The Rising Sea

Written by Clive Cussler and Graham Brown

Narrated by Scott Brick

Everywhere, the waters are rising—and that is just the beginning of the world's peril, unless the NUMA crew can beat the clock. The thrilling new NUMA Files novel from the #1 New York Times-bestselling grand master of adventure.

An alarming rise in the world's sea levels—much larger than could be accounted for by glacier melt—sends Kurt Austin, Joe Zavala, and the rest of the NUMA scientific team rocketing around the globe in search of answers. What they find at the bottom of the East China Sea, however, is even worse than they imagined: a diabolical plan to upset the Pacific balance of power—and in the process displace as many as a billion people.

A rare alloy unlike anything else on earth, a pair of 500-year-old Japanese talismans, an assassin so violent even the Yakuza has disowned him, an audacious technological breakthrough that will become a very personal nightmare for Kurt Austin—from the shark-filled waters of Asia to the high-tech streets of Tokyo to a forbidden secret island, the NUMA team must risk everything to head off the coming catastrophe.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio
• Release date: Mar 13, 2018
• ISBN: 9780525590644

Clive Cussler

Clive Cussler was an underwater explorer and adventure novelist. He was the founder and chairman of the National Underwater and Marine Agency (NUMA), which has discovered more than 60 shipwreck sites and numerous other notable underwater wrecks. He was the sole author or main author of more than 80 books, many including the popular character Dirk Pitt. He passed away in 2020.

Reviews for The Rising Sea

[Troy Davis · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

The recording stopped before the book was ended! WTH, Scribed?

[lbswiener · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

The Rising Sea is another NUMA adventure. Once again authors Clive Cussler and Graham Brown have thoroughly researched the rising tides of the sea and Japanese Samurai sword history. The book was very well written. Because it is a captivating story this book receives five stars for this review.

[antonymichaelshannon · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

While an enjoyable read, as are all of Clive Cussler's novels; this was along the same lines as many of his other collaboration books. Wolrd disaster unless NUMA saves the day. Of all his novels, I prefer the Dirk Pitt novels. They had class and style with the old fashioned Errol Flynn style about them.

[novak_13 · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

The Rising Sea. Clive Cussler. On every other page a miracle is performed against all odds. By page 320 it’s getting a bit too much.