''Medusa'' is a

Kurt Austin Clive Eric Cussler (July 15, 1931 – February 24, 2020) was an American adventure novelist and underwater explorer. His thriller novels, many featuring the character Dirk Pitt, have reached ''The New York Times'' fiction best-seller list ...

novel, of the series NUMA Files. This book is the eighth of that series. The hardcover edition was released June 2, 2009. Other editions of this book were released on other dates.

Plot

This novel centers around the exploits of Clive Cussler's characters

and Joe Zavala. These two and other members of NUMA respond to several mysterious incidents. One is the sudden disappearance of an underwater lab conducting experiments on a rare jellyfish (the Blue Medusa (

Cyanea lamarckii ''Cyanea lamarckii'', also known as the blue jellyfish or bluefire jellyfish, is a species of jellyfish in the family Cyaneidae. Description Blue jellyfish age can be identified by color of their bell. They tend to be pale in appearance when ...

?)), an attack on a bathysphere that almost kills passenger Zavala and an attempt to kidnap a Chinese scientist at a remote lab in the Florida Keys. The NUMA team seeks to discover who is behind these incidents. They discover a criminal organization based in China that is conducting unethical medical experiments on humans and intends to create a deadly virus that it will threaten to unleash in an attempt to blackmail the world into surrendering to its whims.

Reviews

As of September, 2021 nine-hundred-eighty-two customer reviews of ''Medusa'' were on the Amazon.com website. The book was given an average of 4 1/2 stars out of a possible five by reviewers.Amazon.com website.

References

2009 American novels Novels by Clive Cussler G. P. Putnam's Sons books The NUMA Files Collaborative novels {{2000s-thriller-novel-stub