. Synopsis 1954. Vixen 03 is down. The plane, bound for the Pacific carrying thirty-six Doomsday bombs -- canisters armed with quick-death germs of unbelievable potency -- vanishes. Vixen has in fact crashed into an ice-covered lake in Colorado. 1988. Dirk Pitt, who heroically raised the Titanic , discovers the wreckage of Vixen 03 . But two deadly canisters are missing. They're in the hands of a terrorist group. Their lethal mission: to sail a battleship seventy-five miles up the Potomac and blast Washington, D.C., to kingdom come. Only Dirk can stop them. Product Identifiers ISBN-10 0553273906 ISBN-13 9780553273908 Author Clive Cussler Number Of Pages 384 pages Series Dirk Pitt Format Paperback Publication Date 1984-08-01 Language English Publisher Random House Publishing Group Publication Year 1984 Copyright Date 1978 .