Pacific Vortex!

Special agent Dirk Pitt is pulled into the Pacific Vortex, a fog-shrouded stretch of ocean where ships vanish without explanation. The latest casualty is the Starbuck, a nuclear submarine whose loss poses a catastrophic security threat. Pitt's mission: locate and recover the vessel before it falls into enemy hands. His search draws him into underwater combat, a labyrinthine conspiracy, and an encounter with Summer Moran, whose danger may match anything the ocean has to offer.

Scott Brick is a reliable choice for adventure fiction, and his narration of this Dirk Pitt origin story has the propulsive energy the material requires. Brick keeps the pacing tight through the novel's action sequences while giving Cussler's characteristic combination of technical detail and escapist bravado its proper theatrical weight. A well-matched pairing for the first entry in a long-running series.