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Medusa (NUMA Files #8)
by
Clive Cussler,
Paul Kemprecos (Goodreads Author)
For seven books, Clive Cussler has dazzled readers with the "spine-tingling adventures" (Chicago Tribune) of Kurt Austin, Joe Zavala, and the rest of the NUMA(r) Special Assignments Team, but in Medusa the NUMA(r) team faces what may be its most perilous mission of all.
In the Micronesian Islands, a top secret, U.S. government- sponsored undersea lab conducting vital biome...more
In the Micronesian Islands, a top secret, U.S. government- sponsored undersea lab conducting vital biome...more
Hardcover, 464 pages
Published
June 2nd 2009
by Putnam Adult
(first published January 1st 2009)
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Kurt Austin and the gang team up for another adventure on and under the sea when a bathysphere dive they’re conducting for NUMA is sabotaged, and both Kurt and his partner, Joe Zavala, are nearly killed. At the same time, a top-secret government undersea lab is hijacked and goes missing with its crew and a team of scientists on board. The target in the bathysphere attack seems to be Dr. Max Kane, a scientist making breakthroughs in immunology. The government whisks him away, but when Kurt sends...more
In Medusa, a series of seemingly unrelated events combine into a cold, calculated scheme which will kill millions of people and dangle the fates of nations in the hands of a few Chinese madmen. The story begins in 1848 on the whaling ship, Princess, when the crew falls under a strange illness while sailing the Pacific. The strange potion that cures them is remarkable and most of the men live to a ripe old age, relatively free of disease.
Years later, a strain of the virus which afflicted the men...more
Years later, a strain of the virus which afflicted the men...more
A new Kurt Austin adventure from the NUMA files. A serious flue type virus is hitting remote China and a US trained Doctor is sent top the US to join a team searching for a cure. They are researching various biomeds based on toxins developed by sea life. Kurt becomes involved when, while filming a recreation of bathysphere decent with the head of the research lab and Joe Zavala in the bathysphere, the cable is cut dropping then to the seabed. Stuck in the muck they can’t use the emergency flotat...more
Clive Cussler is becoming nothing but a nice time waster for me. Nothing I have read by him has amazed me much and most of it is just quickly-produced novels that seem
to all be about some sort of conspiracy. James Rollins has a similar problem with me now that he writes almost exclusively for his Sigma Force books. Like James
Rollins, Cussler researches his books a great deal and this shines through the otherwise bland novel like a coin submerged in oatmeal. I always get annoyed when books
boun...more
to all be about some sort of conspiracy. James Rollins has a similar problem with me now that he writes almost exclusively for his Sigma Force books. Like James
Rollins, Cussler researches his books a great deal and this shines through the otherwise bland novel like a coin submerged in oatmeal. I always get annoyed when books
boun...more
The Blue Medusa Biomed Cure. An adventurous whaling expedition in 1848 unveils the clue to a biomedical cure to disease resident in the blue medusa jellyfish, which injects and preserves its prey in good health until eating time. As the modern day Chinese Triad schemes to take over China with a SARS look alike virus, the US embarks on a feverish project to develop an antivirus from the medusa to save the world from a recurrence of the 1918 Spanish Flu. As the Triad unrolls its tenacles to thwart...more
Totally daft, unapologetically simple and at times extremely funny.
My only complaint is that two characters had four letter names starting with the letter K, and maybe the second quarter of the book could have skipped along more quickly.
I haven't read any other books by this author, but this one reads like the screenplay for a film, or maybe tv mini series.
Having a limited amount of reading time I've become increasingly frustrated with very complicated books which can't be easily put down and pi...more
My only complaint is that two characters had four letter names starting with the letter K, and maybe the second quarter of the book could have skipped along more quickly.
I haven't read any other books by this author, but this one reads like the screenplay for a film, or maybe tv mini series.
Having a limited amount of reading time I've become increasingly frustrated with very complicated books which can't be easily put down and pi...more
Cussler's Sahara is one of my all time favorites, with its revisionist Civil War twist, and I like most of his stuff. This one is OK--as with a lot of his stuff, the super-hero characters make the story. Medusa is reminiscent of Contagion, Sea Hunt (Lloyd Bridges), & Black Rain (Michael Douglas), so in that sense is not overly original, but still entertaining. I won't tell how it ends, but I really like happy endings--when the good guys really take it to the bad guys--and this one has a happ...more
Turns out this is #8 in a series of books, I wish I would have known that before I picked it up. I was expecting Dirk Pitt and I was confused about who these characters were and what NUMA was. I also had some trouble following the ambitious plot of the Triad and the idea of jelly fish saving the world. I kept zoning out while driving and didn't care enough to rewind it.
This book was full of lots of action and lots of undersea adventure, but overall I thought it was "blah". I found it very forge...more
This book was full of lots of action and lots of undersea adventure, but overall I thought it was "blah". I found it very forge...more
If you like fast paced Action/Adventure stories and have not yet read a book by Clive Cussler, do yourself a favor and go to the bookstore. The stories are outrageously spectacular and the larger than life characters are a blend of James Bond, Indiana Jones, and Superman.
