|
Arctic Drift (Dirk Pitt) | 
| Authors: Clive Cussler, Dirk Cussler
Publisher: Penguin Audio
Category: Book
List Price: $39.95
Buy New: $26.37
You Save: $13.58 (34%)
Rating:  37 reviews
Sales Rank: 45869
Format: Audiobook
Media: Audio CD
Edition: Unabridged
Number Of Items: 11
Pages: 14
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 5.8 x 5.4 x 1.6
ISBN: 0143143670
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780143143673
Publication Date: November 25, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
|
| Similar Items:
|
| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
Unabridged CDs 14 CDs, 16 hours
Dirk Pitt returns, in the extraordinary new novel from the grand master of adventure.
|
| Customer Reviews: Read 32 more reviews...
Another winning entry for Clive & Son November 26, 2008
30 out of 33 found this review helpful
You would be hard pressed to find a bigger fan of Dirk Pitt novels than me, and while the anxious 'sit & wait' attitude until the next adventure comes out has softened somewhat with the last 4-5 novels, I gotta admit that it's tough to beat an action-drenched sea-worthy drama like the type produced by the Cussler's.
After being totally UNDER-Whelmed by the cover of 'Arctic Drift' (easily one of the worst in the entire Pitt library), I began with earnest to get back to what I love to do most: become entirely entrenched into a world where NUMA is real and saving the world is as easy as turning the next page. This time around, a completely random discovery that may very well 100% reverse Global Warming has been discovered, only to have another nasty megalomaniac--this time around from Canada--attempt to block it in order to continue to rape the environment for profit, all the while doing his best to look like his company cares about being Green more than almost anyone.
Along the way, Dirk's children, Summer & Dirk Jr. have managed to stumble upon a dangerous arm of our nasty Canadian while doing otherwise boring research half-way to Alaska on the Canadian Coast. Of course everything becomes connected in only the way that Dirk & Co. can manage to be at the right place at the right time to help. The horrible Canadian has done his best to spark what could very well be a major conflict with America, one in which an armed response seems inevitable, and right in the middle: you guessed it...Dirk Jr., Dirk Sr., Summer & Al Giordino. Along the way we discover some interesting History revolving around the efforts to discover a North Passage near the North Pole and what lengths some people will go to in order to add a few million dollars more to their already outrageously huge personal fortune.
While the debate continues to rage about the validity of mans impact on Global Warming vs. a cyclical pattern that the earth adheres to which man simply cannot influence, one thing is certain: Dirk Pitt continues to provide a slam-bang fun ride, this time through the North West Territories.
 Don't Blame CUSSLER for KINDLE! December 1, 2008
19 out of 22 found this review helpful
Please stop putting bad reviews of Kindle on the Arctic Drift page! If you are dissatisfied with your Kindle deal, then give the Kindle a bad review. Your Kindle issues have nothing to do with the quality of Cussler's writing.
Cussler has long been my favorite author, and I was shocked to see such a bad rating on Amazon for this book. I'm glad I took the time to read the reviews, and see that your dissatisfaction is not with Arctic Drift. (Personally, I think even 9.99 is too much to pay for an electronic book you can't read at the beach or share with a friend!) But it's well worth the $16.77 to have the latest Dirk Pitt novel in hand!
 Disappointed December 9, 2008
11 out of 14 found this review helpful
I have bought and read every Cussler book he has written, am a lifelong fan but I was disappointed. I know it is fiction, but the global warming dogma is off-putting to those who have a long background in objective science and have spent a lot of time studying the issue. Just couldn't get past the unquestioning acceptance of global warming and evil capitalist bent on destruction of the enviornment. The action and "pickles" that Dirk et. al. get into will keep one turning the pages and make the book worth reading. However, because of my background/education I admit I was at times saying "this isn't accurate." If you don't have that problem, I am sure you will rate Arctic Drift far higher than I have. In spite of my rating for this book, I will be first in line for the next Cussler novel.
Buy Arctic Drift in Hard Cover and Enjoy a Fine Sea-Going Tale December 1, 2008
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
Arctic Drift has a lot to recommend it (if you don't get jammed up with Kindle pricing). The plot is an imaginative one about the potential risks to peace and economic stability with the world running out of energy while the ice caps are being melted down by global warming as a greedy billionaire seeks to manipulate the situation to his own advantage (much as Enron did during the electricity shortage in the West a few years ago). Dirk gets out and under the sea to have some unusual adventures which include a most unusual battle. There is a great series of cliff hangers as men's lives are at risk in perilous conditions. Dirk, Jr. and Summer also have some exciting adventures. The story also features a merciless killer who likes to make things go pop. You'll also read an intriguing historical mystery that connects to today's problems and technology. My only complaint is that the story could have used more of Dirk and Al in action.
The book opens on a doomed expedition that is captured in the Arctic ice after trying unsuccessfully to navigate the Northwest Passage through Canada from Europe to Asia. The officers can't keep order as the men seem to be going mad, somehow connected to silvery rocks they have come into contact with.
Moving into the future, the year is 2011 and a mysterious phenomenon called the Devil's Breath is causing mysterious deaths at sea along the Inside Passage in British Columbia. Summer and Dirk, Jr. are taking water samples when they come across a derelict ship that has come into contact with the Breath. In the process, Summer makes friends with a dead fisherman's brother and the three investigate what might be causing large changes in the acid level in the sea.
Further south, a pro-environmentalist Canadian M.P. is murdered in a way to make it look like an accident. In the Arctic, a Canadian research station is destroyed by what looks like a U.S. Navy vessel creating international tensions.
In Washington, D.C., a rare element turns out to have unusual properties, and the finding triggers a race to find more of the element and to seize control of the secret. Now the race is on to solve the energy crisis.
I liked the plot very much. It goes well beyond the "we are running out of . . . ." story lines and the "we are going to die from global warming" story lines to come up with an original intersection of the two problems constructed in a way that seems realistic in light of the economic events earlier in 2008 as gasoline prices in the United States spiked above $4.00 a gallon and seemed headed higher until a global recession pricked the balloon.
The story has nice balance as well. There are a lot of characters and several interesting threads. If anything, Arctic Drift is a little too balanced. I could have used more of Dirk and Al at sea and in battle. The new plots where Dirk, Jr. and Summer engage in the ocean-going events aren't nearly as interesting as the more dangerous situations that Dirk and Al used to get themselves into and out of.
There's less swagger here . . . and more intellect. That's okay, but it's not quite as good as the over the top swagger that this series once featured. But I think you'll enjoy your voyage with NUMA and company.
Classical Cussler December 1, 2008
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
When I pick up a Clive Cussler novel, I have certain expectations, and this novel, though formulaic, meets and even exceeds each one. I read this over the Thanksgiving holiday and was thoroughly entertained.
Low ratings from previous reviewers comes from the Kindle version, and the pricing, not the novel.
|
|
|
|
Copyright 2008 BetterEditor.net
| |
