Only because I mentioned it in my review of Treasure of Khan, I figured I should offer a quick review of Dirk Pitt adventure #20, Arctic Drift. The feature characters played out to my liking, namely, Dirk Pitt and Al Giordino taking the major bulk of the book head-on, with Summer and the younger Dirk Pitt left to some side stories. For this, I would still give the book a high rating. And honestly, about now I wouldn’t really mind if the hero-transition from aging Dirk Pitt to the younger and confident Dirk Pitt Jr. took place, so long as the better man is not locked in an office shuffling paperwork.
The major thrust of this story deals with Global Warming, and I am pretty certain that this is the Cusslers‘ first strike at the environmentalist’s favorite worst-case-scenario. I personally do not buy into the danger that humanity is destroying its own physical world—or at least not as much as I believe that humanity is destroying its own moral world at a much faster rate. But that is a whole different discussion.
As always, the Cusslers do attack the moral cancers of human greed at its highest levels, while ensuring that selfless acts of bravery always win the day. You have to like an author these days who never lets the bad guys prevail, and who always shows his super-human heroes shrugging off their victories as only slightly-marvelous. That is the Cussler duo, and that, certainly, is Dirk Pitt.
©2012 E.T.
Read More from Clive Cussler:
Dirk Pitt Adventures:
1. Pacific Vortex! (1983)
2. The Mediterranean Caper (1973)
3. Iceberg (1975)
4. Raise the Titanic! (1976)
5. Vixen 03 (1978)
6. Night Probe! (1981)
7. Deep Six (1984)
8. Cyclops (1986)
9. Treasure (1988)
10. Dragon (1990)
11. Sahara (1992)
12. Inca Gold (1994)
13. Shock Wave (1996)
14. Flood Tide (1997)
15. Atlantis Found (1999)
16. Valhalla Rising (2001)
17. Trojan Odyssey (2003)
18. Black Wind (2004)
19. Treasure of Khan (2006)
20. Arctic Drift (2008)
21. Crescent Dawn (2010)
22. Poseidon’s Arrow (2012)
23 Havana Storm (2014)
24. Odessa Sea (2016)
25. Celtic Empire (2018)
Isaac Bell Adventures:
1. The Chase (2007)
2. The Wrecker (2009)
3. The Spy (2010)
4. The Race (2011)
5. The Thief (2012)
6. The Striker (2013)
7. The Bootlegger (2014)
8. The Assassin (2015)
9. The Gangster (2016)
10. The Cutthroat (2017)
11. The Titanic Secret (2019)
12. The Saboteurs (2021)
Kids:
1. The Adventures of Vin Fiz (2006)
2. The Adventures of Hotsy Totsy (2010)
Nonfiction:
1. The Sea Hunters (1996)
2. The Sea Hunters II (2002)
3. Clive Cussler and Dirk Pitt Revealed (1998)
4. Silent Killer: Submarines and Underwater Warfare (2011)
5. Built for Adventure (2011)
6. Built to Thrill (2016)
NUMA Files:
1. Serpent (1999)
2. Blue Gold (2000)
3. Fire Ice (2002)
4. White Death (2003)
5. Lost City (2004)
6. Polar Shift (2005)
7. The Navigator (2007)
8. Medusa (2009)
9. Devil’s Gate (2011)
10. The Storm (2012)
11. Zero Hour (2013)
12. Ghost Ship (2014)
13. The Pharaoh’s Secret (2015)
14. Nighthawk (2017)
15. The Rising Se (2018)
16. Sea of Greed (2019)
17. Journey of the Pharaohs (2020)
18. Fast Ice (2021)
19. Dark Vector (2022)
20. Condor’s Fury (2023)
21. Desolation Code (2024)
Oregon Files:
1. Golden Buddha (2003)
2. Sacred Stone (2005)
3. Dark Watch (2005)
4. Skeleton Coast (2006)
5. Plague Ship (2008)
6. Corsair (2009)
7. The Silent Sea (2010)
8. The Jungle (2011)
9. Mirage (2013)
10. Piranha (2015)
11. The Emperor’s Revenge (2017)
12. Typhoon Fury (2017)
13. Shadow Tyrants (2018)
14. The Final Option (2019)
15. Marauder (2020)
Fargo Adventures:
1. Spartan Gold (2009)
2. The Lost Empire (2010)
3. The Kingdom (2011)
4. The Tombs (2012)
5. The Mayan Secrets (2013)
6. The Eye of Heaven (2014)
7. The Solomon Curse (2015)
8. Pirate (2016)
9. The Romanov Ransom (2017)
10. The Gray Ghost (2018)
11. The Oracle (2019)
12. Wrath of Poseidon (2020)
13. The Serpent’s Eye (2025)
First book I read that didn’t involve totally Dirk/ Joe and others. Found it an interesting read, just because of the many stories at the same time. You say you are trying to collect all his books/ same as I am trying to do. And you say the Hardbacks also. brck4 @ yahoo.com I have a couple hard backs. Don’t think a trade is possible, because in trying to collect ALL I have a mixture. The only double I really have is zero hour. Any thoughts? And Target.com has some of his books. Do not know if you have one near Chicago, but, you would have to pick the book up at the store. Nice to meet another collector
Easiest place I’ve found for getting hardcovers (if you don’t mind used) is at paperbackswap.com
I love that site and have been a member for several years. Especially after getting the scuttlebutt that another Cussler’s slated for release in a few months, I “wish” for the book on PBS, and I’m usually one of the first to get it!