Tempesta al Polo

Spirited ole' NUMA Files. WWII backdrop. Backstory I read this book over a period of 8 years.Not because it was boring. Not because I have an OCD that a started book must be finished.I started it multiple times over different cities that I carried but could never end. Jinxed perhaps.Finally, I com

I don't like giving negative reviews, so I'll keep this short... Good points: Easy to read, flowing, simple prose, for the most part. Some nice scientific ideas and the bits of technical speak, aside from being a bit clumsy, were fun. Bad points: Sexist, a teensy big misogynist, not very exciting (wh Leggi tutto

Já havia uns tempos em que anda curioso em relação a este Autor. Talvez fosse pelo grafismo apelativo dos livros, ou pelo seu nome engraçado, ou ainda pelo fascínio que uma aventura com contornos científicos, passada em locais exóticos e no mar, me suscita. A verdade é que finalmente decidi pegar num Leggi tutto

It seems Cusslers’ collaboration with Kemprecos produces better stories than the books shared with his son. Or maybe Kurt Austin isn’t as overworked a character as Dirk Pitt. Either way, this is almost classic Cussler. Almost, because the divergent story elements aren’t there like his early couple d Leggi tutto

This was my intro to this author and really had a difficult time in getting used to the author's slang. The story line as usual... dominated by masculine characters (super-human in fact), escaping all odds and saving the world from cataclysm without much unaccounted twists... Readers who are fond of Leggi tutto

Polar Shift was a well written novel with the expected tension of a Clive Cussler thriller. The idea of a man-made polar shift causing giant waves and whirlpools in the ocean could allow an antiglobalization anarchist group to take control of mankind was intriguing. But again, Kurt Austin and the NU Leggi tutto

(Spanish edition, review in both languages for my non spanish speaking friends) 3.5 stars for me. Cuando pensaba que Scarecrow de Matthew Reilly podía con todo sin tener super poderes aparece Kurt Austin de la NUMA. Ese sujeto no se inmutará ante nada y aun cuando parece casi super humano, me gustó b Leggi tutto

1944 Professor Kovacs wordt door duitsers "ontvoerd". Hij is een duits-hongaarse electrisch genie. Hij krijgt valse papieren van iemand die behoord tot de "kriesaukreis." - Er daagde licht in de ogen van de professor."De Kriesau kreis?" Hij had geruchten gehoord over de ondergrondse verzetsgroep - We Leggi tutto

I liked the action in this book and really enjoyed the scenes where the main character was racing to stop this or that disaster. But, there was a lot of slow in between periods that kind of dragged the book down not to mention how it seems a little improbable how all the nations of the world worked

I enjoyed this book, it was a fun adventure story with great characters that were bright and hard working. Although the science was probably not accurate, it made for a fun and scary "what if" scenario with lots of plot twists, but not enough to distract from the main story and woven together nicely Leggi tutto