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Language ArtsI am a huge fan of the Dirk Pitt series and have been working my way through all of the books, however this book could not hold my interest. It felt like the storyline was too similar to past books and droned on too long in sections. It was also challenging to find much of a connection between some of the events. There were some gripping segments that had me glued to the page, however I have come to expect more from these...
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Clive Cussler comes through with yet another fine adventure that provides a great escape.It all starts when Dirk Pitt, working for NUMA in the South Pacific, notices a fire burning on the horizon. It seems a state of the art cruise ship named 'Emerald Dolphin' is experiencing a major fire. The radios, as well as the sprinkler system, has been sabotaged and the lifeboats have been burned. Dirk must now rescue over 2000 people...
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If you've read Cussler before, specifically his Dirk Pitt novels, you know the superhero status Pitt enjoys. Well, Pitt does it again in Cussler's latest incarnation, "Valhalla Rising."When the latest and greatest new cruise liner is mysteriously engulfed in a raging inferno, Pitt's survey ship, which just happens to be within a binocular's view, rushes to the cruise ship's setting the stage for a daring rescue of the nearly...
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Valhalla Rising is another Dirk Pitt Adventure, the best yet. Enjoyable and an easy read. Action and adventure carry the hero to all new adventures. The villians are vicious and calculating, keeping Dirk Pitt on his toes. Vikings, submarines, cruise ship disasters all keeping the reader entertained. The ending is quite the Cussler Style for Pitt and his novels. I enjoyed reading it in one evening... glued to the action and...
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Mr. Clive Cussler has entertained readers with Dirk Pitt through what is now a collection of eighteen novels. It is a remarkable run by any measure and while some of the novels are better than others, they are all great fun. Mr. Cussler created a main character that not only he clearly would like to be, but an individual that all his male readers would like to claim a piece of for their own. I would imagine most of his readers...
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