Clive Cussler
Paperback | Pages: 400 pages Rating: 3.96 | 54352 Users | 929 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Sahara |
| ISBN: | 030720961X (ISBN13: 9780307209610) |
| Edition Language: | Spanish |
| Series: | Dirk Pitt #11 |
| Characters: | Dirk Pitt, Al Giordino |
| Setting: | Mali |
| Literary Awards: | Japan Adventure Fiction Association Prize 日本冒険小説協会大賞特別賞 for Best Translated Novel (1992) |
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1996, Egypt. Searching for a treasure on the Nile, DIRK PITT thwarts the attempted assassination of a beautiful U.N. scientist investigating a disease that is driving thousands of North Africans into madness, cannibalism, and death. The suspected cause of the raging epidemic is vast, unprecedented pollution that threatens to extinguish all life in the world's seas. Racing to save the world from environmental catastrophe, Pitt and his team, equipped with an extraordinary, state-of-the-art yacht, run a gauntlet between a billionaire industrialist and a bloodthirsty West African tyrant. In the scorching desert, Pitt finds a gold mine manned by slaves and uncovers the truth behind two enduring mysteries -- the fate of a Civil War ironclad and its secret connection with Lincoln's assassination, and the last flight of a long-lost female pilot....Now, amidst the blazing, shifting sands of the Sahara, DIRK PITT will make a desperate stand -- in a battle the world cannot afford to lose!Declare Containing Books Sahara (Dirk Pitt #11)
| Title | : | Sahara (Dirk Pitt #11) |
| Author | : | Clive Cussler |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 400 pages |
| Published | : | January 11th 2005 by Debolsillo (first published June 1st 1992) |
| Categories | : | Adventure. Fiction. Thriller. Action. Mystery. Suspense. Mystery Thriller |
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Ratings: 3.96 From 54352 Users | 929 ReviewsArticle Containing Books Sahara (Dirk Pitt #11)
I saw the movie & then read the book. It wasn't bad, but was definitely a candy read. A lot of unlikely events come together to make this a non-stop thriller. Suspension of disbelief is a must from the get go, but there is enough logic overall to make it enjoyable. Pitt reminds me of a modern James Bond from the movies - not the books - in that he's the man's man, equally at home underwater or climbing a mountain, with top skills in just about everything, handsome, witty, & .... Well,a creeping red tide of death ...... set in the sahara - surprise! - a lethal chemical is being leaked into the rivers and hence the oceans. this is destroying the latter and therefore the lives of everyone on the planet is at risk it appears to come from an organisation that appears to be legal and above board but of course everything is never as it seems added to this u have warring african countries and pitt and giordino have to once again pit all their wits to survive and avert the disaster
It's a rollicking adventure story, but the barest of fig leaves over Cussler's usual misogyny.
With 568 pages of stilted dialogue and ridiculous scenarios this was a tough one to get through. I thought it would be a good poolside/train read but really didn't enjoy it.
Dirk Pitt is the Indiana Jones of the contemporary times. He has an extra oomph about him which is missing in Indie.Sahara starts with a scene just a week before the surrender of Confederate forces of Robert E. Lee in 1865. The plot then moves to 1931, when a lady, Kitty Mannock, is flying over the Sahara in quest of a new aviation record. And then it moves to 1996. A convoy of tourists are crossing the Sahara on a fleet of Land Rovers when they reach a scheduled stop at a village in the country
I picked up this book because I saw the previews for the movie coming out. But it wasn't until I had started reading the book that I realized I had tried to read this once before. I tried again, but gave up again. In this book at least, Cussler violates so many tenets of "good writing." He includes meaningless detail about what people eat and drink. His characters are stereotyped. He uses adverbs to describe dialog. I just got to the point where I said, why am I wasting my time with this? There
An excellent adventure through the Sahara desert, with some violent dictators and unscrupulous french industrialists thrown into the mix. Sahara is a fitting tribute to the late Clive Cussler. It delivers the action packed scenes and attention to detail we've come to expect from such a renowned author.Especially enjoyed the two historical side notes used in the story. I won't spoil anything, but one of them especially presents quite a surprise.Highly recommend to anyone who is a fan of this
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