Clive Cussler
Paperback | Pages: 528 pages Rating: 3.94 | 21258 Users | 512 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Valhalla Rising |
| ISBN: | 0425204049 (ISBN13: 9780425204047) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Dirk Pitt #16 |
| Characters: | Dirk Pitt |
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Marine explorer Dirk Pitt must rely on the nautical lore of Jules Verne to stop a ruthless oil baron with his sights set on political power in this #1 New York Times-bestselling series.In the middle of its maiden voyage, a luxury cruise ship using revolutionary new engines suddenly catches fire and sinks. Its alarms stay silent; its sprinkler system remains inactive. Nearby NUMA special projects director Dirk Pitt notices smoke and races to the rescue. He's too late to save the engineer behind the ship's new technology, but helps the man's daughter, Kelly Egan, escape with her father's work in a leather briefcase.
While Ms. Egan strives to uncover the hidden value in her father's inventions, Pitt is hired on by maritime insurers to investigate the wreckage. Neither are prepared for the mechanical marvels they'll soon be forced to confront. The machines could only be the stuff of legend, described in the tales of Viking explorers or the accounts of Jules Verne. And they may be Pitt and Egan's only hope when an oil tycoon with a plan of his own appears on the scene.
Before journey's end, Pitt will take on a power-mad millionaire, tread upon territory previously known only to Verne's illustrious Captain Nemo, and make shocking discoveries about his own past.
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| Title | : | Valhalla Rising (Dirk Pitt #16) |
| Author | : | Clive Cussler |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 528 pages |
| Published | : | October 26th 2004 by G.P. Putnam's Sons (first published October 26th 2001) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Adventure. Thriller. Action. Mystery. Suspense. Mystery Thriller |
Rating Regarding Books Valhalla Rising (Dirk Pitt #16)
Ratings: 3.94 From 21258 Users | 512 ReviewsCrit Regarding Books Valhalla Rising (Dirk Pitt #16)
Cusler tries to tie in Viking history and Jules Verne technology to defeat an international oil company that is killing thousands and corrupting our political system. I thought that I was reading a a new expose from MSNBC.My first Cussler book, and it will be my last. Before anyone sends me a nasty-gram about this review, remember, I'm not taking away your right to enjoy this book, it's just that I didn't. Dirk Pitt is just a little too much, don't you think? I mean, your ancient rare plane isn't showing up for your air show? Call Dirk Pitt! Need to know the exact year that some submarine crashed? He's your guy! I won't give it away, but I was glad that the ending of the book presented Pitt with a situation where
Good book, but higher rating impossible because of the ending. (view spoiler)[Seriously?! How does he have children? FFS go back and read your own work, sir! Unless Pitt had relations with an unconscious Summer in the hotel room, they were never alone long enough to have had sex in any other time they were together. As far as I know, that still has to happen in order to procreate. (hide spoiler)]
My first Clive Cussler book - and perhaps still my favorite. Dirk Pitt is so much better than Kurt Austin. This was a great, fresh style for me at the time that I read it several years ago, and is the reason I'm a Clive Cussler fan today.
I really don't understand how everyone drools over Cussler so much. Dirk Pitt is an asshole, and the entire thing just seems like one big Cussler Love fest. He's far too into himself for my tastes... I mean... Writing yourself into your own novels? Come on. Try a James Rollins book. Much better action, more research into the technical and historical aspects, and more interesting characters.
Cussler delivers again! Pitts heroics and adventures allow me to visit swashbuckling tales and travel the world. Enjoy this hero tale for the pure entertainment.
This book started out all right, on a three-star level. There was a lot of action which kept me interested. Pitt saved the day, and then... he did it again. And again. And again. It was just too much, and it grew more unlikely with every time. Furthermore, the story is packed with gorgeous, frightened women who stare up at Pitt in wide-eyed admiration and enjoy cleaning up after him in his a-ma-zing museum of a home. Truly disgusting. And last but not least, every motorized vehicle (and there
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