2008-06-30 Entertaining

Clive Cussler is on the front cover and really no more else needs to be said. It's entertaining if not slightly ridiculous. This deviation from reality can be forgiven as it adds immesurably to the story and achieves that goal of tearing us from the daily routine and enriching our lives with a tale that rips along at 80 Knotts.
Entertainment aside, however, this NUMA files (Kurt Austin) adventure Didn't match the excitement of the Juan Cabrillo story Skeleton Coast.
A fan of Clive Cussler won't be dissapointed if they read without the preconception that Dirk Pitt is the alpha and the omega of Cussler's empire of literature.
Anyone contemplating a new book, and not having read a Cussler novel before, this isn't a bad place to start, it will leave you gasping for another like a fish taken from his favourite stretch of sea starved of the oxygen it provides.