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    <body><![CDATA[     Clive Cussler must have some sort of fascination with machinery. I love the odd machines that Dirk Pitt and company use in their troublesome exploits. This is the second book by Cussler and they both used strange or antique planes and vehicles.<br/>     Cussler must also have a love of quirky ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53792677">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[How many major cruise liners can you sink in one book?  And still have the main character come out alive and well?  Apparently one is not enough.  It does make for lots of action and excitement as you turn pages wondering how he's gonna escape a brutal death this time.  My favorite is how the author...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50090731">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[My first Clive Cussler book - and perhaps still my favorite.  Dirk Pitt is so much better than Kurt Austin.  This was a great, fresh style for me at the time that I read it several years ago, and is the reason I'm a Clive Cussler fan today.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Fun, but silly.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Clive Cussler once again brings Dirk Pitt to life in the adventure thriller Valhalla Rising. Pitt comes to the rescue when the luxury liner The Emerald Dolphin catches fire and sinks. Among the survivors is Kelly Eagan, who is being hunted down for her scientist father's secrets. As Pitt and his com...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31685955">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[My first Cussler book, and it will be my last.  Before anyone sends me a nasty-gram about this review, remember, I'm not taking away your right to enjoy this book, it's just that I didn't.  Dirk Pitt is just a little too much, don't you think?  I mean, your ancient rare plane isn't showing up for yo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67056393">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I really don't understand how everyone drools over Cussler so much. Dirk Pitt is an asshole, and the entire thing just seems like one big Cussler Love fest. He's far too into himself for my tastes... I mean... Writing yourself into your own novels? Come on. <br/>Try a James Rollins book. Much bette...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80321246">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked his style of writing well enough. I don't like the character too much though. He seemed to think it cool to not commit, have children and live a family life along with his professional life. His &quot;girlfriend&quot; also accepted that he had other women. <br/>The story moved along quickly...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76747001">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I listened to this book. A good adventure story. Dirk Pitt seems a little too good to be true. He's just perfect at everything and knows everything and ends up solving all the problems he's confronted with. That said, he is likeable and the stories are interesting mysteries, which I really like. I'l...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80414776">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoy this thriller although I found it had way too much suspense in it. You will find yourself tangled in ancient Viking runes, diving in Captain Memo's nautilus, and flying with the Red Baron in Manhattan. You will experience the never ending wild adventures featuring Pitt and his pal Giordino....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45732813">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Excellent; Continuing character: Dirk Pitt and co; Oil cartel attempts to corner market and become dictators by causing accidents and eliminating rivals; at the same time, water driven engines, Jules Verne, and Vikings come together.<br/>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Another fun,informative book by Cussler.  If you like action, mystery and viking lore you will enjoy this read.  Also all you Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea fans will love the insights as to the source and end of the Nautilus.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Another fun adventure book...until the last five pages where Cussler gets really cheesy.  If you read it, you'll know what I mean...I couldn't believe that was the best way to introduce new characters...very unbelievable.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[So far, I think Sahara was a better book. This one Dirk Pitt is good, but is one step behind the bad guys instead of one step ahead. He also seemed to give too much unnecessary background info on the characters (especially Dirk). So fat the story has been pretty predictable which makes it even more ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28070166">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Entertaining Read.  I don't know if Clive Cussler is &quot;whacko&quot; for writing this stuff, or if I am &quot;whacko&quot; for reading it.  The fact remains that one has to have a &quot;Roy Rogers&quot; in their childhood; a &quot;James Bond&quot; in their adulthood; and a &quot;Dirk Pitt&quot; i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43849834">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Good adventure novels. Great movie adaptation. You read a few of Cussler's books, you get the formula. All in all, worthwhile escapism.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[It is July, 2003. In the middle of its maiden voyage the luxury cruise ship Emerald Dolphin suddenly catches fire and sinks. What caused it? Why didn't the alarms go off? What was its connection to the revolutionary new engines powering the ship? NUMA special projects director Dirk Pitt races to rescue the passengers and investigate the disaster, but he has no idea of the bizarre chain of events about to engulf him. In the next few weeks, Pitt will find himself confronted by an extraordinary series of monsters, both human and mechanical, modern and ancient. He will tread upon territory previously known only to legend. At the end of it all, though many lives will be lost, and many saved, it is Pitt's own life that will change for ever...]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was one of the most awful pieces of crap I've ever read. And I have a thing against stopping once I've started a book.  I regret having read this thing the whole way through.  The only positive is, it was action-packed...very predictable, retarded, improbable, and did I mention predictable...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2549955">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Dirk Pitt, Clive Cussler's aging but still potent superhero, returns in  the 16th adventure in this popular series about the director of special projects for the National Underwater Maritime Administration (NUMA). Pitt's NUMA survey ship happens to be in the vicinity  when the world's newest and biggest cruise ship founders and sinks, giving Pitt the chance to stage the daring rescue of nearly 2,000 passengers. Among those who perish is a famous scientist whose revolutionary engines powered the ship to her watery grave; while Pitt is unable to save Dr. Egan, he rescues his beautiful daughter Kelly from the sea, and later from a murder attempt aboard the rescue vessel.<br/><br/>Pitt and his trusty pal Al Giordino track the sinking to the boardroom door of a multinational conglomerate called Cerberus, whose evil CEO has designs on the world's oil supply. He'll do anything to keep Egan's advanced engines and secret formula for frictionless oil off the market--even sabotage another vessel, this time a luxury passenger submarine. By the time our heroes have foiled the mastermind's nefarious plots, they've also uncovered the existence of a working submarine nearly a century before one actually existed--irrefutable proof of a Viking landing on the Hudson River--and the remains of the British sailor who inspired Jules Verne's Captain Nemo. A solid page-turner that even features a cameo appearance by the author himself, <em>Valhalla Rising</em> snaps, crackles, and pops with Cussler's usual brio. <em>--Jane Adams</em>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[A luxury cruise-liner powered by a state-of-the-art propulsion system sinks in a blaze of glory.<br/><br/>Once again, Dirk Pitt is on hand to bring the passengers to safety and investigate the tragedy.<br/><br/>There's also <strong>another</strong> shady organization with a huge megalomania complex-<br/><br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29750910">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Classic entertainment from Dirk Pitt.  I love when I find one I haven't read.  ]]></body>
    
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