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3rd out of 9 books
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Treasure (Dirk Pitt #9)
Charts of lost gold...breathtaking art and rare volumes...maps of hidden oil and mineral deposits that could change the world's balance of power.Now DIRK PITT discovers the secret trail of the treasures of Alexandria -- a trail that plunges him into a brutal conspiracy for total domination of the globe. Zealots threaten to unseat the governments of Egypt and Mexico, exposi...more
Mass Market Paperback, 547 pages
Published
November 1988
by Pocket Books
(first published 1988)
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I think this book is my all-time favorite Clive Cussler book. I never get tired of re-reading this book [I probably read it once a year or so]. I realize that much of a gap between reading might seem like a lot, but I love reading books. And I tend to read quite a bit between readings. This was one of the 1st Clive Cussler novels I read, if not the actual first one. It has always held a 'soft spot' due to level of suspense it created the first time I read it.
Anyhoo. The basic gist of the story i...more
Anyhoo. The basic gist of the story i...more
Dirk Pitt, ancient artifact discoverer extraordinaire is searching an ancient deepsea wreck for info about the Library of Alexandria when he finds himself drawn into a terrorist plot set on international unrest and upheaval in Egypt and Mexico. He picks up several love interests along the way and with his trusty band of sidekicks, goes toe to toe with a madman.
I won’t deny that the story was entertaining but it could have been so much better. If Cussler had made the characters believable and if...more
I won’t deny that the story was entertaining but it could have been so much better. If Cussler had made the characters believable and if...more
ah, this is a special one because its the 800th book that i hv read, at least by the count on Goodreads! :P
I have a read a couple of Clive Cussler's earlier, but never liked them too much, found them too Filmy, if thats the word i want, for my taste. However, this, one of the earlier Dirk Pitt's is def much better.
As usual, the story revolves/evolves around underwater exploits of Dirk Pitt and team, how thru their holmes-like deduction they are able to get where no official body can ever get! Di...more
I have a read a couple of Clive Cussler's earlier, but never liked them too much, found them too Filmy, if thats the word i want, for my taste. However, this, one of the earlier Dirk Pitt's is def much better.
As usual, the story revolves/evolves around underwater exploits of Dirk Pitt and team, how thru their holmes-like deduction they are able to get where no official body can ever get! Di...more
Two issues so far, roughly 24 chapters into it. In one chapter, we have a good guy call another good guy to tell him every detail of the super-special-secret plan, only for the good guy told to not do anything with said knowledge BUT the bad guys were spying on the now-in-the-know good guy, so now the bad guys know. The only reason for the good guy to tell the other good guy was so the author could make sure the bad guys found out about the super-special-secret plan by the good guys to foil the...more
The Library of Alexandria. Built in Alexandria, Egypt in the third century B.C., it is thought to have been the largest and most significant library of the ancient world. For nearly three hundred years, it was the center of literature, art, and scholarship, gathering works from every civilized culture, until it burned down in 30 B.C. Today, it is considered one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. Rumors abound that at least some of the library’s treasures may have been saved and moved to...more
I have read a few Dirk Pitt books in the past and have really enjoyed them. This book however was not one of them. It seems like two stories rolled into one. The first story was about the treasure, the second story was about the two main antagonists. There is a weak link between the two stories, which for me didnt work.
Dirk Pitt was once again thrust into the action, he saves the day, gets the woman (or more like the woman gets him), finds the treasure and disposes of the one of the baddies. How...more
Dirk Pitt was once again thrust into the action, he saves the day, gets the woman (or more like the woman gets him), finds the treasure and disposes of the one of the baddies. How...more
Years ago a friend handed me this book from her collection. It became the first opportunity for me to add a new favorite author to my long list. I love archaeology and treasure hunting stories (we need more good ones) and Treasure only whetted my appetite. Though Dirt Pitt and Al Giordino are a bit too larger than life, the events and locations (with a little bit of pseudo-history thrown in) Cussler provides create such imagery in the mind that you feel as if you've just visited a most exotic lo...more
My favorite part of the book
A NOTE TO THE READER
As a rule, as you can see from my Goodreads list, I enjoy a Dirk Pitt novel but this one felt tedious. The subplots had subplots and the twists and turns left me exhausted.
And slightly confused. I put the book down over the Christmas period and when I...more
A NOTE TO THE READER
Please forgive the inconvenience of converting measurements from what most Americans are used to. But in 1991 the United States finally became the last nation on earth to convert to the metric system.
As a rule, as you can see from my Goodreads list, I enjoy a Dirk Pitt novel but this one felt tedious. The subplots had subplots and the twists and turns left me exhausted.
