Book info

• Title Atlantis Found
• Author Clive Cussler
• Year 1999
• Genre Thriller

Dirk Pitt is on hand at a Colorado archaeological site where an ancient and mysterious artefact has been found - one that is perhaps linked to other strange objects turning up across the globe. And soon Pitt's skills and ingenuity are desperately needed to rescue the team after a suspicious explosion seals them deep underground. It quickly becomes clear that the artefacts carry a message: warning of global Armageddon. Yet a shadowy organisation called the Fourth Empire not only wants to stop others from heeding that warning, but is also actively seeking to accelerate the end it foretells. Now Pitt and NUMA must face this diabolical foe, who will stop at nothing to wipe out all life on earth...

Thoughts

Dirk Pitt is a NUMA director and always manages to get involved in some big adventure or another. This time a group of next generation Nazis are planning to turn the world upside down (almost literally) to be rid of all but their chosen. They’ve even got the boats ready, Noah style. Can Dirk save the world before it’s too late?

Dirk Pitt is loveable, if a little too able to escape death James Bond style. But he’s joined by his good friend Giordino who finds love in this novel. There are plenty of bad guys to boo at as well.

I find that he tends to put in details that are unnessesary, just because he knows them, like boat engine sizes and things, not essential to the plot.

I really enjoyed this book, although it seemed to go on a little bit after the disaster had been averted, and by then you’re too relieved to concentrate.

Rating: 4 / 5