Dirk Pitt battles his most dangerous foe ever - with help from a very unexpected source.
There is a black tide infesting the ocean off the shore of Nicaragua. Whilst trying to determine its origin, startling things begin to occur and the inhabitants of a floating resort find themselves directly in the path of a violent storm. Dirk and the NUMA crew rush to their rescue, but they discover that there is an all-too-human evil at work and the black tide is only a by-product of its plan. Soon its work will be complete - and the world will be a very different place?
This 17th Dirk Pitt extravaganza finds Cussler (literally, as he makes a cameo at book's end) and his entourage of paint-by-number characters in fine fettle, foiling a dastardly plot by outlandish villains to launch a new ice age, and at the same time demonstrating that the Achaeans were not Greeks but Celts, and that Troy was a town in what's now England. After a prelude set during the Trojan War, the novel proper starts with a roar, as a monstrous hurricane sweeps toward the Caribbean, endangering not only Pitt's twin son and daughter, engaged in undersea exploration, but also the Ocean Wanderer, a luxury floating hotel owned by a mysterious billionaire known as Specter.
In a manly manner, Pitt and his long-time sidekick, Al Giordino, both of NUMA (the National Underwater and Marine Agency), save the hotel and Pitt's grown kids, but not before those kids discover a trove of underwater relics that indicate that the Celts, aka Achaeans, reached the New World millennia ago. And the Celts are still here, in the guise of a female Druidic cult linked to Specter and aiming for world domination by altering ocean currents via a vast underground mechanism in Nicaragua, which will plunge the earth into cold, then selling a new type of cheap fuel cell to supply needed heat.
The action never flags, the heroics never halt and the bodies pile up as Pitt and Co. take on the villains; some big changes in Pitt's personal life close the book.
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Clive Cussler is back with a new action hero for the high seas: Juan Cabrillo, captain of the Oregon, a state-of-the-art vessel disguised as a rusting heap of junk . . .
When Cabrillo and his ship are hired by the US government to find an ancient statue known as the Golden Buddha, stolen from the Dalai Lama in 1959, the stakes couldn't be higher. Success or failure will determine the future of Tibet. Playing the Russians off against the Chinese while battling against mysterious forces that will do anything to stop them, the crew of the Oregon face a formidable foe. But like his extraordinary ship, the enigmatic Juan Cabrillo has more than a few aces up his sleeve . . .
Packed with blazing action and daring exploits, Golden Buddha is a nerve-shredding thriller from the best in the business.
About the Author
Clive Cussler is the author or co-author of a great number of bestselling novels including the famous Dirk Pitt Adventures, the NUMA Files adventures, the Oregon Files, and his historical adventures, which began with The Chase. He lives in Arizona.
Industry Reviews
Cussler's latest Dirk Pitt adventure story begins as a massive hurricane - born on the Nicaraguan coast - hurtles on an uncannily unerring track across the Caribbean, straight for a luxury floating hotel laden with helpless passengers. Another rescue job for Pitt, Special Projects Director of NUMA (National Underwater and Marine Agency) and his side-kick Giordino. In Another Place Dirk's twin offspring, Dirk and Summer, are discovering something puzzling on the sea-bed, which could re-write history; and encountering the strange brown crud which is beginning to invade the Caribbean. No-one knows what it is, or its origins, until Dirk Senior stumbles on a plot so evil it is almost unbelievable - but if true could cause mass-destruction of life in the western world. No-one could accuse Cussler of painting his pictures on small canvases - or possibly taking liberties with recorded history when it suits his imaginative ends. His fans will know what to expect. Newcomers: suspend your disbelief - and enjoy! (Kirkus UK)
