Clive Cussler Desolation Code

The NUMA Files, Book 21

De: Graham Brown

Narrado por: Scott Brick

Kurt Austin and the NUMA crew face swarms of deadly bio-hacked sea locusts, a runaway AI system, and a sinister cult in the latest novel in the #1 New York Times-bestselling series created by the “grand master of adventure” Clive Cussler.

When Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala investigate a mass stranding of aquatic life in the Indian Ocean, they accidentally uncover a much deeper mystery. A strange figure soon steals NUMA’s findings, forcing a high-speed chase—someone really didn’t want them examining those dead whales. But who, and why?

A cryptic text through the NUMA satellite network makes things still stranger: these odd phrases and numbers look like NUMA codes. But who could be tantalizing the crew with such specific knowledge of their tech? Are they being helped by an old friend, or lured into a trap by a traitor who knows a little too much about NUMA’s inner workings?

Kurt, Joe, and even Max, the agency’s supercomputer, will have to investigate like never before as they decrypt data, infiltrate a cult of cloned men, and prepare for a battle on two very different planes: one physical; one digital. The aquatic stranding was just the beginning of a sinister plan concocted by a mind more brilliant than any they’ve ever faced—the mind of a machine. A new, terrifying world order is being plotted. First marine ecosystems will be devastated, then the entire globe’s…Unless the NUMA crew can stop this code of desolation.

©2024 Graham Brown (P)2024 Penguin Audio

Story line was intriguing.

Nice to see more of the characters inner selves, along with a not too distant future of what’s coming for the human race.

Relevance to today's AI development.

No answer to whether or not the villan was a clone. Will this be future story ?

Possibilities

Makes you think of the possibilities of the future with AI by the end of yhe book

Possibility of this becoming a reality

The blending of the storyline with the merging of AI today. Movement of the story.

Very well done

Not sure if he is in a way talking about the govt as it has very close ties to lot of it which I think is very interesting love all his books

total suspence and action

classic story telling
very contemporary subject matter and really shows the potential of problems. Scott brick the reader is just phenomenal

Always exciting

Clive Cussler is my favorite writer. I truly enjoy all of his series. I can't wait to read more.

Like an old classIc with current topics

This was a bit of a surprise I had thought of Clive Cussler as writing more in the 90s than today. Same style as I read then but with new topics like artificial intelligence and genetic clones.

Best in a while

I really enjoyed this one. I’ve got them all and this one really kept me guessing more than usual. Great listen and I know you’ll enjoy it!

A I future

In the beginning a little slow, but pace of story soon picked up. Scott Brick, as usual, made the story almost believable.