Tens of thousands of years ago: a fist of stone punches through the earth's atmosphere and falls on the snowy wastes of Greenland - its deadly secret waiting to be found by man . . . The discovery of a radioactive meteorite in Greenland sends Juan Cabrillo and the crew of his hi-tech ship Oregon - in Iceland to seize a nuclear weapon from terrorists - on a second rescue mission: to retrieve the dangerious stellar object before someone unlocks the terrible properties it holds. Unfortunately, Cabrillo is too late to prevent a fanatical group from spiriting the orb away. Now Cabrillo and his team aboard the Oregon have two problems: preventing the detonation of a nuclear bomb in London on New Year's Eve, and getting their hands on the meteorite before a madman uses it to start World War III . . . 'Impossible to put down . . . a compelling sense of adventure that can rival any cinematic blockbuster.' Big Issue 'Cussler is hard to beat.' Daily Mail