kurt, Joe and even Max, the agency’s supercomputer, will have to investigate like never before: decrypting data, infiltrating a cult of cloned men, and preparing for a battle on two very different planes: one physicals; one digital.

It’s just the beginning of a sinister plan concocted by a mind more brilliant than any they’ve ever faced - the mind of a machine. First marine ecosystems will be devastated. Then the entire globe’s……….