In the current Cussler adventure “Medusa” a new deadly virus is affecting rural areas in China that if allowed to break quarantine threatens massive world wide deaths. Our heroes in their effort to save the world must save a sc...more
In the current Cussler adventure “Medusa” a new deadly virus is affecting rural areas in China that if allowed to break quarantine threatens massive world wide deaths. Our heroes in their effort to save the world must save a sc...more
Super americano strafigo con super socio poco meno strafigo (almeno fin quando non avra' la sua serie) deve salvare il mondo, aiutato dalla super-marina degli USA, da cattivi brutti, schizofrenici e piuttosto dementi (guarda un po' il caso, cinesi).
Tutto finisce bene e gli americani strafighi si trombano le comparse femminili super per quanto utile alla trama e non smoderatamente strafighe - il maschio deve dominare.
Persino l'assassino gentiluomo ma patriottico, redento, si guadagna la dottoress...more
Tutto finisce bene e gli americani strafighi si trombano le comparse femminili super per quanto utile alla trama e non smoderatamente strafighe - il maschio deve dominare.
Persino l'assassino gentiluomo ma patriottico, redento, si guadagna la dottoress...more
Another great novel by the grandmaster of adventure. We catch up with Kurt Austin and his band of heros out to save not only a woman who didn't know she was passing on information to killers, but also saving his friends from mercenaries. I really liked this one because Cussler makes mentioned that there are so many resources that the oceans hold that we have no idea that they are out there. If there is a way to harnass some of this potencial, it could really be astronomical to helping mankind. I...more
Clive Cussler and his collaborator Paul do a good job on this book which has the usual amount of suspense and action. I have adjusted to Kurt Austin as the hero, having enjoyed reading about Dirk Pitt for years. Dr. Song Lee, the Chinese doctor and researcher makes a nice addition to the cast of characters, including Joe Zavala and the Trouts, Paul and Gamay. A pandemic is looming on the horizon, and the antidote needs to be completed and quickly transported to China, where it is going to start....more
A virus created by the Chinese government is extremely dangerous and has no cure. However, a U.S. lab is on the verge of finding the cure. Suddenly, the underwater lab is taken over and moved. At the same time, Kurt Austin is working on a film of the bathysphere. The cable that connects the bathysphere to the land is cut and the sphere and the people in it have sunk to the ocean floor. This book was entertaining. It had tons of action and adventure. The romance was subtle and wasn't obvious unti...more
For seven books, Clive Cussler has dazzled readers with the "spine-tingling adventures" (Chicago Tribune) of Kurt Austin, Joe Zavala, and the rest of the NUMA(r) Special Assignments Team, but in Medusa the NUMA(r) team faces what may be its most perilous mission of all.
In the Micronesian Islands, a top secret, U.S. government- sponsored undersea lab conducting vital biomedical research on a rare jellyfish known as the Blue Medusa suddenly . . . disappears. At the same time, off Bermuda, a bathys...more
In the Micronesian Islands, a top secret, U.S. government- sponsored undersea lab conducting vital biomedical research on a rare jellyfish known as the Blue Medusa suddenly . . . disappears. At the same time, off Bermuda, a bathys...more
It is seldom that I start a book and not finish, this time around I've started two and have been going back and forth between the two. First was the third installment of "Ender's Game" series: "xenocide" which as all Card's books starts a bit slow. And then Clive Cussler's "Medusa" got my attention, but about 60 pages in I'm bored. I hate not finishing a book but at this point my reading habit has come to a halt. I may have to put the book aside and come back to it later. "Xenocide" here's your...more
Medusa by Clive Cussler
I'm a massive fan of Clive Cussler and all his works, especially Dirk Pitt, Kurt Austin and the new Isaac Bell stories. As expected, Medusa is a great addition to the collection. The story features Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala, a recent addition to Cussler's world. This story particularly stuck with me, and the tension that Cussler builds is incredible as Austin and Zavala save the day. It's classic Cussler, spans over years and is full of action and adventure.
I'm a massive fan of Clive Cussler and all his works, especially Dirk Pitt, Kurt Austin and the new Isaac Bell stories. As expected, Medusa is a great addition to the collection. The story features Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala, a recent addition to Cussler's world. This story particularly stuck with me, and the tension that Cussler builds is incredible as Austin and Zavala save the day. It's classic Cussler, spans over years and is full of action and adventure.
Fun easy thriller that reads like a movie script. This was the first Clive Cussler book that I've read. I hadn't even heard of him before. He strikes me as a kind of poor man's Tom Clancy. The plot was interesting, the plot fast and it took place at exotic locales with heroic good guys and really bad bad guys.
The downside was that the characters seemed like thin caricatures and some of the dialog was excruciatingly bad. It reminded me of watching a really cheesy movie.
Overall a fun, quick read.
The downside was that the characters seemed like thin caricatures and some of the dialog was excruciatingly bad. It reminded me of watching a really cheesy movie.
Overall a fun, quick read.
