Dragon (Dirk Pitt Adventure) - Hardcover

Cussler, Clive

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0671626191 ISBN 13: 9780671626198

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 1990

Synopsis

Adventurer Dirk Pitt matches wits with a group of Japanese nationalist extremists out to establish a new empire as he races against time to recover an atomic bomb lost in the Pacific aboard a B-29 during World War II

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Review:

Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel"Pitt has been compared to other popular adventureheroes, but Cussler has created a one-of-a-kind...[DRAGON is] an imaginative and suspensefulnovel." Publishers Weekly"A page-turning romp that achieves a level of fast-paced action and derring-do that Robert Ludlum...might well envy.... Solidly entertaining." San Diego Union"Pure fun.... Cussler's ability to dredge up forgottenfacts and link them to imagined future events lends freshtwists to the techno-thriller.... Watch ou for papercuts as you turn the pages faster and faster to keep upwith Cussler's intense pace." Atlanta Journal and Constitution"Chock-full of marine technology, gentle twistingsof historical fact, and enough undersea action tokeep readers turning pages. Lovers of underseaadventures who have yet to pick up a Cussler novelshould get to know Dirk Pitt." Sunday Oklahoman "Action-packed... Cussler grabs the reader in the opening chapter, starting a rollercoaster ride of heart-stopping adventures, disasters, and coincidences.... "Dragon" is every bit as thrilling as his earlier "Raise the Titanic"! Chattanooga News-Free Press"From one hair-raising scene to another, "Dragon"is an incredible and satisfying thriller.... Full ofswashbuckling drama and enough twists and turnsto keep the reader's attention to the last page.... Ocala Star-Banner"Cussler once again bounces to the top of his fieldby combining current events with an active imagination.... A fine writer.... A spectacular ending." Richmond Times-Dispatch"Cussler is a master of building suspense and tension.... �DRAGON is� high-tech adventure, a little romance, and a whale of a story...." Kirkus Reviews"Cussler keeps a tight plot under a favoring wind....Much fun, crisply told, with exciting specialeffects." New York Daily News"Unrelenting... DRAGON is a swell adventure story."

From the Back Cover:

'THE POWER TO BLOW UP ANY CITY IN THE WORLD IN TIME FOR THE SIX O'CLOCK NEWS...'

That is the threat posed by the Kaiten Project, master-minded by Hideki Suma, a sinister Japanese industrialist with a stockpile of atomic weapons and an army of robots at his command. But he has not reckoned on the courage and resource of troubleshooter Dirk Pitt, whose underwater skills are put to the test as never before and emerge triumphant.

Another gripping tale from Clive Cussler, the master of action-packed suspense.

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0671626191
• ISBN 13: 9780671626198
• Binding: Hardcover