{"product_id":"dragon-9781982122089","title":"Dragon","description":"\u003cb\u003eClive Cussler, author of over twenty consecutive \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestsellers, brings back beloved hero Dirk Pitt in this electrifying, edge-of-your-seat thriller that is \"a high-tech adventure, a little romance, and a whale of a story\" (\u003ci\u003eRichmond Times-Dispatch\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJapan, 1945: Two US bombers take off with atomic bombs. Only one gets through. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Pacific, 1993: A Japanese cargo ship bound for the United States is instantly, thunderously vaporized, taking with it a Norwegian vessel. Japanese fanatics have developed a chilling plan to devastate and destroy the Western powers. From the ocean depths to the discovery of cache of lost Nazi loot, Dirk Pitt is untangling a savage conspiracy and igniting a daring counterattack. While Washington bureaucrats scramble, a brutal industrialist commands his blackmail scheme from a secret island control center. And Dirk, the dauntless hero of \u003ci\u003eSahara\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eInca Gold\u003c\/i\u003e, is taking on death-dealing robots and a human-hunting descendant of samurai warriors. Pitt alone controls the West's secret ace in the hole: a tidal wave of destruction waiting to be triggered on the ocean floor  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Bulging with gadgetry and undersea delights\" (\u003ci\u003eHouston Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eDragon\u003c\/i\u003e is \"pure fun...Watch out for paper cuts as you turn the pages faster and faster to keep up with Cussler's intense pace\" (\u003ci\u003eSan Diego Union-Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e). This is \"a page-turning romp that achieves a level of fast-paced action and derring-do that Robert Ludlum...might well envy\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pocket Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/21\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781982122089\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 624\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.20h x 3.90w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e20639 \/ Dragon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.1 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 27\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Clive Cussler","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36674230386844,"sku":"9781982122089","price":9.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_f4ac84e7-3833-4ce9-8177-65223e33885d.jpg?v=1603931599","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/dragon-9781982122089","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}