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    Poseidon's Arrow

    By Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler

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    In this adventure in the #1 New York Times bestselling series, oceanographer Dirk Pitt is back to find a crucial piece of marine tech that could reshape the United States’ defense program...

    It is the greatest advance in American defense technology in decades—an attack submarine capable of incredible underwater speeds. There is only one problem: A key element of the prototype is missing—and the man who developed it is dead.

    At the same time, ships have started vanishing mid-ocean, and when a few reappear, bodies are found aboard burned to a crisp. Could these mysterious events be connected to an Italian submarine that itself disappeared in 1943?

    It is up to NUMA director Dirk Pitt and his team, aided by a beautiful NCIS agent and by Pitt’s children, marine engineer Dirk and oceanographer Summer, to go on a desperate international chase to find the truth, from Washington to Mexico, Idaho to Panama. What they discover at the end of it is a much, much greater threat than even they imagined.

    Filled with breathtaking suspense and extraordinary imagination, Poseidon’s Arrow is further proof that when it comes to adventure writing, nobody beats Clive Cussler.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Group
    Release dateNov 6, 2012
    ISBN9781101607008
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    Clive Cussler

    Clive Cussler (1931–2020) was the author or coauthor of over eighty books in five bestselling series, including DIRK PITT®, THE NUMA FILES®, THE OREGON FILES ®, AN ISAAC BELL ADVENTURE ®, A SAM AND REMI FARGO ADVENTURE ®, and A KURT AUSTIN ADVENTURE ®. His nonfiction works include Built for Adventure: The Classic Automobiles of Clive Cussler and Dirk Pitt, Built to Thrill: More Classic Automobiles from Clive Cussler and Dirk Pitt, The Sea Hunters, and The Sea Hunters II; these describe the true adventures of the real NUMA, which, led by Cussler, searches for lost ships of historic significance. With his crew of volunteers, Cussler discovered more than sixty ships, including the long-lost Civil War submarine Hunley. 

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    • 4/5
      glad to see dirk pitt & the crew again, great read, went from cover-to-cover
    • 3/5
      So-so. Hard to get excited about the Panama Canal, and there are no great escapes or action scenes. Glad to see Dirk and Al are still in business.
    • 3/5
      Aardig boek, dat volgens het beproefde Cussler stramien loopt. Eerst een stuk uit het (verre) verleden, en daarna een sprong naar het heden. Het begin was een beetje traag, maar het werd beter toen het verhaal vorderde.