This book has an easy and comprehensible language, so I did not have problems to read it. It was very interesting because in spite of I do not love books, I love mystery movies, so I am always trying to figure out what will happen and who is really the murderer and this stuffs, so I became interested in the reading. It tells a mystery about a very dangerous virus that is contaminating everybody in the world, so the US and China government discovered a cure, but a Chinese mob stole it to sell, so...more
Clive Cussler never fails to keep me on the edge of my seat. Thoroughly enjoying the excitement!!
I really like that there is a romantic interest but I don't have to read pages and pages of sex. I enjoy the adventurous spirit of the main characters.
The topics are usually hot and up to date.
You know the main character will come out of every situation well, but it's so fun to read HOW he is going to do it. I have all books by this author and enjoy each and every one of them!!!
Keep writing
I really like that there is a romantic interest but I don't have to read pages and pages of sex. I enjoy the adventurous spirit of the main characters.
The topics are usually hot and up to date.
You know the main character will come out of every situation well, but it's so fun to read HOW he is going to do it. I have all books by this author and enjoy each and every one of them!!!
Keep writing
A Kurt Austin/NUMA novel incorporating the recent SARS epidemic scare into the threat of bioterrorism. A fascinating denizen of the deep, the Blue Medusa jellyfish, is being studied for its potential use in developing a cure for the threatened epidemic but the research scientists and their discoveries have been kidnapped and it is up to Kurt and his supporting cast including the intrepid Trouts (Gamay & Paul) and the suave Joe Zavala to save the day.
The Numa Files books by Cussler are able to put you in the place of the characters as they travel above and below the oceans. The idea of Russian subs and Chinese companies making lethal formula, dog food and now vaccines is really up to date with the times. The conception of using the oceans plant life and it's marine life to help the world slove it's problems is great. Medusa is a fast and interesting read.
My husband reads Clive Cussler books like I eat chocolate! I finally decided to read one of his novels to see what all of the fuss was about. This was a good story and an easy read. There were some "intense action scenes", but they passed quickly. Its interesting how he is able to weave real world events into his book(s).
I think overall this was a good book, but not really a genre that I enjoy so much.
I think overall this was a good book, but not really a genre that I enjoy so much.
In this episode, Kurt/Joe stumble into a plot by well-connected Chinese gang to extort the world through biological warfare. Using the unlimited resources of the United States government(?) and NUMA they, along with their supporting team members, set out to stop the nefarious gang. Let the adventure begin.
Did I mention the neon blue jellyfish that could save the world?
What can I say? I now think of each new title as just another Clive Cussler book. I read them because their entertaining, tie hi...more
Did I mention the neon blue jellyfish that could save the world?
What can I say? I now think of each new title as just another Clive Cussler book. I read them because their entertaining, tie hi...more
If you are a fan of Cussler's Dirk Pitt series, then chances are good that you've read some of the Kurt Austin books too. Austin also works for NUMA and shares Pitt's creativity for getting out of sticky situations.
This book is as solid as the rest of the series. Good characters, entertaining and well-paced action, and believable dialogue. You won't be bored, that's for sure.
This book is as solid as the rest of the series. Good characters, entertaining and well-paced action, and believable dialogue. You won't be bored, that's for sure.
A very good fictional, action packed adventure suitable for young adults. Cussler's invention of the NUMA Files provides many heart pumping, enjoyable moments with Kurt Austin, the stereotypical hero of strength, skill and style. It is a very competent tale of thrills and excitement, of conspiracy and liveliness, I certainly recommend reading all books in the NUMA Files series.
Kurt Austin must stop a deadly virus from destroying the world. Research using a newly discovered jellyfish shows promising results, but before the tests even start, scientists studying these Blue Medusas start dying. As the pandemic threatens to spread through China, the NUMA team realizes that a Chinese triad is behind the outbreak. As entertaining as the Dirk Pitt series.
#8 in the NUMA mystery series featuring Kurt Austin. Austin is the typical Clusser super duper protagonist. Austin becomes involved in helping to stop a possible pandemic viral infection engineered by a Chinese triad. Action based mystery in which Austin constantly emerges from one death defying experience to another to stop the pandemic and get rid of the bad guys.
This is one of Cussler's excellent works. Kurt Austin and the NUMA team are back in action saving the world in a story that brings together an undersea lab conducting medical experiments, a Chinese criminal organization, and a secret new virus that threatens to set off a worldwide pandemic. The action moves quickly, and the plot is suspenseful. Good read!
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I read this book because one of my reading buddies at work lent it to me, raving about it. I read it mosty out of a sense of obligation, but after reading Martha Grimes and Elizabeth George (the Inspector Lynley series) it was quite a letdown as far as writing style. The story was intriguing enough but the writing was simplistic and sometimes trite.
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Cussler began writing novels in 1965 and published his first work featuring his continuous series hero, Dirk Pitt, in 1973. His first non-fiction, The Sea Hunters, was released in 1996. The Board of Governors of the Maritime College, State University of New York, considered The Sea Hunters in lieu of a Ph.D. thesis and awarded Cussler a Doctor of Letters degree in May, 1997. It was the first time...more
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