Two years ago, Black Wind became one of Clive Cussler’s most audacious, and well-received, Dirk Pitt novels in an illustrious career, while also introducing Clive’s son, Dirk Cussler, as co-author for the first time. Now, in TREASURE OF KHAN, which Putnam will publish on November 28, 2006 ($27.95), the Cusslers create yet another of their inimitable globe-spanning adventures, presenting one of the most remarkable villains ever to challenge Dirk Pitt and his formidable team.

Genghis Khan is widely considered to be the greatest conqueror of all time, whose empire at one point stretched from the Pacific Ocean to the Caspian Sea. His conquests are the stuff of legend, his tomb a forgotten mystery--until now.

When Dirk Pitt is nearly killed rescuing an oil survey team from a freak wave on Russia’s Lake Baikal, it appears a simple act of nature. But when the survey team is abducted and Pitt’s research vessel nearly sunk, it’s obvious there’s something more sinister involved. All trails lead to Mongolia, and a mysterious mogul who is conducting covert deals for supplying oil to the Chinese, while wreaking havoc on global oil markets with deadly acts of sabotage. The Mongolian harbors a dream of restoring the conquests of his ancestors, and holds a dark secret about Genghis Khan that just might give him the wealth and power to make the dream come true.

From the frigid lakes of Siberia to the hot sands of the Gobi Desert, Dirk Pitt and Al Giordino find intrigue, adventure, and peril while collecting clues to the mysterious treasure of Xanadu. But first, they must stop the tycoon from spreading his killing spree—one that is about to strike very, very close to home.

Filled with breathtaking suspense and extraordinary imagination, his new novel is yet further proof that when it comes to adventure writing, nobody beats Clive Cussler – let alone Clive AND Dirk Cussler.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Clive Cussler is the author or coauthor of thirty previous books, including the Dirk Pitt adventure Black Wind, the Kurt Austin novel Polar Shift, and the Oregon Files novel Skeleton Coast. He is also the author of the nonfiction Sea Hunters and Sea Hunters II, which describe the true adventures of the actual NUMA® organization, which, led by Cussler, searches for ships of historic significance. With his crew of volunteers, Cussler has discovered more than sixty ships, including the long-lost Confederate submarine Hunley. He and son Dirk Cussler live near each other in Arizona.

Dirk Cussler, an MBA from Berkeley, worked for many years in the financial arena, and now devotes himself full-time to writing. He is the coauthor, with Clive Cussler, of Black Wind. For the past several years, he has been an active participant and partner in his father’s NUMA expeditions and served as president of the NUMA advisory board of trustees.