And slightly confused. I put the book down over the Christmas period and when I...more
My least favorite of Clive Cussler's books so far. There is essentially two stories contained in the novel, and they are not very well connected. He starts off with one story about lost treasure, then transfers almost totally to another story about terrorists which takes up the bulk of the novel, stays with that until it is over, and then finally switches back to the original story about the treasure for the last few chapters. The terrorist story really had nothing at all to do with the treasure...more
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You will travel from North to South Pole in search of the "Treasure". Two stories run in parallel, the one about Treasure hunting starting from the accidental discovery of one of the Junius Venetor (an ancient Alexandria Library keepers), to understand the modern day details of whether the treasures are hidden, another about terrorism by 2 extreme hardline brothers from Mexico and Egypt who make believe their followers that are their future.
The plot is bring in these two stories to a climax. Fel...more
The plot is bring in these two stories to a climax. Fel...more
Cussler is an author that brings the reader into his novels. The details were just enough to make me see everything. Not too much as to become boring. Dirk Pitt is the character that many readers have told me that TR Bare in my own novel "Mysterious Lady" is like, even though I wrote the novel before reading any of Cussler's books. I feel honored for my style of writing to be considered in the same class. This is an excellent read and I hope you take the time to read it and "Mysterious Lady" and...more
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Feb 19, 2013
alexander russell
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
action and thriller lovers
Treasure is the 9th installment of Clive Cussler's Dirk Pitt novel, and this time it's about hunting down the remaining yet astoundingly large collections that have been saved from the Library of Alexandria.It contains knowledge that may turn the World into chaos, holding the lost map of oil deposits and ancient civilization considered to be a myth. recipes of medicines that may heal those diseases that were thought to be incurable. and new insights to the lost parts of Bible's Old Testament or
"Or we can try plan three."
Giordino peered at Pitt curiously. "Can't be any worse than the first two." Then his eyes widened and he groaned. "You're not-oh, God, no!
May have some spoilers!!
This book started out confusing for me, all of Clive Cussler's Dirk Pitt novels start off in the past, but this one started July 15, 391 A.D. That threw me for a moment. Though after my initial confusion things started to make more since.
In this ninth book we see Dirk Pitt looking for the tomb of Alexander t
When I need a mental vacation like to travel with Dirk Pitt. I haven't read all of the series and what I've read hasn't been order but I still enjoy the books. My most recent read was Treasure (1988).
Treasure has all the usual adventure story stuff: buried treasure, sunken treasure, espionage, kidnappings, car chases, and so forth. In the Dirk Pitt novels there are typically two different plots: the A plot being whatever word crisis NUMA somehow has to fix and the B plot where NUMA is actually...more
Treasure has all the usual adventure story stuff: buried treasure, sunken treasure, espionage, kidnappings, car chases, and so forth. In the Dirk Pitt novels there are typically two different plots: the A plot being whatever word crisis NUMA somehow has to fix and the B plot where NUMA is actually...more
The best of the Dirk Pitt series so far. Treasure has everything you could want from a Dirk Pitt novel, the mix or locations, action, and a wonderful last scene, there's just so much plot! Cussler is a great storyteller, he does enough research to make it interesting, and I like the political intrigue portions of his stories. This story nicely blends a historical treasure hunt with a modern day terrorist plot of global proportions, as well as the usual dash of romance and slam-bang action scenes...more
Another fantastic premise by Cussler - the lost treasure of Alexandria's famed library is still around (or at least part of it is) and waiting to be discovered. There's also the governments of Egypt and Mexico in turmoil, an incredibly efficient assassin, and of course, Dirk Pitt is up to his eyeballs in it all. I like the fact that Senator George Pitt plays a big part in this one; he isn't in many of Pitt's adventures. My only complaint is that I felt the pace of the story began to slog along d...more
I went through a phase in high school where I read as many Cussler books as I could find. Now someone dumped a bunch of his books into the communal library at work. I vow not do another second of work until I read all his books again.
His stories are addictive. His writing is not very good, but his characters are entertaining and his plots are absurdly fun. It's pretty much the ultimate brain candy for summer reading, which is exactly what my brain is telling me it needs right now.
His stories are addictive. His writing is not very good, but his characters are entertaining and his plots are absurdly fun. It's pretty much the ultimate brain candy for summer reading, which is exactly what my brain is telling me it needs right now.
I libri di Cussler sono buoni per passare il tempo in viaggio, tra sale d'attesa di un aereoporto o di una stazione, o quando abbiamo desiderio di un po' di riposo mentale.
Lo si legge nello stesso modo in cui si guarda un telefilm d'azione americano, senza grandi attese, ben consapevoli che i colpi di scena saranno sempre di portata limitata, spesso prevedibili, aspettando il momento del trionfo del nostro eroe.
Lo si legge nello stesso modo in cui si guarda un telefilm d'azione americano, senza grandi attese, ben consapevoli che i colpi di scena saranno sempre di portata limitata, spesso prevedibili, aspettando il momento del trionfo del nostro eroe.
