Dragon (Dirk Pitt novel)

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Dragon
Written by: Clive Cussler
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Series: NUMA Series
Preceded by: Treasure (Dirk Pitt novel)
Followed by: Sahara (novel)
First published: 1990
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Dragon is the tenth book in the NUMA Series featuring the character Dirk Pitt, by Clive Cussler. It is an adventure techno-thriller novel. It was first published by Simon & Schuster in hardcover form in 1990 and then by Pocket Books in paperback on July 1, 1991. LGF published a different paperback edition on January 1, 1993.

In 1945, a B-29 bomber carrying a third atomic bomb to Japan is shot down over the sea off the coast of Japan. Several years later in 1993, a group of Japanese terrorists uncover the bomber's wreckage and plot to use the atomic bomb to restore Japan's former glory through nuclear blackmail.

Tropes used in Dragon (Dirk Pitt novel) include:
  • Creator Cameo: This is the first of many cameo appearances by Clive Cussler within his novels.