书目

The Wrecker

内容简介

InTheChase,CliveCusslerintroducedanelectrifyingnewhero,thetall,lean,no-nonsensedetectiveIsaacBell,who,drivenbyhissenseofjustice,travelsearly-twentieth-centuryAmericapursuingthievesandkillers...andsometimescriminalsmuchworse.Itis1907,ayearoffinancialpanicandlaborunrest.Trainwrecks,fires,andexplosionssabotagetheSouthernPacificRailroad'sCascadesexpresslineand,desperate,therailroadhiresthefabledVanDornDetectiveAgency.VanDornsendsinhisbestman,andBellquicklydiscoversthatamysterioussaboteurhauntsthehobojunglesoftheWest,amanknownastheWrecker,whorecruitsaccomplicesfromthedown-and-outtoattacktherailroad,andthenkillsthemafterward.TheWreckertraversesthevastspacesoftheAmericanWestasifhehadwings,strikingwhereverhepleases,causinguntolddamageandlossofhumanlife.Whoishe?Whatdoeshewant?Isheastriker?Ananarchist?Arevolutionarydeterminedtodisplacetheprivilegedfew?Acriminalmastermindengineeringsomeasyetunexplainedscheme?Whoeverheis,whateverhismotives,theWreckerknowshowtocreatemaximumhavoc,andBellsensesthatheisfarfromdone-that,infact,theWreckerisbuildinguptoagrandactunlikeanythinghehascommittedbefore.IfBelldoesn'tstophimintime,morethanarailroadcouldbeatrisk-itcouldbethefutureoftheentirecountry.Filledwithintricateplottinganddazzlingsetpieces,TheWreckerisoneofthemostentertainingthrillersinyears.

作者简介

CliveEricCussler(bornJuly15,1931inAurora,Illinois)isanAmericanadventurenovelistandmarinearchaeologist.Histhrillernovels,manyfeaturingthecharacterDirkPitt,havereachedTheNewYorkTimesfictionbest-sellerlistmorethanseventeentimes.Cussleristhefounderandchairmanofthereal-lifeNationalUnderwaterandMarineAgency(NUMA),whichhasdiscoveredmorethansixtyshipwrecksitesandnumerousothernotablesunkenunderwaterwreckage.JustinScotthaswrittentwenty-fourthrillers,historicals,andmysterynovels,includingTheShipkillerandNormandieTriangle.Withmanybookssetatsea,hehasbeencalled"theDickFrancisofyachting."HecreatedtheBenAbbottdetectiveseries(HardScape,StoneDust,FrostLine,McMansionandMausoleum),andwastwicenominatedfortheEdgarAllanPoeAwardbytheMysteryWritersofAmerica.HismainpennameisPaulGarrisonunderwhichhehaswrittenfivemodernseathrillersincludingRedSkyAtMorning,SeaHunter,andTheRippleEffect.TheWrecker,acollaborationwithCliveCusslerisbeingpublishedFallof2009.HelivesinConnecticutwithhiswife,filmmakerAmberEdwards.

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