Whenever I want to read a book where I don't have to do a lot of thinking, I'll read a Clive Cussler book, I've read several of the Dirk Pitt novels, I don't read them in order. The Dirk Pitt novels are like a mixture of James Bond and Indiana Jones which I am a big fan of those movies. This was a typical Cussler novel, plenty of action, suspense and some romance. I recommend this book to anyone who likes adventure books.
ouch, that was pretty rough. there were some fun, pulp style moments in it but there was a huge,dull, plodding section in the middle that seemed to be written on autopilot. This is the first Cussler book I've read but I could tell it was a pot-boiler in a long line of pot boilers. matbe the earlier books are better.
the terrorist plot took up the 7/8ths of the book and a lot of it didnt even feature dirk pitt. It was a cool idea finding a hidden sstore of treasures of the library of alexandrea b...more
the terrorist plot took up the 7/8ths of the book and a lot of it didnt even feature dirk pitt. It was a cool idea finding a hidden sstore of treasures of the library of alexandrea b...more
This is the same comment for all the Dirk Pitt books:
Great set of books, I had to stagger these books into my reading rotation since they are so similar.
Dirk Series Book in less then 50 words.
(introduction to bad guy, introduction to hot chick, introduction to Dirk, Dirk gets in impossible dangerous situations to stop the bad guy, Dirk wins, Dirk gets the hot chick.)
Great set of books, I had to stagger these books into my reading rotation since they are so similar.
Dirk Series Book in less then 50 words.
(introduction to bad guy, introduction to hot chick, introduction to Dirk, Dirk gets in impossible dangerous situations to stop the bad guy, Dirk wins, Dirk gets the hot chick.)
Charts of lost gold...breathtaking art and rare volumes...maps of hidden oil and mineral deposits that could change the world's balance of power.Now DIRK PITT discovers the secret trail of the treasures of Alexandria -- a trail that plunges him into a brutal conspiracy for total domination of the globe. Zealots threaten to unseat the governments of Egypt and Mexico, exposing America to invasion and economic collapse. Suddenly, from East to West, anarchists reach their deadly tentacles into the h...more
I was looking for something on the shelves at the family Cottage in Michigan that I had not read. This was my first Cussler. I held my attention while providing a little historical context about the mythical Library at Alexandria. The situations are pretty silly. Hero Dirk Pitts can do and save anything and anyone.
First Dirk Pitt novel I've read. Would not rush to read more, but good escapism so probably will.
Story got a bit long-winded in the middle, some complicated foreign political situations to get your head round which made it a bit heavy going and too many characters to keep track of at times.
Story got a bit long-winded in the middle, some complicated foreign political situations to get your head round which made it a bit heavy going and too many characters to keep track of at times.
A gem amongst thrillers...
Treasure's protagonist is again the indestructible, larger-than-life, and incurable Casanova, Dirk Pitt. This time he is on the search for treasures from the ancient Library of Alexandra. And these treasures are to be found in a place where nobody would expect them to be! While searching for the treasure, Dirk has to contend with hardened international criminals, terrorists and other unsavory characters. Dirk's own father is taken hostage in a conspiracy to take control...more
Treasure's protagonist is again the indestructible, larger-than-life, and incurable Casanova, Dirk Pitt. This time he is on the search for treasures from the ancient Library of Alexandra. And these treasures are to be found in a place where nobody would expect them to be! While searching for the treasure, Dirk has to contend with hardened international criminals, terrorists and other unsavory characters. Dirk's own father is taken hostage in a conspiracy to take control...more
Jun 20, 2012
Naomi
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One thing I didn't like about this book was that it was more politics than the search for the Ancient Library of Alexandrea. (Onother downside for me was that there were a few adult-scenes too) I was glad I pulled through it but I don't think I'll be rereading it again soon.
Dirk Pitt is such a stud. He starts off the coast of Greenland where he helps rescue a hijacked airplane that crashed into the ice sheet near land, meeting an archaelogist on a near by dig (bangs her) and a high ranking Egyptian UN official who was on th
I am a Dirk Pitt fan and was surprised that I hadn't already read this early book from the series. I am so glad I did because this one raised the amp on most of the others I've read. If you like Dirk Pitt, you'll probably really like Treasure.
My second favourite book by Cussler. Brilliantly written, never a dull moment, and the scene with Pitt's L29 Cord classic car driving down a ski run to outrun the bad guys is pure heart-pounding, action-packed adrenalin. James Bond eat your heart out!
This was a relatively good book. The only thing I didn't like about it was that it felt like it focused too much on the adventure and not enough on finding the lost treasure of the Alexandria Library. The reader didn't know what was happening in the search because the attention was diverted to the rescue of the Lady Flaborough. Now don't get me wrong, rescuing hostages is fine and dandy, but it wouldn't have hurted to have the occasional check in with the research team to see how they were doing...more
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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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Feb 18, 2013 08:44am