Nancy has joined Ned on campus for Emerson College's homecoming weekend, and that means pep rallies, parades, and of course the annual gridiron clash with archrival Russell University. But when danger takes the field, the cheers turn to tears--because winning is academic when a player's life is on the line.
When Nancy visits Montreal, a TV newscaster with a criminal past, an heiress, and a society doctor conspire to trap her by using her friend George as bait. Nancy gets involved in this vicious duel of wits with master criminals.
This is Cussler's and Kemprecos' sixth novel starring Kurt Austin and his NUMA Files National Underwater and Marine Agency (NUMA) Files Special Assignments Team. This one concerns a polar shift, a phenomenon that can trigger huge eruptions, earthquakes, and climate changes. Sixty years ago, a Hungarian scientist discovered how to artificially set off such a shift, and now an antiglobalization group plans to strike the world's industrialized countries. The water in the world's oceans and lakes will be jerked in a different direction, pounding the coastline, causing massive floods.
Mystery of Crocodile Island - The Nancy Drew Files
A young detective's attempts to uncover a group of poachers on Crocodile Island in Florida involve her with kidnapping, reptiles, enemy boats, and a sinister racket.
