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I keep reading Clive Cussler's Dirk Pitt stories, even though they drive me up the wall. This one had ALL my Cussler pet peeves: 1.) Dirk Pitt as irresistible, life-altering stud-muffin. Example: She was put through to his secretary, who informed her that Pitt was out on vacation and had not returned Leggi tutto

This is the second Dirk Pitt adventure I have read from Clive Cussler. The first, Raise The Titanic! , didn't impress me, but it intrigued me enough to pick up another offering from the author. Well, after this, I doubt I'll pick up a third. Cussler's writing is downright bad, the plot of the story wa Leggi tutto

Dirk Pitt takes a vacation in rustic Washington state. His neighbor is a seemingly paranoid Chinese tycoon, who bought up the whole rest of the lake where Pitt is staying. Pitt starts poking around, and finds that the bottom of the lake is littered with dead bodies, disposed of by the tycoon who is

1948 - The Dou Wan is on its final voyage carrying a secret cargo for Chang Kai-shek. It sinks en route. Three people get off on a lifeboat. Present time - Pitt is on vacation and gets curious when someone snoops around his cabin. He finds some bodies in the lake and uncovers an immigrant smuggling

Another fun and thrilling Dirk Pitt adventure. Flood Tide has Pitt coming up against a Chinese tyrant who is selling illegal immigrants into slavery, and who is also in search of a long lost shipwreck. And we are introduced to Juan Cabrillo, who is the protagonist of the Oregon Files series, which i Leggi tutto

Good Guys Win Full of thrills. Great characters, even the bad ones. Unlikely tough guy is hit. Easy to read, hard to put down. The love interest is a great fit too. I'll continue the series.

3.5 stars A kind of weird story.

Es muy del estilo de los otros que he leído de Dirk Pitt, pero aquí lo he visto más enojado, como menos controlado y más humano. El resto más o menos igual, con muchos viajes, aventuras, su historieta de amor, su historia tierna y su lado patriótico. Es que es lo que se llama "un buen chico american Leggi tutto

This book has Chinese stereotypes that make Fu Manchu look like a Nobel laureate. Read if you need something brain dead or if you enjoy "cabin in the woods" stories and don't mind a protagonist that seems physically young but who has the cultural sensitivity of a patriotic, battle-hardened seventy-s Leggi tutto

I enjoyed this read. Reality has to be suspended and once you have overcome that this turns into a ripping yarn involving a mad financial megalomaniac. Dirk is almost an American 007 licenced to kill.