Pacific Vortex! Bantam, 1983.

In the Pacific, dozens of ships entering a have vanished without a trace including one with a nuclear arsenal. Pitt must find this ship and salvage it before disaster strikes, but there are deep-sea assassins out to stop him. [Note: this is actually the first Dirk Pitt story Cussler wrote, but the sixth to be published.]

The Mediterranean Caper. Pyramid, 1973.

It's Dirk Pitt vs. an elusive Nazi war criminal who controls a mammoth drug smuggling ring.

Iceberg. Dodd, Mead, 1975.

With the help of a beautiful (what else?) Icelandic woman, Pitt tracks down an mysterious God-playing billionaire and the deadly cargo of a long-lost luxury yacht that could annihilate nations.

Raise the Titanic. Viking, 1976.

"Byzanium," a highly radio-active element to be used in an ultimate missile-defense system, is believed to be buried in a vault aboard the Titanic. Pitt heads a team that is to locate and raise the luxury-liner.

Vixen 03. Viking, 1978.

Thirty-four years after a plane bound for the Pacific carrying Doomsday bombs vanished, Pitt discovers the wreck, but two of the deadly canisters are missing and in the hands of terrorists who plan on sailing up the Potomac to destroy Washington.

Night Probe. Bantam, 1981.

Pitt must recover two copies of a lost treaty signed by the United States and England in 1914 which, if found, could have a profound effect on international relations. But the British do not want Pitt to succeed and send one of their best agents to stop him.

Deep Six. Simon & Schuster, 1984.

Assigned to find the source of a deadly nerve agent contaminating the waters off Alaska, Pitt finds himself in an international duel of nerves with a sinister Asian shipping empire.

Cyclops. Simon & Schuster, 1986.

Pitt has his hands full with three events that on the surface seem unrelated-a secret manned space station on the moon, a Soviet plot to overthrow Fidel Castro on the eve of a ground-breaking U.S.-Cuban alliance, and the disappearance of a treasure-hunting Industrialist off the Florida coast.

Treasure. Simon & Schuster, 1988.

During a rescue mission in Greenland to recover a sabotaged airliner carrying U.N. representatives, Pitt uncovers evidence of the location of a fabled lost Roman treasure.

Dragon. Simon & Schuster, 1990.

The loss of a B-29 bomber carrying a third atomic bomb in 1945 is tied to a group of modern-day Japanese extremists who have planted nuclear weapons in major U.S. cities.

Sahara. Simon & Schuster, 1992.

While on a mission to find the remains of a Pharaoh's funeral barge buried in the bottom of the Nile, he rescues Dr. Eva Rojas, a biochemist with the UN World Health Organization--who is investigating a mysterious disease that is driving thousands of people into madness and death-from murderous thugs. Once again, Pitt and his friends are called upon to save the world from environmental catastrophe and a bunch of really nasty villains.

Inca Gold. Simon & Schuster, 1994.

After rescuing a drowning group of archeologists, Pitt tangles with a sinister international family syndicate that deals in stolen works of art, the smuggling of ancient artifacts, and art forgery intent on uncovering a lost Incan treasure.

Shock Wave. Simon & Schuster, 1996.

While on an expedition to find the source of a deadly plague that is killing dolphins and seals in the Weddell Sea, Pitt rescues a party stranded on an island in Antarctica after their cruise ship seemingly has abandoned them. Among the passengers is Maeve Dorsett, whose father-a billionaire Australian diamond king-and two sisters Pitt soon links to the environmental disaster.

Flood Tide. Simon & Schuster, 1997.

This time out Pitt takes on a greedy Chinese smuggler whose fortune has been made smuggling Chinese immigrants into countries around the globe, including the U.S.

Atlantis Found. Putnam, 1999.

You knew it had to happen sooner or later...Dirk Pitt discovers Atlantis. At the same time he finds himself up against a diabolical enemy unlike any he has ever encountered.

Valhalla Rising. Putnam, 2001.

Pitt investigates the disasterous maiden voyage of a state-of-the-art luxury ocean liner and takes on an evil oil tycoon.

Trojan Odyssey. GPPS, 2003.

Pitt and his NUMA crew investigate a mysterious black tide infesting the ocean off Nicaragua, a study complicated by the discovery of a mysterious artifact, a powerful storm that traps his twin offspring (one is a marine biologist, the other a marine engineer) in an underwater laboratory, and a conspiracy orchestrated by a man named (what else?) Specter.

Black Wind. (with Dirk Cussler) GPPS, 2004.

60 years after two Japanese subs loaded with deadly virus sank off the west coast of the United States, a South Korean industrialist working for the North Koreans plots to unleash the virus. It's whole Pitt clan to the rescue.

Treasure of Kahn. (with Dirk Cussler) GPPS, 2006.

An oil survey team is abducted after a suspicious accident. It's up to Pitt to track down the villians responsible, and he subsequently learns about a plot involving suppling oil to China and the undermining of the global oil markets.

By Clive Cussler and Paul Kemprecos

The NUMA Files

A series, focusing on members of Pitts renowned National Underwater and Marine Agency team, featuring Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala, continues the Cussler tradition of multi-level plots, resourceful heroes, dastardly villains, and hair-raising adventure.

Serpent. Pocket, 1999.
Blue Gold. Pocket, 2000.
Fire on Ice. GPPS, 2002.
White Death. GPPS, 2003.
Lost City. GPPS, 2004.
Polar Shift. GPPS, 2005.

By Clive Cussler and Craid Dirgo

The Orgeon Files

An a group of ex-military and intelligence operatives are the highly proficient mercenaries of the Corporation. They are headquartered on the ship Oregon (which made a cameo appearance in Flood Tide), a seagoing marvel of science and technology disguised as an ancient, rust-bucket cargo vessel. The Corporation, which hires itself out to countries and individuals needing specialized services, is headed by the mysterious and brillaint Juan Cabrillo. But these are "mercenaries with a conscience" who are adept at separating the good guys from the bed guys.