    • 5/5
      Everything you want and expect from Cussler: High Seas high adventure with a sprinkling of historical mystery bookending the story.
    • 5/5
      Excellent adventure!
      Pitt's still got it!!
    • 3/5
      Well. I listened to it....massive continuous action means no action. It is repetitive and boring that way. Again, hard to separate the two Dirks and also that the senior Dirk is out in the field with his whole Washington DC staff is anathama. There is nobody at the capitol to defend NUMA and after this time, it would have been gobbled up by it's aggressors and it's budget eaten by others. Addition of a useless NCIS agent was a weird twist--she was captured twice and bad things happened to her--for what reason? I may be getting tired of the series, but I'll soldier on...almost done after 22 episodes.
    • 3/5
      The huge leap forward in technology has the United States poised to make every submarine fleet obsolete, but the need for rare earth metals and industrial espionage put it at risk. Poseidon’s Arrow is the twenty-second book of Clive Cussler’s Dirk Pitt series and the fifth with his son Dirk, as NUMA Director Dirk Pitt finds himself attempt to protect the interests of the United States like he did back in the day.In 1943, an Italian submarine-turned-freighter sails the Indian Ocean with material from Japanese-occupied territory headed for Germany when an American plane flies over and damages it so it can not complete its mission. In the present day, the President learns of a secret prototype attack submarine the United States is developing, but just after he learns about it a ruthless an Austrian-born multimillionaire with a vendetta plans on stealing its plans to sell to the Chinese while stopping the development of the prototype. A group of mercenaries knocks out a California mine that specializes in rare earth metals and kills an engineer and defense contractor that are developing the new sub then steal the engineers plans before also stealing one of the submarines revolutionary new engines. Dirk Pitt and NUMA enter the scene when bringing up the dead engineer’s boat only to be attacked by the mercenaries, then it is a race between the two to find first the plans then later the engine with the mercenaries always a step ahead or right on Pitt’s tail which leads to him and Al Giordino getting captured while attempting to stop a hijacking of a shipment of rare earth metals to the United States thanks to an informant. The Chinese while not opposed to paying for all the technology they can get, learn that the millionaire is stealing their rare earth metals as well and decide that enough is enough. A Chinese spy plans to destroy the millionaire’s secret refining facility alongside the Panama Canal where Pitt and Giordino were taken eventually meeting Pitt when he escapes. Pitt, alongside his children, leads a Panamanian security back to the facility just before it blows to save everyone else slaving away there when he learns that the stolen engine and plans are coming through the Canal. Pitt stops the stealing of the engine and gets back the stolen plans though doing so results in the destruction of one of the Canal’s locks. Meanwhile off Madagascar, Dirk Jr. and Summer are attacked in a NUMA submersible by a boat owned by the same antagonist after getting to shore Summer finds the remains of some of the crew of the Italian submarine as well as the boat’s logbook. After finding their father in Panama, the two’s investigation leads them to Terra del Fuego where the submarine had been washed up on shore decades after it’s last appearance. Inside, the twins find tons of rare earth metals that the United States’ purchases from Italy to complete the prototype submarine.Once again, Dirk Cussler’s writing alongside his father brought a fun narrative to the series. Unfortunately for the second book in a row there were issues that weren’t present in the first three books that father and son cowrote. There were two major issues that were really annoying with the first being Pitt at his age and what he had gone through doing what he did during the climax especially since several books ago he complained he should not be put in those situations again. The second was that the chief mercenary instead of killing a NCIS investigator that he happened upon while stealing the engine, he takes her with him so he can have sex (rape) just so she can be in danger during the Panama Canal chase. The appearance of a Chinese spy and the regulation of Dirk Jr. and Summer to an essentially tertiary position in the story makes me fearful that Clive wants to go back to Cold War spy novels that the early books of the series had while completely forgetting why he decided to retcon the existence of twins, the age of Dirk Pitt.Poseidon’s Arrow continues a string of good narratives written by Clive and Dirk Cussler, but for the second book in a row there are issues that while annoying doesn’t derail everything.
    • 4/5
      Dirk Pitt, with a little help from Al Giordino and his twin children, Summer and Dirk, is out to save the world again, this time from a businessman intent on controlling all the world’s rare earth materials. As usual the book cracks on at great pace, and involves many tense scenarios.
      I would like to report that the master of this genre is not losing his touch, but sadly I feel that this book is not up to the rating level that I give to most of its predecessors – I did not find it holding my attention in quite the same way as previous books have done.
      Once having the bit between his teeth, there is very little that Pitt will not do to defeat his protagonist, including endangering the whole of the Panama Canal with his antics. There are one or two too many coincidences or acts of timing that stretch the incredulity a little bit, and without which the successful out come would never have been achieved. Cussler himself makes his usual appearance, and yet again is not recognised by Pitt who has met him in so many adventures before!
      Not a bad read by any means, but not quite up to the usual Cussler standard.

    • 4/5
      A much more entertaining story and better developed characters grace this title than the previous entry by father/son Cussler. These Pitt novels are nowhere near as good as when Clive alone penned them, but the joint efforts between the two seem to be trending in the right direction. I was especially impressed with how the two Pitt children were developed in this one, and the implications of stolen technology from the U.S. really set up the background plot well.
    • 3/5
      There is no build up of suspense and action in Cussler's books. They hit the ground running and never stop until the end. In this Dirk Pitt episode, the NUMA group gets involved in a plot to corner the world market in rare earth minerals needed to create super magnets such as those needed for a new top secret submarine. The climax takes place in the Panama Canal which is always a fascinating place to visit.
    • 4/5
      The latest installment in the Dirk Pitt series certainly doesn't disappoint. Whilst it follows the same formula as previous novels all the ingredients are new leaving you glued to the pages making excuses to procrastinate on chores and keep reading just a little more.The only real negative I have in regards to this book is the guest appearances/cameo appearances of Clive Cussler himself in the books, it strikes me as odd that Dirk Pitt rarely if ever recognises the Clive Cussler character when they bump into each other throughout the series. Yes, it's a novel little gimmick but the manner in which its implemented seems to break the story flow for me.Otherwise, no complaints. Great book, I eagerly await the next Cussler book.
    • 4/5
      Fun book. Like a dinner in your favorite restaurant. Familiar yet, very satisfying.
    • 5/5
      Another exciting Dirk Pitt adventure from Clive Cussler. The guest appearances by Clive continue. Not too much to say about the book it follows the tried and true formula of the other Dirk Pitt adventures. It has enough historical items, future technology, espionage, ruthless billionaires, and unbelievable action to keep you glued to the book.
    • 5/5
      Once again Clive Cussler delivers another action packed Dirk Pitt story. With all of our favorites there from Al to his wife Loren. This is certainly one you are not going to want to miss. Can't wait for the next Dirk Pitt to come out. I highly recommend this book.