government to steal the mineral for the United States. Using clues found by Koplin, Seagram determines that the byzanium - a chunk worth more than a quarter of a billion dollars in 1912 figures - was mined in the early part of the 20th century by a group called 'The Coloradans.' The group was hired by the French, but persuaded by the U.S.

While making his way back to his hidden boat, Koplin is shot and captured by a Russian guard but is rescued by Pitt.

There he discovers that the byzanium vein has already been mined. After satellite data pinpoints the most likely source of byzanium, Meta Section sends Sid Koplin to a small island off the northern coast of the USSR. The immense power needs of the Sicilian Project can be met only by an extremely rare mineral called byzanium. One result: the Sicilian Project, which uses sound waves to stop incoming ballistic missiles. Gene Seagram leads the top-secret Pentagon program Meta Section, which secretly attempts to leapfrog current technology by 20 to 30 years. When no method can be found of extracting the mineral under more than of water, Pitt and his crew set out to do the impossible: raise the Titanic.ĭr. Seventy-five years later, it is discovered that Titanics hold contains a shipment of a rare mineral, the only available supply in the world large enough to power a top-secret and vital United States defense program. In 1912, the RMS Titanic went to the bottom of the North Atlantic in one of history's most infamous maritime disasters.

Raise the Titanic! was the third published book to feature the author's protagonist, Dirk Pitt.

1.7 References to actual history, geography and current science.

1.6 Literary significance and criticism.

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