nIn the midst of an international crisis, Heidi Milligan, a beautiful, brilliant American naval commander, accidentally discovers an obscure reference to the long-buried North American Treaty, a precedent-shattering secret pact between the United States and Great Britain. The President believes that the treaty offers the single shot at salvation for an energy-starved, economically devastated nation, but the only two copies plummeted into the watery depths of the Atlantic in twin disasters long ago. The original document must be found--and the one American who can do the job is Dirk Pitt. n But in London, a daring counterplot is being orchestrated to see that the treaty is never implemented. Brian Shaw, a master spy who has often worked hand in hand with American agents, now confronts his most challenging command. Pitts mission: Raise the North American Treaty. Shaws mission: Stop Pitt. n n Praise for Night Probe and the Dirk Pitt(R) novels n n A rich tale . . . an absorbing, carefully told mystery with plenty of surprises.--Los Angeles Times n n Dirk Pitt is a combination James Bond and Jacques Cousteau.--New York Daily Newsn