Detective Isaac Bell's investigation into an attempted assassination
brings him to the construction site of the Panama Canal--and straight
into a nest of vipers--in the latest adventure in the #1 New York
Times-bestselling series from Clive Cussler.
Detective Isaac Bell's wife has said that he is always in the wrong
place at the right time. This is certainly the case when Bell thwarts
the assassination of a U.S. Senator shortly after meeting the man. This
heroic rescue is just the start of the mystery for Bell, who suspects
that the would-be assassins have a much larger and more dangerous
agenda--one involving the nearly-constructed Panama Canal. While the
senator supports the building of the canal, there are many, including a
local Panamanian insurgency known as the Red Vipers, who never want to
see its completion.
With millions of dollars and the fates of two nations at stake, Bell
heads to Panama to find answers. After a deadly bombing at the canal's
construction site, he is determined to stop the insurgents--or whoever
is funding them--before they can attack again.