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Loading... Vixen 03 (edition 1978)by Clive Cussler
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Dirk Pitt Novel. The book opens in the early 1950's with an aircrew getting ready for a secret mission in a snow storm. The airplane crashes and is lost to history. Then we move to modern times where Dirk Pitt is on vacation with his girlfriend. While on vacation he finds the plane and wants to find out about the history of the plane. The book then looks at an anti-apartheid group that is fighting against South Africa's racist government. We then move on to see a plan the South Africans are putting into place to deal with the rebels. The climax of the book is Washington DC getting shelled by a battleship. I really love the history parts of the book. Those are my favorite parts. The suspense parts are good, but they are not as much my thing. Dirk Pitt, as always, seems invincible, but I still enjoyed the story. ( ) [b:Vixen 03|41700|Vixen 03 (Dirk Pitt, #5)|Clive Cussler|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1340904695s/41700.jpg|1272298] by [a:Clive Cussler|18411|Clive Cussler|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1225620641p2/18411.jpg] Genres; Action/Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Suspense 4 Stars It took awhile for me to find the copy of the one I read. I think I got it right. I wish I still had my copies! But, alas, I have lost them through the many times I have moved. Through my own adventures, while worth it, caused me to lose those copies decades ago. Al Giordino is still my favorite character in the Dirk Pitt series. [b:Vixen 03|41700|Vixen 03 (Dirk Pitt, #5)|Clive Cussler|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1340904695l/41700._SY75_.jpg|1272298] was a surprisingly good listen. From the reviews, I expected something far worse. It's Pitt to the core, with crazy action scenes, ocean (more lake really) salvage, weird ships where they shouldn't be, and Pitt getting himself mixed up in situations he has no reason to be involved in. Oh, and a sprinkling of racism and misogyny. At least it's getting better? Plotwise, the story of the doomed Vixen 03, it's discovery, and the involved salvage mission is the best part of the book. The final conclusion with a retired battleship, retrofitted, and sailed up Overall, a good book. Not quite as good as [b:Raise the Titanic!|41706|Raise the Titanic! (Dirk Pitt, #4)|Clive Cussler|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1439783780l/41706._SY75_.jpg|81973], but a fun listen nevertheless. no reviews | add a review
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"1954, Vixen 03 is down. The plane, bound for the Pacific carrying thirty-six Doomsday bombs-canisters armed with quick-death germs of unbelievable potency-vanished. Vixen has in fact crashed into an ice-covered lake in Colorado. 1968, Dirk Pitt, who heroically raised the Titanic, discovers the wreckage of Vixen 03. But two deadly canisters are missing. They're in the hands of a terrorist group. Their lethal mission: to sail a battleship seventy-five miles up the Potomac and blast Washington, D.C., to kingdom come. Only Dirk can stop them."--P. [4] of cover. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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