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Crescent Dawn by Dirk Cussler, Clive Cussler

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kathydavie's review against another edition

3.0

Twenty-first in the Dirk Pitt action-adventure series, Crescent Dawn is the perfect title and combines Clive and Dirk’s styles with the addition of Dirk, Jr. and Summer Pitt’s to the NUMA team. I’m not sure why I felt a bit let down. Even though there is just as much action…really!...it felt like less although it could simply have been that we had three different theatres of [good guy] action occurring.

In this very topical story, the action centers around a greedy brother and sister, direct descendants of the last Ottoman sultan of Turkey, eager to reclaim their birthright who use terrorism to bolster public approval of their handpicked fundamental Muslim candidate for Turkish president. Unfortunately, they don’t limit themselves to Christian and Jewish targets as they feel they’ll get “more bang for their buck” by primarily targeting Muslim holy sites.

The three areas in which our heroes get pulled in include: the finding of an Ottoman wreck outside Istanbul; the discovery of scrolls logging activities at an ancient Roman port in Israel; and, the escalating uncovering of the cover-up of Lord Kitchener’s death when the HMS Hampshire was blown up in World War I.

Yes, Cussler does exaggerate his characters…it’s what makes them so much fun! I look forward to what antique car Dirk will acquire as well as what new techno gadget Giordino dreams up in the course of their adventures.

I do like the Bullet on the cover. It’s not how I had pictured it but I want one!

pberry87's review against another edition

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3.0

I usually enjoy this series. This book was painful to read for me. I kept reading, hence the 3 stars, but I skipped over a lot of it. Very predictable if you've read other books in the series and the story arcs didn't seem to fit together as well as usual.

burr896's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

frahorus's review against another edition

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4.0

In questa ventunesima avventura del direttore della NUMA, Dirk Pitt, tutta ambientata nel Mediterraneo (quindi a due passi da casa mia) ritroviamo un Pitt che, nonostante i suoi 64 anni ben portati, riesce ancora a salvarsi dai guai causati, stavolta, da veri e propri terroristi pronti a tutto pur di restaurare il vecchio impero ottomano. Ma è anche - e sopratutto - un'avventura degna di Indiana Jones, con scavi, ritrovamenti leggendari (i sandali e un ritratto di Gesù), fughe al cardiopalma, ricerche teologiche e, a tratti, potrebbe anche ricordare il Dan Brown de Il codice Da Vinci. Stavolta la presenza dei figli di Pitt, Dirk e Summer, ci stava, anche se i momenti vissuti assieme sono sempre pochi. Bello l'inizio, degno del miglior film di James Bond, con Pitt e la relativa consorte Loren che fuggono inseguiti dai terroristi (e Pitt ha pure il tempo per guidare un'auto d'epoca).
Spero di leggere presto le altre due nuove avventure di Dirk Pitt, ovvero La freccia di Poseidone e Havana Storm.

furicle's review against another edition

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3.0

Not a bad one, as these ones go, but the state of preservation if the final ship wreck was hard to swallow (yes, more than usual). Summer gets the short stick too, brother getting almost all the good action parts...

sojourner82's review against another edition

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5.0

The adventures of Dirk Pitt are always fascinating. I love how Cussler staged this one in a way that is believable and entertaining. You won’t be disappointed.