Atlantis Found - Clive Cussler

Where to start with this lamentable effort. Well, don’t buy it would be a good place. It’s dreadful and I’m going to give away quite a bit of the plot in this opinion to show you just how stupid it is. If you don't want it spoilt for you, then stop now, but I did warn you. Cussler has sunk to a real low by writing this book, though not as low as Penguin for publishing it, and his biggest mistake as far as I can see is attempting to leave the confines of the narrow world he usually inhabits, to write about things in the real world, which he knows nothing about. If you’ve never read anything by Cussler, buy one of his early novels, as ...

A ripping yarn - with gaping plot holes and laughable dialogue. Clive Cussler has read Graham Hancock's theories about a vanished ancient advanced civilisation and incorporated them into this action novel featuring his tiresome superhuman hero Dirk Pitt. He sets up an intriguing scenario - ancient chambers of incredible technical construction are found inscribed with an unknown language that appears to warn of an impending stellar catastrophe. But the chambers are guarded by ruthless killers who assassinate anyone who discover them. Dirk Pitt appears on the scene to save one such exploration team. Dirk is 'director of Special Projects at the ...

Well as I used this as a comparison in one of my recent reviews it is time to dust off this book and try to remember why I bought it in the first place. Clive Cussler is a rather prolific author who in recent months has begun to write with other writers thus increasing his output, meaning it is rare that when purusing the new books on the shelf at most supermarkets you wont find one of his books on offer (an amazon search brings up almost 500 options). Atlantis Found as with so many books explores the possibilities of mythical Atlantis being discovered. As with many of Cusslers other books it features Dirk Pitt and his friend Al Giordino, two men ...