Classic Dirk Pitt adventure where the adventurer is drawn to the burning African desert and a secret that could destroy all life in the world's seas.

Deep in the African desert Pitt discovers that a top-scinetific installation is leaking a lethal chemical into the rivers threatening to kill thousands of people and to destroy all life in the world's seas.

To warn the world of catastrophe Pitt must escape capture and death at the hands of a ruthless West African dictator and French industrialist and undertake a long perilous journey across the merciless Sahara...