Clive Cussler

An American special agent embarks with amazing effort on a mission to recover vital material for the United States defence. It was believed that the mighty "unsinkable" ship contained vital material which could be used to make the United States impregnable to atomic attack. The ship is down too deep for divers, so the only solution is to raise it and the Herculean project must be managed in absolute secrecy - despite the extreme rigors of the climate, deadly interference from a rival nation, and the need to invent technology never before conceived. The extraordinary task is interlaced with the the stories of the people and the forces working against them.

Master explorer Dirk Pitt (Matthew McConaughey) takes on the adventure of his life when he embarks on a treasure hunt through some of the most dangerous regions of North Africa. Searching for whal locals call "The Ship of Death", a long lost Civil War battleship filled with coins, Pitt and his wisecracking sidekick (Steve Zahn) use their wits and clever heroics to help Doctor Eva Rojas (Penelope Cruz) who believes the ship may be linked to mysterious deaths in the very same area.

Marine life planetwide is dying off in staggering proportions, and if adventurer Dirk Pitt can't find the solution - ALL life is in danger. So what's he doing looking for the answer in the middle of the Sahara desert? Just trust him.

Schemers vigilantly attempt to raise the fated vessel Titanic from its murky grave when they suspect that there's a fortune in radioactive cargo aboard.