 Hardcover First Edition | |
| Author | Clive Cussler |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Paul Bacon |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Dirk Pitt Novels |
| Genre | Adventure, Techno-thriller novel |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster (US) Hamish Hamilton (UK) |
Publication date | 1986 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| Pages | 475 pp (Hardcover edition) |
| ISBN | 0-671-50374-X |
| OCLC | 12836017 |
| 813/.54 19 | |
| LC Class | PS3553.U75 C9 1986 |
| Preceded by | Deep Six |
| Followed by | Treasure |
Cyclops is an action-adventure novel by Clive Cussler. This is the 8th book featuring the author’s primary protagonist, Dirk Pitt.
Plot summary
A wealthy American financier disappears on a treasure hunt in an antique blimp. From Cuban waters, the blimp drifts toward Florida with a crew of dead men—Soviet cosmonauts. Dirk Pitt discovers a scheme: a covert group of U.S. industrialists has put a colony on the moon. In response, Russia plans to attack Cuba. Pitt endeavors to foil this plot.
Characters
- Dirk Pitt – Special Projects Director for the National Underwater and Marine Agency (NUMA).
- Admiral James Sandecker – Chief Director of NUMA.
- Al Giordino – Assistant Special Projects Director for NUMA.
- Rudi Gunn – Director of Logistics for NUMA.
- Foss Gly – Arizona-born criminal who Pitt had encountered before in Night Probe!, and whom Charles Sarveux wrongly presumed as dead from a rigged aircraft.
- Vincent Margolin – The President of the United States. Previously the Vice President before the President was impeached.
- President Georgi Antonov – Soviet President.
- Martine Brogan – Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
- Ira Hagen – Brother-in-law of Vincent Margolin, who is hired to identify the members for the Inner Core.
Release details
- 1986, United States, Simon & Schuster ISBN 0-671-50374-X, 1986, Hardcover.
- 1986, United States, Pocket Books, ISBN 99943-2-097-1, December 1986, Paperback.
- 1987, United States, Random House Value Publishing, ISBN 0-517-65338-9, June 23, 1987, Hardcover.
- 1989, United States, Pocket Books Reissue, ISBN 0-671-70464-8, November 15, 1989, Paperback.
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