Nighthawk by Clive Cussler and Graham Brown

"Nighthawk" by Clive Cussler and Graham Brown - Weapon from space!

This book is published by Penguin in 2018 and has 480 pages. This is Book 14 of NUMA files. 

America has sent Nighthawk, part spacecraft - part aircraft, to space. Now it's coming back after three years. But something goes wrong and the contract with Nighthawk is lost. A massive operation is launched to locate it from wherever it crashed. NUMA joins the search. Russia and China are also trying to acquire it. 

Why such a big operation for Nighthawk? What's so special in this spacecraft? Can Kurt and Joe find it? Why Russia and China are interested?  What's at stake?

It's the cargo of Nighthawk. Something rare, something dangerous, something very lethal. That attracts all the superpowers. What's it?

Emma Townsend, a scientist of NIA, is the new character. She and Kurt are not romantically involved but there's a hint that she may reappear. There is a archeologist who thinks, rightly so, that Europeans destroyed south America by bringing their deceases that local populace couldn't survive. Then there are usual NUMA guys; Kurt, Joe, Rudy, Hairam, Priya etc.

The story is interesting. Concept is innovative. It's told by a master story teller like Cussler. So you remain interested. When everything looks lost brilliant ideas surface and save the day.

The cargo remains. The threat is not eliminated. Id's this going to be a problem in future? Well, we will have to wait and watch. 

Why did I read this book? Author.

What did I like? Concept. 

What I didn't like? Blast. 

Read if you are a Cussler fan.