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Nighthawk

Cussler, Clive (Author). Brown, Graham, 1969- (Author). Brick, Scott, (Narrator). Penguin Audio (Firm) (Distributor). Books on Tape, Inc. (Publisher).

Summary: "NUMA crew leaders Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala must beat the clock to stop the world's most dazzling new technological advance from becoming mankind's last in this action-packed thriller from the #1 New York Times-bestselling grand master of adventure. When the most advanced aircraft ever designed vanishes over the South Pacific, Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala are drawn into a deadly contest to locate the fallen machine. Russia and China covet the radical technology, but the United States worries about a darker problem. They know what others don't--that the X-37 is carrying a dangerous secret, a payload of exotic matter, extracted from the upper reaches of the atmosphere and stored at a temperature near absolute zero. As long as it remains frozen, the cargo is inert, but if it thaws, it will unleash a catastrophe of nearly unthinkable proportions. From the Galapagos Islands to the jungles of South America to an icy mountain lake many believe to be the birthplace of the Inca, the entire NUMA team will risk everything in an effort to avert disaster. but they may be caught in a race that no one can win"--

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  • ISBN: 9781524775575 (BOT) :
  • Physical Description: sound disc
    9 audio discs (11 1/2 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in..
  • Edition: Unabridged.
  • Publisher: New York : Books on Tape, [2017]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Title from container.
"A novel from the NUMA files."
Participant or Performer Note: Read by Scott Brick.
Subject: Austin, Kurt (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
Marine scientists -- Fiction
Genre: Audiobooks.

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  • 2 of 3 copies available at Sitka.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Holdable? Status Due Date
100 Mile House Branch CUS (Text) 33923005824952 Book on Compact Disc Not holdable Lost and Paid 2017-11-01
Quesnel Branch Adventure CUS (Text) 33923005824960 Book on Compact Disc Volume hold Available -
Sechelt Public Library Audio CD F CUSS (Text) 33260000410820 Audiobooks on CDs Volume hold Available -

Summary: "NUMA crew leaders Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala must beat the clock to stop the world's most dazzling new technological advance from becoming mankind's last in this action-packed thriller from the #1 New York Times-bestselling grand master of adventure. When the most advanced aircraft ever designed vanishes over the South Pacific, Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala are drawn into a deadly contest to locate the fallen machine. Russia and China covet the radical technology, but the United States worries about a darker problem. They know what others don't--that the X-37 is carrying a dangerous secret, a payload of exotic matter, extracted from the upper reaches of the atmosphere and stored at a temperature near absolute zero. As long as it remains frozen, the cargo is inert, but if it thaws, it will unleash a catastrophe of nearly unthinkable proportions. From the Galapagos Islands to the jungles of South America to an icy mountain lake many believe to be the birthplace of the Inca, the entire NUMA team will risk everything in an effort to avert disaster. but they may be caught in a race that no one can win"--

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