Sacred Stone

A power that could destroy the world A prize that men will kill to possess Juan Cabrillo must find it first... Two opposing groups seek a 50,000-year-old radioactive meteorite known as the Sacred Stone. Muslim extremists have stolen a nuclear device and need the stone to give them the power to vaporize any city in the west. A megalomaniacal industrialist leads a group seeking to carry out the utter annihilation of Islam itself. And caught between the two militant factions is Juan Cabrillo and his crew, who must do whatever they can to stop the impending doom...Cussler, Clive is the author of 'Sacred Stone', published 2008 under ISBN 9780425201022 and ISBN 0425201023.