Long hailed as the grand master of adventure fiction, Clive Cussler has continued to astound with the intricate plotting and astonishing set pieces of his novels. Now, with a surprising twist, he gives us his most audacious work yet.
In the final pages of Valhalla Rising, Dirk Pitt discovered, to his shock, that he had two grown children he had never known-twenty-three-year-old fraternal twins born to a woman he thought had died in an underwater earthquake. Both have inherited his love of the sea: the girl, Summer, is a marine biologist; the boy, himself named Dirk, is a marine engineer. And now they are about to help their father in the adventure of a lifetime.
There is a brown tide infesting the ocean off the shore of Nicaragua. The twins are working in a NUMA(r) underwater enclosure, trying to determine its origin, when two startling things happen: Summer discovers an artifact, something strange and beautiful and ancient; and the worst storm in years boils up out of the sky, heading straight not only for them but also for a luxurious floating resort hotel square in its path.
The peril for everybody concerned is incalculable, and, desperately, Pitt, Al Giordino, and the rest of the NUMA(r) crew rush to the rescue, but what they find in the storm's wake makes the furies of nature pale in comparison. For there is an all-too-human evil at work in that part of the world, and the brown tide is only a by-product of its plan. Soon, its work will be complete-and the world will be a very different place.
Though if Summer's discovery is to be believed, the world is already a very different place...
Filled with breathtaking action and suspense, Trojan Odyssey is Cussler at the height of his storytelling powers.
Geri R. (capecodder) from EDGEWATER, FL wrote on 4/15/2007...
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Fast-moving exciting book for all lovers of marine-related stories.
Marge G. (DCL) from SAGINAW, MI wrote on 4/13/2007...
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Dirk Pitt has found his two children and they work with him, and NUMA,to find the source of a peculiar brown tide off the coast of Nicaragua .... before the hurrican arrives.
Barbara T. (HorseLady) from GODLEY, TX wrote on 9/5/2006...
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Another great Dirk Pitt novel introducing Dirk's grown children that he didn't know he had. All the action and romance that you expect from the NUMA hero and his best friend Al Giordino.
Toni G. (ToniG) from NEW BRITAIN, CT wrote on 3/31/2006...
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Clive Cussler is an imaginative storyteller an this story continues that way...many twists and turns and lots of action!
Candace G. (Ogre) from CARTERVILLE, IL wrote on 12/27/2005...
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Great adventure novel. Dirk Pitt (and his children!) are involved once again in environmentally protective international skullduggery and mayhem.
Larry H. (book-reader) from HOUSTON, TX wrote on 12/19/2005...
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Great opening. Dirk Pitt at his finest.
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William W. (Ace) from VICTORY MILLS, NY wrote on 8/23/2008...
Clive Cussler does it again with this amazing tale of Dirk Pitt and his daughter Summer and son Dirk. A truly unforgetable story here!!!
Bonnie A. (ladycholla) from PAYSON, UT wrote on 6/13/2008...
Usual very good Dirk Pitt Adventure.
Ed P. (jollymoon) from MARIETTA, GA wrote on 12/8/2007...
Cussler rules! I wanted more treasure but the descriptions and colorful background information make this another Dirk Pitt great. Try "Treasure" or "Inca Gold" for more treasure and less action.
Helen L. from SANFORD, NC wrote on 9/22/2007...
My first Cussler book - I am eager to read additional ones.
Sally W. from MCKINNEY, TX wrote on 5/5/2007...
Excellent read!
Mary Elaine L. (Laney) from BRADY, MT wrote on 3/19/2007...
A dirk Pitt novel.
Lee M. (uncihawk) from MESA, AZ wrote on 3/13/2007...
Good Cussler fare, as always.
Verne S. from MERRITT IS, FL wrote on 2/17/2007...
excellent
Leslie D. W. from FRESNO, CA wrote on 2/16/2007...
Great fun figuring how Dirk will escape the next danger.
Jane B. from WEBSTER, NH wrote on 2/8/2007...
I love the characters and the adventures of Cussler's books.