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"Atlantis Found" - by Clive Cussler


REVIEW: The dust jacket reads, "Over the course of fourteen books, Clive Cussler's hero, Dirk Pitt, has battled warlords and criminals, raised the Titanic, survived erupting volcanoes and nuclear detonation, but never has he engaged in an adventure as dramatic, in a location as exotic, as in Atlantis Found." Not having read any of the previous 13 books in this series it would be hard for me to compare, however this sound right as I thought this book was very good. Thinking back, I also remember another book that Connie and I both read that we liked very much, titled, "The Chase". Atlantis Found is filled with lots of suspense, a very intricate plot, and astonishing set pieces, this is a great adventure novel and would make a great movie. We both gave it [5-Stars]

SYNOPSIS: September 1858: An Antarctic whaler stumbles on an aged wreck, its grisly frozen crew guarding crates of odd antiquities - and a skull carved from black obsidian. Jump to March 2001: A team of anthropologists gazes in awe at a wall of strange inscriptions, moments before a blast seals them deep within an old Colorado gold mine. Next, jump to April 2001: A research ship manned by Dirk Pitt and members of NUMA is set upon and nearly sunk by an impossibility - a vessel that should have died fifty-six years before. Pitt knows that somehow all these incidents are connected, and his investigations soon land him deep in an ancient mystery with very modern consequences, up against a diabolical enemy unlike any he has ever known, and racing to save not only his own life - but the future of the world itself. The trap is set. The clock is ticking, And only one man stands between the earth and Armageddon.



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