Shock Wave

Arthur Dorsett: An ugly, hulking giant of a man, head of the world’s second largest diamond empire, he has the personality of a pit bull and a sneering disdain for any human weakness. His master plan will destroy the global diamond market—and net him billions...

Maeve Fletcher: Dorsett’s lithe and lovely blond daughter rebelled against laboring in her father’s mines, changing her name and earning her master’s degree in zoology without a penny of his fortune. But now her father has ordered her to spy on Dirk Pitt and NUMA, seizing the ultimate motivators—her twin six-year-old sons...

Mason Broadmoor: A revered totem-pole carver of Canada’s Haida Indian tribe, he smuggled Pitt into the Dorsett mine on Kunghit Island where Pitt unlocked the key to the murderous blasting operations—and was captured by Dorsett’s thugs. But Broadmoor’s daring rescue gave him the ride of his life...

Boudicca Dorsett: A towering Amazon beauty with the imperious poise of a tigress, she is in charge of security operations for Dorsett Consolidated Mining Limited. Her physical strength far surpasses that of most men, and her sadistic streak is rivaled only by her father’s...

Deirdre Dorsett: A glamorous woman with copper hair and the flair of a fashion model, she is vividly attractive to Dirk Pitt, until he perceives that her sensuality and sophistication conceal a heart as cold as polar ice...

Hiram Yaeger: The iconoclastic chief of NUMA’s computer network is filled with horror when a magnificent new graphics program targets the next area to be rocked by Dorsett’s revolutionary mining technique...