The book, published by G.P. Putnam's Sons, is a companion to his first best-selling non-fiction title, The Sea Hunters, and chronicles the true adventures of Cussler and his NUMA team on their mission to find historically significant shipwrecks. (That book also spawned an international hit TV series of the same name.)

The Sea Hunters II tour included New York City, Ridgewood, NJ, Washington, D.C., Dallas, Denver, CO and Scottsdale, AZ.

An added element to the publication of THE SEA HUNTERS II was a promotion between Dr. Cussler's publisher, Putnam, and DOXA Watches of Switzerland to introduce the Orange face DOXA SUB 300T SEAHUNTER Dive Watch signed and authenticated by Clive Cussler. One lucky fan won one of these signed and numbered watches, valued at $1000 each.

Cussler's Dirk Pitt® books - including Valhalla Rising, Sahara and Raise the Titanic! - have made him the undisputed Grand Master of the action-adventure novel. Like his action-adventure hero Pitt, Cussler is fascinated by the sea and the secrets it holds. That's why in 1979, whimsically taking the name of the fictitious U.S. government agency that employs Dirk Pitt, Cussler founded the National Underwater and Marine Agency (NUMA). This 501C3 non-profit organization dedicates itself to preserving maritime and naval history. Cussler and his crew of marine experts and NUMA volunteers have discovered more than 60 historically significant underwater wreck sites. After verifying their finds, they turn the rights to the artifacts over to non-profits, universities or government entities throughout the country and the world.

Picking up where The Sea Hunters left off, The Sea Hunters II takes readers along on NUMA's search for the wrecks of the Mississippi steamboat New Orleans, the ghost ship Mary Celeste, and the RMS Carpathia (which came to the rescue of the Titanic's survivors), among many others. Cussler also recounts the stories of these vessels in his own fast-paced, page-turning style.