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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Campy in dialogue, metaphor and at times plot, over written and over described a times but still a good fast paced read where you know the good guys will win in the end. Like the other Cussler I read, 2023I had run out of books while away at work and found this laying around. Almost a 3 but it was fast reading when I was in the office. ( ) A good page-turning read involving a World War II biological weapon that has lain on the seabed since the close of the war, when the submarines carrying it were sunk before it could be deployed. A North Korean industrialist with plans on driving the Americans from South Korea sets out to recover the weapon with the intention of using it against American cities. A trial release in Alaska leads to unexplained seal corpses, which soon prompts a NUMA investigation. Dirk Pitt becomes obsessed with uncovering what’s happening and rapidly finds himself on a collision course with the Korean and his henchmen. The story is slightly spoiled by a lack of realism in how the villain treats Pitt: rather than simply shooting him when Pitt is captured (as he does other opponents without hesitation), he repeatedly chooses to keep him alive instead (for no apparent reason), allowing Pitt to return and disrupt his activities again, and the cycle repeats. In very James Bond story fashion, during one encounter, the Korean shackles Pitt in a cave that is about to flood and leaves him there to die; and on another occasion, ties him to the support structure below the base of a rocket that is about to be launched so that the flames will kill him. In both instances, of-course, Pitt escapes, only to go after the villain once more. That lack of realism disrupts what would otherwise be a very absorbing story with a strong plot. Nonetheless, I enjoyed the overall read, which kept me eagerly turning the pages to the final full stop. Another action packed adventure--too packed. It seems that Dirk Senior has aged out of the adventure business and is now Director of NUMA. He did not appear until the last third of the book when he left the desk to fly a blimp and sink a "ship". Instead, Dirk Junior and his sister Summer have all the fun. The book departed credulity when Al Giordino looks at a piece of gear and says: "What's that?" and in the next sentence is operating it like a seasoned pro. The plot remained extremely stupid and unbelievable from start to finish.....maybe, I'll give the series a haitus.... no reviews | add a review
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HTML:Legendary oceanographer Dirk Pitt must work with his children to unravel old battle plans from WWII to prevent a present-day massacre in this novel in the #1 New York Times-bestselling adventure series. In the waning days of World War II, the Japanese tried a last desperate measure. Kept secret from all but a few select officials, two submarines were sent to the West Coast of the United States, their cargo a revolutionary new strain of biological virus, their mission to unleash hell. Neither sub made it to the designated target.But that does not mean they were lost. Someone knows about the subs and what they carried, knows too where they might be, and has an extraordinary plan in mind for the prize insideâ??a plan that could reshape America, and the world, as we know it. All that stands in the way are three people: a marine biologist named Summer, a marine engineer named Dirk . . . and their father, Dirk Pitt, the new head of NUMA. Pitt has faced devastating enemies before, has even teamed up with his children to track them down. But never before has he encountered such pure evilâ??unti No library descriptions found. |
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