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Clive Cussler (page 3)


Cover art for FIRE ICE
FICTION
Released: June 3, 2002

"Fans may miss Dirk Pitt, but the story goes down like a chilled Stolichnaya martini."
Following trade paperback originals Serpent (1999) and Blue Gold (2001), this third dual-authored novel "from the NUMA Files" leaps to hardcover status. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: Aug. 13, 2001

"Who is in top form here, easily tying together Viking relics, a Confederate submarine, and a lost ship running on seawater as Pitt's past rises up to claim him."
The ever-kinetic Cussler brings back Dirk Pitt, who recently discovered the lost continent of Atlantis in Antarctica (Atlantis Found, 1999). Read full book review >
Cover art for ATLANTIS FOUND
FICTION
Released: Dec. 6, 1999

"Cussler fans will have no complaint as the Master revs up his novel to 40 knots per hour and sweeps the reader into the fabled past."
Dirk Pitt returns in his first undersea adventure since Flood Tide (1997). Read full book review >
Cover art for FLOOD TIDE
FICTION
Released: Sept. 25, 1997

"Speedy storytelling and great fun."
Dirk Pitt returns for his 11th undersea adventure (Shock Wave, 1996, etc.), still as far out and full of derring-do as ever. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE SEA HUNTERS
NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 1, 1996

"The lively text includes a number of handsome, helpful maps, plus line drawings of designated vessels and the vanished locomotive."
Life has imitated pop art in the case of best-selling author Cussler (Shock Wave, 1996; Sahara, 1992; etc.), whose avocation is locating great ships lost in deep waters. Read full book review >
Cover art for SHOCK WAVE
FICTION
Released: Jan. 2, 1996

"Tireless mechanical nomenclature, but furious storytelling."
Cussler's most adult, least comic-strip-y entry yet in the Dirk Pitt sea sagas. Read full book review >