Clive Cussler

Sahara (Spanish)

Kirsten Simkiss

I read this book years ago and, after giving it my best, I've decided to stop reading these consecutively as these books make me grind my teeth. I'm a big sci-fi reader, but the level you need to suspend your disbelief to in these books drives me a little crazy. I initially read this book when I was in middle school, maybe high school, and I enjoyed it. I read it primarily because the movie was so damn good.

It was far better than the book, which really is a pity to say. The fact that the book has so many strange plots colliding into one book was a little overwhelming and the characters are a little flat in general. Giordino getting married at the end of the book came out of no where for me. And, as I've come to realize by reading the first books in the series, Dirk Pitt is a jack of all trades and kind of a dick. Why women flock to him confounds me.

If you're looking at reading the book because you liked the movie, spare yourself. It's not worth it.

A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Cussler is hard to beat' Daily Mail The eleventh classic Dirk Pitt novel, where the adventurer is drawn to a secret in the burning African desert, which could destroy all life in the world's seas. Deep in the African desert, Dirk Pitt discovers that a top secret scientific installation is leaking a lethal chemical into the rivers, threatening to kill thousands of people - and to destroy all life in the world's seas. To warn the world of the catastrophe, Pitt must escape capture and death at the hands of a ruthless West African dictator and French industrialist, and undertake a long, perilous journey across the merciless Sahara... 'Clive Cussler is the guy I read' Tom Clancy 'The Adventure King' Daily Express

Sahara

Andrew

Such a wonderful and exciting story: fast paced, realistic characters, and phenomenal conclusion. 

Sahara (Spanish)

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