Inca Gold

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Summary: Best book I've ever read!
Review: All of Clive Cussler's books are great, but this on is far and away the best. The way Cussler makes Dirk Pitt get out of a situation where any other man would have died is awesome.

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Summary: Compelling, Exciting - can't put down!
Review: This book is responsible for dragging my teenage son away from the TV. Need I say more?

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Summary: Fantastic pitt-novel
Review: Although I think it is a great book, i expected more from it. This is a high-adventure book but not as good as for example "dragon" At least, if you like cussler and you like pitt, READ IT!

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Summary: Must-read, adventure-thriller classic
Review: Inca Gold is a classic, must-read adventure thriller. Cussler combines familiar heroic characters with imaginable extremes of adventure and discovery that will appeal to anyone who wants to pick up a book and get lost in it right to the end. The best news is that after reading Inca Gold, your addiction to Cussler and his hero-character, Dirk Pitt, will be satisfied by Cussler's other dozen novels of similar character and different settings.

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Summary: The greatest ride of your life!
Review: In this offering of Clive Cussler's, the book's climax features an amazing death-defying voyage on an underground rapid-flowing river. It keeps you glued to the pages until the end. Set aside some continuous time to devote to this book for the ride of your life! There is, of course, the now signature meeting with Clive Cussler himself, an avid car enthusiast that "runs" into Dirk Pitt along the way.

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Summary: Leaves high expectations for Cussler's future novels!
Review: An excellent novel with action, adventure, heroism, and mystery that leaves the reader anticipating the next chapter! -Keith Gouveia

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Summary: Who'll destroy Dirk Pitt?
Review: To read "Inca Gold" and find it enjoyable, you must start reading it knowing that it isn't serious. Like in the Indiana Jones movies, everything is gonna be okay in the end, your hero will find a way to escape imminent death, and arrive in time to rescue the pretty girl and all his friends. Knowing this, you're able to start to read. Then you'll have fun. You can't compare Cussler's work with Tom Clancy, for an example. While Clancy almost begs the reader to be taken seriously, inserting in the text a huge amount of technical information, Cussler lets the text go its way. It's almost like he's telling you a funny story that happened to him. But "Inca Gold" is very cool. The story starts when an ancient Inca pit, now filled with water, is explored by an american archeological team, and they find out a time-hidden passageway underwater. From there on, art-smuggling bandits, corrupt governments and poor mexican-village people pop out of Cussler imagina! ! tion. Don't get me wrong, it'a good book, only too implausible. Dirk Pitt is what Cussler would like to be. He's every body childhood superhero, he's got historical cars ( Cussler does, also ), women knocking at his door, doesn't need to work for money, and has a full-time italian-bulldog bodyguard, Al Giordino, his best friend. This is a good book when you want to turn your life off, and don't think of anything, even what you're reading. The story explains itself sooner or later. The only difficulty is the number of characters. There's a time when you don't know who's who. Even Cussler himself does a little appearance in the middle of the book. If you want to have fun and don't want to be smashed by information and hard-facts, this is the book, and I think all Cussler's books must be like this, too. Well, I just bought "Raise the Titanic!", let's see what it's like.

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Summary: good stuff
Review: very good action adventure with a rollicking setpieces of action, i particular like the bit in the well where pitt dives into.great story too, though, the pace is scuppered slightly by too much talking in the middle. nevertheless, its hairraising adventure all the way.And to reviewers who think who think this meaningless, please lighten up, as this is supposed to be escapism adventure.and to the achaercologist review who says there's no achaerlogist in real life acting as spies, and that there shouldnt be any in inca gold,please try to understand this is FICTION and in fiction anything goes.if you want reality, go and read tesla: man ou of time or something.

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Summary: From the back cover:
Review: Nearly 5 centuries ago a fleet of boats landed mysteriously on an island in an inland sea. There, an ancient Andean people hid a golden hoard greater than that of any pharaoh, then they and their treasure vanished into history-until now. 1998, the Andes Mountains of Peru. Dirk Pitt dives into an ancient sacrificial pool, saving two American archaeologists from certain drowning. But his death-defying rescue is only the beginning, as it draws the intrepid Pitt into a vortex of darkness and danger, corruption and betrayal. A sinister crime syndicate has traced the long-lost treasure-worth almost a billion dollars from the Andes to the banks of a hidden underground river flowing beneath the Mexican desert. Driven by burning greed and a ruthless bloodlust, the syndicate is racing to seize the golden prize...and to terminate the one man who can stop them: Dirk Pitt!

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Summary: Golden Reading
Review: From the inside flap: "Deep in a forbidden netherworld of the Andes Mountains, Dirk Pitt uncovers an empire of evil pursuing an untold fortune in...Inca Gold."

This is another in the line of Dirk Pitt adventures. Mr. Cussler is an excellent author who I truly enjoy reading. Mr. Cussler as always does a great job at painting the scenes, and in particular Dirk Pitt. I had the pleasure of reading this book on flight from Washington, D.C. to San Diego. It was extremely hard to put down and I couldn't wait to check into my hotel so I could finish it. Being one who has been obsessed with ships and the sea since I was a child, Mr. Cusslers books are always extremely enjoyable to me.

I have read the following other books by Mr. Cussler.

Atlantis Found
Raise the Titanic
The Sea Hunters (Non-Fiction)

I would highly recommend any of these books.

Mr. Cussler was the recipient of the Edgar Alan Poe award in 1974 for The Mediterranean Caper.

Though I can't think of any authors in this genre to compare him to, I can compare Mr. Cussler to other winners of the award mentioned above such as Stuart Woods.

If you like adventure, then don't leave this book off of your reading list.