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Paul Kemprecos

    Este autor crea emocionantes novelas de aventuras, a menudo inspiradas en misterios y leyendas marítimas históricas. Sus historias se caracterizan por tramas intrincadas y personajes distintivos que sumergen a los lectores en mundos llenos de suspense y acción. Con frecuencia, coloca a sus protagonistas en situaciones peligrosas, exigiéndoles combinar coraje, intelecto y trabajo en equipo para descubrir conspiraciones ocultas y evitar desastres globales. Su estilo de escritura dinámico y cautivador ha cimentado su reputación como maestro del género.

    Paul Kemprecos
    Lost City
    Fire Ice
    The Navigator
    Medusa
    Killing Icarus
    Muerte Blanca
    • The God in the Sea

      An Aristotle "Soc" Socarides Novel

      • 292 páginas
      • 11 horas de lectura

      Set against the backdrop of the Florida Keys, the story follows fisherman-diver and private detective Aristotle "Soc" Socarides as he embarks on a winter job aboard a charter boat. What initially seems like a promising opportunity quickly turns into a complex web of fate, suggesting that Soc's life is intricately intertwined with forces beyond his control. The narrative explores themes of destiny and the unpredictable nature of life.

      The God in the Sea2024
    • Killing Icarus

      • 298 páginas
      • 11 horas de lectura

      The story follows art historian Abi Vickers, who seeks solace in a Cape Cod cottage but stumbles upon a WWII secret hidden in an Edward Hopper sketch. This discovery triggers a series of perilous events, drawing her into a web of danger as she uncovers the truth behind the artwork. The narrative blends art, history, and suspense, highlighting the impact of the past on the present.

      Killing Icarus2021
      4,1
    • Medusa

      • 518 páginas
      • 19 horas de lectura

      In 1846, a US whaling vessel, Princess, is struck by a mysterious and deadly tropical illness. In desperation, the captain shores his ship on a hostile island - where, miraculously, his crew are saved by a cure administered by the natives.

      Medusa2009
      4,0
    • Kurt Austin Avontuur: Poolstorm

      • 383 páginas
      • 14 horas de lectura

      Polar shift: It is the name for a phenomenon that may have occurred many times in the past. At the very least, it disorients birds and animals and damages electrical equipment. At its worst, it causes massive eruptions, earthquakes, and climatic changes. At its very worst, it would mean the obliteration of all living matter, and if that happens-exit Earth.Sixty years ago, an eccentric Hungarian genius discovered how to artificially trigger such a shift, but then his work was lost, or so it was thought. Now, the charismatic leader of an anti-globalization group plans to use the work to give the world's industrialized nations a small jolt, then reverse the shift back again. The only problem is, it cannot be reversed. Once the shift starts, there is nothing anyone can do about it.Austin, Zavala, and the rest of the NUMA Special Assignments Team certainly have faced dire situations before, but never have they encountered anything like this. This time . . . even they may be too late.

      Kurt Austin Avontuur: Poolstorm2007
    • The Navigator

      • 400 páginas
      • 14 horas de lectura

      Someone has killed for a statue stolen the Baghdad Museum years ago and the NUMA team must find why.

      The Navigator2007
      4,0
    • Polar Shift

      • 504 páginas
      • 18 horas de lectura

      NUMA operative Kurt Austin takes on a madman fronting as an evironmentalist in this #1 New York Times-bestselling series. Sixty years ago, an eccentric Hungarian genius discovered how to artificially trigger such a shift in the polar ice caps, which could cause massive eruptions, earthquaks, and even climate changes. But then his work disappeared, or so it was thought. Now, the charismatic leader of an antiglobalization group plans to use it to give the world’s industrialized nations a small jolt, before reversing the shift back again. The only problem is, it cannot be reversed. Once it starts, there is nothing anyone can do. Austin, Zavala, and the rest of the NUMA Special Assignments Team must make strange alliances to protect this technology from being exploited by their new and power-hungry nemesis before the entire planet is made to pay. Rich with all the hair-raising action and endless imagination that have become Cussler’s hallmarks, Polar Shift is a wonderful thriller—indeed, “vintage Cussler.”

      Polar Shift2005
      3,9
    • The NUMA crew, under Kurt Austin’s direction, take on a blood-thirsty family with a fortune built on crime, in what may be race to discover the very secret of ever-lasting life in this heart-bounding installment in the #1 New York Times-bestselling series. Kurt Austin is mid-mission when his new colleague, the stunning archeologist Skye Labelle, is called away to examine a mysterious 16th-century military helmet discovered in the possession of a very contemporary-looking corpse. Ms. Labelle’s research on the armor draws her into the sights of a ruthless black-widow with her own plans for the artifact. As danger creeps closer to Ms. Labelle, a scientist half-way across the globe is kidnapped. At the same time, experts working to harvest an enzyme discovered two thousand feet down in the North Atlantic, in an area known as “Lost City,” start turning up dead. Worlds apart in location and areas of expertise, they all have something in common. And it’s up to Kurt Austin, with the help of Joe Zavala and the NUMA Special Assignments Team, to put the pieces together if he’s going to keep his friend safe.

