The eleventh classic Dirk Pitt novel where the adventurer is drawn to a secret in the burning African desert which could destroy all life in the world's seas.

A CREEPING RED TIDE OF DEATH

Deep in the African desert Dirk Pitt discovers that a top secret scientific 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 the 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...