In 1954, a plane bound for the Pacific carrying 36 Doomsday bombs vanished, crashing into an ice-covered lake in Colorado. Thirty-four years later, Dirk Pitt discovers the wreckage of Vixen 03--but two of the bombs are missing. Available in a tall Premium Edition. Reissue. \nA RIVETING, DEATH-DEFYING DIRK PITT ADVENTURE \n1954: Vixen 03 is down. The plane, bound for the Pacific carrying thirty-six Doomsday Bombs--canisters armed with quick-death germs of unbelievable potency--vanishes. Vixen has in fact crashed into an ice-covered lake in Colorado. \n \n1988: Dirk Pitt, who heroically raised the Titanic, discovers the wreckage of Vixen 03. But two deadly canisters are missing. They're in the hands of a terrorist group. Their lethal mission: to sail a battleship seventy-five miles up the Potomac and blast Washington, D.C., to kingdom come. Only Dirk can stop them.\n