Flood Tide

Flood Tide

Infobox Book |
name = Flood Tide


image_caption = Hardcover 1st 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
release_date = September 27, 1997
media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
pages = 511 pp (Hardcover edition)
isbn = ISBN 0-684-80298-8
preceded_by = Shock Wave
followed_by = Atlantis Found

"Flood Tide" is an action-adventure novel by Clive Cussler. This is the 14th book featuring the author’s primary protagonist, Dirk Pitt. He must rescue illegal immigrants from a Chinese tycoon and locate the bones of the Peking Man, the famous lost example of Homo erectus.

Characters in "Flood Tide"

*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.

Film, TV or Theatrical Adaptations

No film, television or theatrical adaptations have yet been produced or planned from this novel.

Release Details

*1997, United States, Simon & Schuster ISBN 0-684-80298-8, 1997, Hardcover.
*2002, United States, Pocket Books New ED Edition, ISBN 0-7434-4977-0, September 2, 2002, Paperback.
*2003, United States, Pocket Books, ISBN 0-7434-6730-2, January 1, 2003, Paperback.


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