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Dragon (Dirk Pitt Adventure) (original 1990; edition 2006)

by Clive Cussler

Series: Dirk Pitt (10)

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The tenth action-packed thriller in the Dirk Pitt series, where the adventurer must foil the deadly conspiracy of a group of Japanese nationalist fanatics.
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Title:Dragon (Dirk Pitt Adventure)
Authors:Clive Cussler
Info:Pocket Books (2006), Edition: First Edition, Paperback, 608 pages
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  BooksInMirror | Feb 19, 2024 |
A Dirk Pitt Novel. The book opens in early 19450with an aircrew getting ready for a secret mission to bomb Japan with a nuclear bomb. The airplane is shot down on its trip to its target city and is lost to history. Then we move to modern times where a cruise ship has spotted a derelict ship and sends over a crew to take possession of it. It then blows up destroying both ships along with a NUMA research vessel. Dirk Pitt is on the bottom of the ocean in a secret habitat near the explosion. As we go along in the book, we find out that a Japanese crime syndicate is behind a plan to rule the world financially. The climax of the book is Dirk Pitt saving the day, again. I do enjoy the historical parts of the book. Those are my favorite parts. Dirk Pitt, as always, seems invincible, but I still enjoyed the story. I must, as I keep reading them. ( )
  jamesjarrett00 | Aug 4, 2023 |
As many Cussler novels do, this story starts on an important historical date - 6 Aug 1945 - with the covered-up loss of a sister aircraft and atomic bomb that was also on it's way to Japan.
This is an epic (585 page paperback) Dirk Pitt adventure centred around a Japanese organised crime syndicate who intend to avenge Japan. ( )
  PhillipThomas | May 1, 2022 |
[Dirk Pitt] had always believed that insurmountable odds were surmountable.


These books are so ridiculous.

In 1945, a nuclear bomb is lost on it's way to Japan (apparently there were two sent in this world). In 1993, a Japanese cargo ship is found adrift with obvious--to the reader--signs of radiation poisoning. You'd think the two things are related, but ... we'll you'll just to read and find out.

And along the way? Japanese criminals/businessmen hoping to take over the world economically, by way of a nuclear threat. Robots. Lots and lots of robots, driving cars, defending evil lairs, and beatable only by... a magnet in a sock or a length of hose and some silk? Like I said. Ridiculous.

A few other things that made me smile throughout the story:

- The opening scenes with the lost B-29 bomber and the nuclear explosion aboard the container ship were an excellent start to the ship, along with the rescue of the few survivors.

- At one point one of the female characters is literally described as a 'Bond girl but smarter'. Cussler may still have some issues with female characters, but he's getting better and he's definitely acknowledging it.

- For at least the second time, someone had a background check on Pitt and commented that it 'reads like an adventure story'.

- Dirk Pitt gets a chance to race one of his classic automobiles. His opponent for the race? Clive Cussler. So far as author insertion (and having read a bit about Cussler's history outside of writing), it makes sense.

- An exchange between two characters: Smith: 'Dirk Pitt can do anything!' Pitt: 'I wish people would stop staying that.'

- A scene towards the end where they drop a giant undersea crawler out of an airplane. Just cool.

- Once again, this book bumped into one of the problems with writing about real world events and setting yourself a few years in the future. There are comments about 'West Germany'. When this book was published in 1990, the Berlin Wall had fallen only months before and re-unification had not yet been completed. But by 1993 when the books take place, both events had most certainly have occurred. Then again, it's quite clearly an alternate history at this point, so take it as it goes.

Overall, a fun read. The opening is strong and the island invasion and Pitt's 'final' mission were also action packed reads. The middle was somewhat muddled, but still fine. Overall, worth the listen. Onward! ( )
  jpv0 | Jul 21, 2021 |
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To the men and women of our nation's intelligence services, whose dedication and loyalty are seldom recognized. And whose efforts have saved American citizens more tragedies than can be imagined.
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The devil clutched a bomb in his left hand, a pitchfork in his right, and smirked impishly.
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