Synopses & Reviews
Japan, 1945: Two U.S. bombers take off with atomic bombs.
Only one gets through.
The Pacific, 1993: A Japanese cargo ship bound for the United
States is instantly, thunderously vaporized, taking with it a
Norwegian vessel. Japanese fanatics have developed a chilling
plan to devastate and destroy the Western powers. From the
ocean depths to the discovery of cache of lost Nazi loot,
DIRK PITT is untanglinga savage conspiracy and igniting a
daring counterattack. While Washington bureaucrats scramble,
a brutal industrialist commands his blackmail scheme from a
secret island control center. And DIRK PITT, the dauntless
hero of Sahara and Inca Gold, is taking on death-dealing robots
and a human-hunting descendant of samurai warriors. Pitt
alone controls the West's secret ace in the hole: a tidal wave of
destruction waiting to be triggered on the ocean floor!
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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...."
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Kirkus Reviews
"Cussler keeps a tight plot under a favoring wind.
...Much fun, crisply told, with exciting special
effects."
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Atlanta Journal and Constitution
"Chock-full of marine technology, gentle twistings
of historical fact, and enough undersea action to
keep readers turning pages. Lovers of undersea
adventures who have yet to pick up a Cussler novel
should get to know Dirk Pitt."
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Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
"Pitt has been compared to other popular adventure
heroes, but Cussler has created a one-of-a-kind...
[DRAGON is] an imaginative and suspenseful
novel."
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Atlanta Journal and Constitution
"Chock-full of marine technology, gentle twistings
of historical fact, and enough undersea action to
keep readers turning pages. Lovers of undersea
adventures who have yet to pick up a Cussler novel
should get to know Dirk Pitt."
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Chattanooga News-Free Press
"From one hair-raising scene to another, Dragon
is an incredible and satisfying thriller.... Full of
swashbuckling drama and enough twists and turns
to keep the reader's attention to the last page....
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Ocala Star-Banner
"Cussler once again bounces to the top of his field
by combining current events with an active imagination....
A fine writer.... A spectacular ending."
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San Diego Union
"Pure fun.... Cussler's ability to dredge up forgotten
facts and link them to imagined future events lends fresh
twists to the techno-thriller.... Watch ou for paper
cuts as you turn the pages faster and faster to keep up
with Cussler's intense pace."