New Cussler book may interest you Indy fans - Kirkus review included...

Posted by walker from 38.152.176.175 on May 24, 1999 at 10:05:16:

For those of you unfamiliar with Clive Cussler and his adventure books, here's a review of the latest, due in stores early June:

From Kirkus Reviews , May 7, 1999
Cussler abandons his trademark hero, Dirk Pitt (Flood Tide, 1997, etc.), for Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala of NUMA (the National Underwater and Marine Agency), both of whom are gifted at derring-do and outwitting bad guys.

Cussler has also taken on a co-author, which may account for a fresh poetic reach and smoothness to many of the pages here. Not that Cussler needs any help in postulating the outrageous, in this instance the discovery of the mummified remains of a certain Italian explorer whose initial's are C.C. (think very big) in an underwater Mayan temple in the Yucatan. A ton of outlandish but solemnly straight-faced plotting leads to this stupefying event.

The Spanish Brotherhood of the Sword, for example, which supposedly disbanded 300 years ago, is still alive and well and responsible for the story's marvelous opening set-piece, the ramming and sinking of the Andrea Doria back in 1956. Readers who remember that Cussler wrote Raise the Titanic! (1976) will not be surprised by an underwater expedition to the Andrea Doria, but what does surprise is the armored car robbery/murder that takes place in the hold as the ship sinks.

What fantastic object does the armored car contain that brings about the great Italian liner's destruction and large loss of life? Mayan archaeology with underwater battles in silty darkness, plus a busty archaeologist: in other words, the mixture as before, and simply terrific fun. -- Copyright Š1999, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

Sounds good to me! walker

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Oops, I forgot. The title is 'Serpent.' (nm) walker 10:07:24 5/24/99 (0)

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: For those of you unfamiliar with Clive Cussler and his adventure books, here's a review of the latest, due in stores early June:

: From Kirkus Reviews , May 7, 1999
: Cussler abandons his trademark hero, Dirk Pitt (Flood Tide, 1997, etc.), for Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala of NUMA (the National Underwater and Marine Agency), both of whom are gifted at derring-do and outwitting bad guys.

: Cussler has also taken on a co-author, which may account for a fresh poetic reach and smoothness to many of the pages here. Not that Cussler needs any help in postulating the outrageous, in this instance the discovery of the mummified remains of a certain Italian explorer whose initial's are C.C. (think very big) in an underwater Mayan temple in the Yucatan. A ton of outlandish but solemnly straight-faced plotting leads to this stupefying event.

: The Spanish Brotherhood of the Sword, for example, which supposedly disbanded 300 years ago, is still alive and well and responsible for the story's marvelous opening set-piece, the ramming and sinking of the Andrea Doria back in 1956. Readers who remember that Cussler wrote Raise the Titanic! (1976) will not be surprised by an underwater expedition to the Andrea Doria, but what does surprise is the armored car robbery/murder that takes place in the hold as the ship sinks.

: What fantastic object does the armored car contain that brings about the great Italian liner's destruction and large loss of life? Mayan archaeology with underwater battles in silty darkness, plus a busty archaeologist: in other words, the mixture as before, and simply terrific fun. -- Copyright Š1999, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

: Sounds good to me!  walker

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