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An edition of Blue gold (2000)

Blue gold

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A Novel from the NUMA Files

Earth is a paradox - a fertile world three-quarters covered with water, yet in danger of running dry. Overuse and pollution have drained most of its fresh water, and scientist Francesca Carval's brilliant formula for desalination has vanished with her plane over South America. But when Kurt Austin and his NUMA team come across a pod of dead whales, their investigation takes them to the Venezuelan jungle where a cadre is bent on controlling the world's supply of fresh water.

For National Underwater & Marine Agency crew leader Kurt Austin, an investigation into the sudden deaths of rare whales leads him 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 crew turns up the white-goddess legend -- and a murderous cadre of bio-pirates intent on stealing medicinal secrets worth millions. Soon Austin and his crew realize they're working the opposite ends of the same grand scheme. A billionaire California tycoon is poised to rise to power by monopolizing the earth's vastly depleted freshwater reserves and ultimately dominate the world.

From deep within the Venezuelan rain forest emanates the legend of a white goddess and a mysterious tribe with startling technical accomplishments. Few believe the tribe exists -- and even fewer suspect its deity may hold knowledge that can change the course of history. Austin has a hunch Venezuela's mythical tribal goddess has some real roots in science, and may be the key to locating a secret formula that could turn vast amounts of seawater into fresh. But with each step into the bush, he and his NUMA team feel like fish out of water -- and must fight a deadly, twisting trail of enemies through a dense jungle of treachery, blackmail, and murder.

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Publisher
Pocket Books
Language
English
Pages
378

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Blue gold
2010, Pocket Books
paperback in English
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Brennendes Wasser: Roman
2002, Blanvalet
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L'or Bleu
March 20, 2002, Grasset
Paperback in French
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Blue Gold: A Novel from the NUMA Files
October 2001, Pocket Books
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Cover of: Blue Gold
Blue Gold
2000, Pocket Books
in English - Di 1 ban.
Cover of: Blue gold
Blue gold
2000, Pocket Books
in English

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Edition Notes

Published in
New York
Series
NUMA Files #2
Genre
Fiction.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.54
Library of Congress
PS3553.U75 B58 2000, PS3553.U75B58 2000

The Physical Object

Pagination
378 p.
Number of pages
378

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL6792432M
Internet Archive
bluegoldnovelfro00cuss
ISBN 10
067178546X
LCCN
00057480
Library Thing
1182510
Goodreads
1235174

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