TY - BOOK AU - Cussler, Dirk. AU - Cussler, Clive, TI - Clive Cussler's The Corsican shadow T2 - A Dirk Pitt novel SN - 9780241635445 U1 - 813.6 23 PY - 2023///. CY - London : PB - Michael Joseph, KW - Pitt, Dirk KW - Marine biologists KW - Fiction KW - Antiquities KW - Shipwrecks KW - Conspiracies KW - Theft KW - Treasure troves KW - Thrillers (Fiction) KW - lcgft N2 - France, May 1940. As the German army blitzes Europe, a curator must take a mysterious cargo out of the country. When his intended ship sinks, his cargo's uncertain fate rests on a decrepit steamer, sailing under German fire. Decades later, a diving expedition leads Dirk Pitt to a shipwreck's cache of uncut diamonds. No sooner than discovered, the diamonds are stolen - all while vital water treatment facilities around the globe are being targeted, placing humanity in grave peril. Only Dirk Pitt can locate the treasure that will preserve the soul of a nation... and save the world from catastrophe ER -