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i11iane's review against another edition
3.0
Enjoyable, entertaining, fun, but the plot really does stretch it quite a bit :)
professorfate's review against another edition
3.0
For a Dirk Pitt book, this novel was most decidedly meh. The villains weren't really compelling, some of the situations were incoherent and the writing was not crisp at all. Frankly, there were points when I was bored reading this.
I fear that Cussler's work from here on is going to be like James Patterson. When Patterson started working with all of his co-authors putting out a book a month, I stopped reading because the quality went way down. I will continue with the Dirk Pitt books, and I will hope that this was just an aberration, but I am worried.
I fear that Cussler's work from here on is going to be like James Patterson. When Patterson started working with all of his co-authors putting out a book a month, I stopped reading because the quality went way down. I will continue with the Dirk Pitt books, and I will hope that this was just an aberration, but I am worried.
smalltownbookmom's review against another edition
3.0
Not the best Dirk Pitt story by any means but not a bad read overall.
balthazarlawson's review against another edition
2.0
For the head of a huge organization like NUMA Dirk Pitt seems to be able to spend a lot of time away from his desk avoiding all that administrative detail needed to keep the place going. And his deputy, Rudi Gunn, is right by his side. As well as Al Giordino.
While conducting a survey in a Russian lake, Dirk and Al rescue a team of geologists from another boat when they are swamped by a rouge wave. Then Dirk's boat is deliberately sunk and the rescued geologists have disappeared. This is the beginning of a rescue mission for the missing geologists that takes Dirk and Al to Mongolia and the headquarters of a mysterious oil company.
Far fetched is the best way to describe this. Convoluted is another. Overly padded. This is way too long and has too many side stories. A third of this book could have been cut and the crux of the story would have remained.
While conducting a survey in a Russian lake, Dirk and Al rescue a team of geologists from another boat when they are swamped by a rouge wave. Then Dirk's boat is deliberately sunk and the rescued geologists have disappeared. This is the beginning of a rescue mission for the missing geologists that takes Dirk and Al to Mongolia and the headquarters of a mysterious oil company.
Far fetched is the best way to describe this. Convoluted is another. Overly padded. This is way too long and has too many side stories. A third of this book could have been cut and the crux of the story would have remained.
frahorus's review against another edition
3.0
Dopo ben nove anni (da Vento nero) riesco a terminare una nuova avventura di Dirk Pitt, l'Indiana Jones dei mari. Solitamente preferisco leggere le sue avventure nel periodo estivo, ma non è mai stata una regola fissa. Stavolta il nostro capo della NUMA se la dovrà vedere con misteriose esplosioni sismiche, che poi vedremo non essere per nulla scaturite dalla natura, ma dal congegno di un folle mongolo fissato con Gengis Khan. Avventura ambientata tra la Siberia e la Mongolia, ben scritta, scorrevole come sempre, e stavolta il nostro Pitt non solo riesce a salvare la tomba del mitico Gengis Khan, ma alla fine scopre pure quella del Kublai Khan. Avrei preferito uno scontro più epico alla fine col nemico di turno, ma devo dire che ritrovare i protagonisti di tante belle avventure fa solo piacere. Speriamo che le avventure di Dirk Pitt continuino ancora per molto molto tempo.
lindalou22's review against another edition
3.0
Not something I normally read and not something I would read again.
An action mystery concerning Genghis Khan, oil wells, the sea, and world power. People are constantly being killed or captured and per usual, Dirk, the heroic six foot three American saves the world and gets to go home at the end of the day.
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An action mystery concerning Genghis Khan, oil wells, the sea, and world power. People are constantly being killed or captured and per usual, Dirk, the heroic six foot three American saves the world and gets to go home at the end of the day.
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craftingrama's review against another edition
2.0
2 different Dirks in the same book and not saying who is who gets mighty confusing when one is in the desert and one is in the ocean that was one of the dumbest things I've ever seen in a book in all my 50 yrs or so of reading sheesh
iniye's review against another edition
4.0
“When Dirk Pitt is nearly killed rescuing an oil survey team from a freak wave on Russia’s Lake Baikal, it appears a simple act of nature. But when the survey team is abducted and Pitt’s research vessel nearly sunk, it becomes clear this is no run of bad luck, but the influence of something, or someone, more sinister.
In fact, Pitt and the NUMA crew have inadvertently stepped between a Mongolian tycoon and his plans to corner the global oil market, beginning with covert negotiations in China. To ensure the deal goes through, this mysterious businessman will encourage ever-escalating acts of sabotage and violence.
Pitt and Giordino soon learn the magnate’s fury and his power both stem from the same source: a dark secret about Genghis Khan, the greatest conqueror the world has ever known. To Pitt and Giordino the famed Khan’s empire is nearly the stuff of legend and his tomb a forgotten mystery. But the Khan’s legacy is very real. And it’s the treasure of his grandson Kublai Khan that holds the key to stopping this modern-day oil baron from restoring the conquests of his ancestors. That is, if Pitt and Giordino get there first…”
This was my first Clive Cussler novel. It started off well, but it changed course so fast. I got tired and almost regretted picking it up. Great book, but I don't think treasure hunts are for me.
In fact, Pitt and the NUMA crew have inadvertently stepped between a Mongolian tycoon and his plans to corner the global oil market, beginning with covert negotiations in China. To ensure the deal goes through, this mysterious businessman will encourage ever-escalating acts of sabotage and violence.
Pitt and Giordino soon learn the magnate’s fury and his power both stem from the same source: a dark secret about Genghis Khan, the greatest conqueror the world has ever known. To Pitt and Giordino the famed Khan’s empire is nearly the stuff of legend and his tomb a forgotten mystery. But the Khan’s legacy is very real. And it’s the treasure of his grandson Kublai Khan that holds the key to stopping this modern-day oil baron from restoring the conquests of his ancestors. That is, if Pitt and Giordino get there first…”
This was my first Clive Cussler novel. It started off well, but it changed course so fast. I got tired and almost regretted picking it up. Great book, but I don't think treasure hunts are for me.
hjh's review against another edition
2.0
This was actually pretty good. Only rolled my eyes a few times....