Skeleton Coastis Clive Cussler's fourth Oregon Files adventure, featuring captain Juan Cabrillo.

1896: HMS Rove vanishes in a shocking storm off the African coast. Aboard is a fortune in stolen diamonds...

Present day: Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the covert super-shipOregonhave just escaped a double-cross on the Congo River when they come to the aid of Sloane Macintyre - looking for some long lost treasure. Sloane's story is strange and when Juan checks it out, he finds that there's much more than just diamonds at stake on the African coast.

A deranged militant and his followers plan to unleash a devastating power that will kill millions and cause worldwide havoc. Soon theOregonis steaming to the rescue - but some forces are so extreme that even a hero like Juan Cabrillo thinks twice before getting involved...

The number-one bestseller Clive Cussler, author of the thrilling Dirk Pitt novelsCrescent DawnandAtlantis Found, and co-author Jack Du Brul tell a gripping story of treasure hunting and treachery in the fourth novel of the adventure series TheOregonFiles.Skeleton CoastfollowsSacred StoneandDark Watch.

Praise for Clive Cussler:

'The guy I read' Tom Clancy

Bestselling author Clive Cussler has kept readers on the edges of their seats for four decades with his thrilling action novels. As well as the Oregon Files series there are also the NUMA Files, the Dirk Pitt stories (which started it all), the Isaac Bell adventures and the Fargo series. The other titles in the Oregon Files are:Golden Buddha, Sacred Stone, Dark Watch, Plague Ship, Corsair, The Silent SeaandThe Jungleand are all available in Penguin paperback.