      Lost City2004
      3,9
    • Kurt y Joe, miembros de la agencia nacional especial NUMA, ocupada en proteger los fondos oceánicos, han acudido a rescatar a la tripulación de un crucero danés que se hunde tras haber colisionado con el barco del grupo ecologista radical Centinelas del Mar. El rescate es un éxito, pero la investigación posterior de Kurt le conduce desde los ecologistas radicales hasta la Corporación Oceanus, una oscura multinacional cuya principal ocupación son las piscifactorías marinas. Tras una serie de avatares que casi le causan la muerte, Kurt descubre que en las piscifactorías se están realizando experimentos genéticos. Un nuevo desastre medioambiental de consecuencias catastróficas se está preparando y, a pesar de que todo aquel que se interpone en el camino de la compañía acaba muriendo, no es momento de echarse atrás: sólo los miembros de la NUMA pueden llegar a controlarlo.

      Muerte Blanca2004
      3,9
    • Le meurtre du Mayflower

      • 350 páginas
      • 13 horas de lectura

      Plymouth, sur la côte Est des Etats-Unis. Vers minuit, un homme est assassiné dans le village des premiers colons du Nouveau Continent, arrivés sur le Mayflower au XVIle siècle. L'arme du crime, un tomahawk, est retrouvée dans la voiture de Joe Quint, un avocat qui milite activement pour la cause de son peuple. Pour un ami de Quint, trop d'indices l'accusent et il demande à Soc, pêcheur et ancien policier, d'éclaircir discrètement l'affaire. Celui-ci ne sait pas qu'en acceptant, il s'engage dans la plus subtile et complexe enquête de sa vie... Il va plonger dans l'univers des premiers habitants de l'Amérique et découvrir des luttes d'influence dont il ne soupçonnait pas l'existence. D'autant qu'il n'est pas le seul sur l'affaire : le FBI, un groupe d'Indiens mafieux et des trafiquants d'objets traditionnels sont aussi de la partie... On comprend vite que les Peaux Rouges et les Visages Pâles sont égaux devant une chose au moins : l'argent.

      Le meurtre du Mayflower2002
    • Fire Ice

      • 416 páginas
      • 15 horas de lectura

      Leader of the NUMA Special Assignments team, Kurt Austin must work with a former KGB spy to save the United States from a lunatic with a generations-spanning grudge in this novel in the #1 New York Times-bestselling series. Kurt Austin is preparing for an interview while aboard a research vessel in the Black Sea. But his television spot suddenly becomes a rescue mission when the waiting film crew is attacked on a nearby island. With little information on the attackers, and no clue to their true agenda, Austin is forced to turn to an unlikely source: his old KGB Cold War adversary Vladimir Petrov. According to Petrov, the island is actually an old submarine base that’s been commandeered by clever mobster-turned-billionaire-businessman Mikhail Razov. Razov is certain he descends from the great Romanov family and he’s out to reclaim his rightful position as czar of Russia. With a powerful resource called “fire ice”, discovered by his mining company, Razov may just have the ammunition he needs to take over the modern world. To stop him, Austin will have to work with Petrov. And he’ll have to find out fast how much trust he can offer an old nemesis in this thrilling adventure that “goes down like a chilled Stolichnaya martini.” (Kirkus Reviews)

      Fire Ice2002
      3,9
    • Blue Gold

      • 452 páginas
      • 16 horas de lectura

      From the #1 New York Times bestselling Grand Master of Adventure Clive Cussler comes a breathtaking thriller from the Numa Files series about a primitive Brazilian tribe whose secrets could save the world from the billionaire tycoon set on destroying it. An investigation into the sudden deaths of a pod of gray whales leads National Underwater & Marine Agency leader Kurt Austin 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® team discovers a murdered body—a member of a mysterious local tribe, who live like ghosts beyond a five-part waterfall the locals call the Hand of God, and are rumored to be led by a mythical white goddess. Now they are in danger from a vicious cadre of bio-pirates intent on stealing medicinal discoveries worth millions. Soon, Austin and his crew realize that they’re working opposite ends of the same grand scheme and must race against time to save the world’s freshwater supply from a twisted eco-extortionist. But every step toward salvation takes them deeper into a dense jungle of treachery, blackmail, and death.

      Blue Gold2000
      3,9
    • Serpent

      • 480 páginas
      • 17 horas de lectura

      When Kurt Austin, the leader of a courageous National Underwater & Marine Agency exploration team, rescues beautiful marine archaeologist Nina Kirov off the coast of Morocco, he becomes the next target of Texas industrialist Don Halcon. A madman bent on carving a new nation out of the southwestern United States and Mexico, Halcon's scheme hinges on Nina's recent discovery involving Christopher Columbus, and a priceless pre-Columbian antiquity buried in the battered remains of the sunken Italian luxury liner Andrea Doria. Only Kurt Austin and his crack NUMA team stand between Halcon and the Andrea Doria's silent steel hull - and if their deadly mission fails, Halcon will ride to power on a wave of death and destruction.

      Serpent1998
      3,9