Behind him, the four bougainvillea plants arched their blossoms toward the African sun.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Clive Cussler lives the same sort of adventurous life as his hero, Dirk Pitt: Tramping the Southwest in search of gold mines, diving in isolated Rocky Mountain lakes for missing aircraft, and heading an expedition to salvage John Paul jones's ship, the Bonhomme Richard. Cussler discovered and excavated a sister ship to the Monitor, and he found artifacts from its famous nemesis, the Merrimack. A noted collector of classic automobiles, Cussler divides his time between Denver, Colorado and Paradise Valley, Arizona.