Clive Cussler
Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 545 pages Rating: 3.98 | 24358 Users | 795 Reviews
Particularize Books During Raise the Titanic! (Dirk Pitt #4)
| Original Title: | Raise the Titanic! |
| ISBN: | 0425194523 (ISBN13: 9780425194522) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Dirk Pitt #4 |
| Characters: | Dirk Pitt, Al Giordino |
| Setting: | Atlantic Ocean |
Description Conducive To Books Raise the Titanic! (Dirk Pitt #4)
The President's secret task force has developed an unprecedented defensive weapon that relies on an extremely rare radioactive element--and Dirk Pitt has followed a twisted trail to a secret cache of the substance. Now, racing against brutal storms, Soviet spies, and a ticking clock, Pitt begins his most thrilling mission--to raise from its watery grave the shipwreck of the century...Be Specific About Regarding Books Raise the Titanic! (Dirk Pitt #4)
| Title | : | Raise the Titanic! (Dirk Pitt #4) |
| Author | : | Clive Cussler |
| Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 545 pages |
| Published | : | February 3rd 2004 by G.P. Putnam's Sons (first published 1976) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Adventure. Thriller. Action |
Rating Regarding Books Raise the Titanic! (Dirk Pitt #4)
Ratings: 3.98 From 24358 Users | 795 ReviewsCriticize Regarding Books Raise the Titanic! (Dirk Pitt #4)
A highly entertaining 1970's Cold War thriller starring Dirk Pitt.It's been discovered that a rare radioactive material 'Byzantium' was being transported to American on the Titanic. It's down to Pitt and the team to try and salvage the wreckage. Whilst at the same time the Russian's want to get their hands on the rare isotope.The plot sounds bonkers, but it really works. It's a highly enjoyable blockbuster novel (I can see why they adapted it for a movie - I really want to watch it now!)This wasGoing way back in time and reading some of his earlier books that I never read. Not as good as his later books by far...I would rate this more of a 2.5. I guess he improved his writing as the years went by....
I have avoided Clive Cussler like the plague due to him being one of two authors he tried desperately to push on me and my brother growing up. He swore by Dirk Pitt as the symbol of adventure and patriotism and I tell you I never knew one day I'd pick up the book and be writing a review like this.I was pleasantly surprised by how this book turned out. What started out for me as a slow and overly political book about spies and Russians and Americans and espionage turned into a very intense
I saw the movie "Raise the Titanic" way back when I was a little kid and had a fondness for the movie (which I suspect was a really, really bad movie given that it disappeared quickly and has never been seen since). Mostly I remember the Titanic surfacing and thinking "wow, that was cool." So I thought the book would be fun, too.It's not. It's awful-terrible-horrible even by my standards for thrillers, which can be pretty good even when they're pretty bad. Now, I love a good thriller, but I had
good book... I had seen the movie Raise the titanic a few years ago and I happened to find the book at a used book store.. glad I read the book it happens to have a totally different ending then the movie itself... and as usual the book goes into more detail
I've always been a fan of the Dirk Pitt novels. I read them when I was in my 20's and loved them. Back then, I would have given all of them 5 stars. Now that I've read far more books in a lot of different genres, I'm more critical. I'm re-reading through these novels, and up to this one have been a bit more disappointed than I am with #4. I remember liking this one a lot more than the others 20 years ago as well. The plotting is more intricate, and Pitt's character is more developed, showing a
0 Comments