Medusa: A Novel from the NUMA Files |
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Clive Cussler
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Pages: 448 (Hardcover)
ISBN: 0718154673
Pub: Michael Joseph
Pub date: 2009-07-02
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 59077
Reader Reviews:
An enjoyable adventure story (0/0 people found this helpful)
The world is threatened by a new virus, that has originated in rural China, and is in danger of becoming pandemic. A ruthless Chinese criminal organisation is trying to steal research work on an antidote, and then make millions by selling the antidote on to the highest bidder.
This book is standard Cussler fare, with the good guys, in this case Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala of NUMA (National Underwater Marine Agency, if you are unfamiliar with this author), facing up against the nasty villians of the Chinese triad. As usual, there is a lot of action, but not much by way of character development. The triad leaders are straight out of a 'comic strip'! I still thought the story was a good enough yarn, though, and it kept me interested, throughout.
Another winner from Clive (1/1 people found this helpful)
Clive Cussler is an author that I only came across thanks to my other half. He was an avid Cussler fan for years. It began when I ran out of books to read and was not at a stage where I could afford to buy a new one, so I began reading my other halfs book collection.
Clive Cussler manages to blend technical information and a cracking story every time and Medusa is an excellent read. I bought the book for my other half for his birthday, but as he is a slow reader, I read the book first (just to make sure that it was suitable). I ploughed through this book in little over a day and a half.
The tale is engaging and exciting, everything that we expect from Clive and his co writers. All of these books are brilliant, and I would recommend them to anyone.
Medusa (0/1 people found this helpful)
I enjoyed reading this book, though to be fair,I enjoy all of Cusslers books.
As I know very little about viral causes,or their vaccines and even less about
the Chinese Triads, I found the story line "educational"
Recommended reading.
Cussler strikes again!! (0/0 people found this helpful)
Another steamingly good novel from Clive Cussler, in his usual format but with hidden extras as well as the normal historical/technological data that he uses to carry it through!!
Very well put together, being believable as well as probing the boundaries of the (current) truth.
Another exceedingly good book from CC.
medusa a book to far ? (0/0 people found this helpful)
I have long been a fan of mr Cussler and his swashbuckling adventure stories but this is one that was short of swash and buckle .The main characters were just weak clones of his others and there is just too much political correctness .Sorry this is not the page turner that the others are .Medusa
is a book too far..
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