- Valhalla Rising -

by Clive Cussler


Valhalla Rising by Clive Cussler, a Dirk Pitt adventure G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2001

531 pages
Price on dust jacket $27.95
ISBN # 0-399-14787-X
First Printing Number Line: 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2

From the dust jacket, "It is July 2003. In the middle of its maiden voyage, the luxury cruise ship Emerald Dolphin suddenly catches fire and sinks. What caused it? Why didn't the alarms go off?

What was its connection to the revolutionary new engines powering the ship? NUMA special projects director Dirk Pitt® races to rescue the passengers and investigate the disaster, but he has no idea of the bizarre chain of events that are about to engulf him. Before the next few weeks are over, Pitt will find himself confronted by an extraordinary series of monsters, both human and mechanical, modern and ancient. He will tread upon territory previously known only to legend. And at the end of it all, though many lives will be lost, and many saved, it is Pitt's own life that will be changed forever. . . . Filled with dazzling suspense and breathtaking action, Valhalla Rising is Cussler at the height of his storytelling powers."

In Valhalla Rising, Clive Cussler springs a surprise on his readers in this wild adventure, featuring Dirk Pitt.

Clive Cussler's superhero, Dirk Pitt®, as the director of special projects for the National Underwater Maritime Administration (NUMA) is in the vicinity when the world's biggest cruise ship sinks. Pitt stages the rescue of nearly 2,000 passengers. A famous scientist is among those who perish, while Pitt rescues his beautiful daughter.

Clive Cussler tangles a story of ancient Viking runes, Captain Nemo's Nautilus, the Red Baron, water propulsion engines, murderous oil magnates, undersea catastrophes and cruise ship explosions into a knot that only Dirk Pitt and his sidekick Al Giordino can unravel.

 
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Iceberg
Raise the Titanic
Vixen 03
Night Probe
Deep Six
Cyclops
Treasure
Dragon
Sahara
Inca Gold
Shockwave
Sea Hunters
Flood Tide
Clive Cussler and Dirk Pitt Revealed
Serpent
Atlantis Found
Blue Gold
Valhalla Rising
Fire Ice
The Sea Hunters II
White Death
Golden Buddha
Trojan Odyssey
Lost City
Sacred Stone
Black Wind
Polar Shift
Dark Watch
The Adventures of Vin Fiz
Skeleton Coast
Treasure of Khan
The Navigator
The Chase
Plague Ship
Arctic Drift
Corsair
Medusa
Spartan Gold
The Wrecker
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