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Dirk Pitt must descend to the bottom of the Hudson River to recover a copy of the secret North American Treaty signed in 1914, but Great Britain is racing to find and destroy the same document.

"His first successful mission for the about-to-be-official new Central Intelligence Directorate has drawn all kinds of attention, some welcome, some not. On the plus side, he's now a captain; promoted to Chief, DCI, Europe; and in charge of a top secret spy operation. On the minus side, a lot of people would like to know about that operation, including not only the Soviets, but his own Pentagon, as well as a seething J. Edgar Hoover. Cronley knows...

When his top-secret mission is sabatoged, James Bond finds himself captured by the enemy, abandoned by MI6 and stripped of his 00-license.

"This novel is the story of a young Mexican boy from a well-to-do family in Sonora Mexico who moves to Spain for his education and becomes a Jesuit Priest. He is a capable athlete (tennis player) and an accomplished pianist and organist. He earns a PhD and is recruited into the Vatican Diplomatic Corps where he befriends two future popes. A skilled researcher and writer, with a strong penchant for international relations and diplomacy, he serves as...