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Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se irá gostar deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. http://pro-libertate.net/20091116/101-read-flood-tide ( ) Dirk Pitt se enfrenta a una monstruosa red de tráfico de inmigrantes ilegales chinos que pone en peligro la estabilidad de la sociedad norteamericana. Los inmigrantes, esperanzados en una vida mejor, son engañados desde el principio y padecen humillaciones, vejaciones y tratos inhumanos. Sin embargo, la desarticulación de la siniestra red no será nada fácil, ya que sus ramificaciones llegan hasta las más altas esferas gubernamentales. Once again, Clive Cussler has written a story that kept me up late in the night to read through the many twists, turns, and obstacles facing Dirk Pitt and Giordino. The story begins with Dirk traveling to a remote cabin in the Washington wilds for a well-deserved healing vacation on the lake. Unfortunately, he suspects evil doings at a property across the lake and decides to investigate. What he finds turns his stomach and makes him want to find whoever is responsible and bring them to justice. The evil-doer is Qin Zhang, a Chinese billionaire, whose company is suspected of illegally transporting thousands of Chinese nationals into the US. Dirk and NUMA are tasked with putting an end to this enterprise. Readers also discover that the billionaire is obsessed with the disappearance of a luxury liner that sunk in 1949, its holds, and passenger rooms filled with stolen Chinese artifacts that he wants for himself; he's been looking for the wreckage most of his life. The author also includes Juan Cabrillo and his Oregon vessel in this storyline to help Dirk and Giordino complete a task in Hong Kong. The wreckage is eventually located and everyone gets what he deserves. FLOOD TIDE is a thrilling adventure mystery that will be hard to put down. I highly recommend it and already purchased the next book in the series.
Again?
That will never stop being amusing. Yes, his life does in fact read like an adventure novel. Go figure. For the most part, [b:Flood Tide|559889|Flood Tide (Dirk Pitt, #14)|Clive Cussler|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1328033231l/559889._SY75_.jpg|293507] follows the formula we've come to know and love. Big bad villain type has multiple plots to take over the world (mwahahahah); this time by way of illegal immigration. NUMA and Pitt get involved somehow; this time through a lake full of bones. There's a damsel in distress; although Cussler has been tending towards much stronger women, this time said woman Julia is an Immigration Services officer gone undercover and has far more reason to be involved in this whole mess than plot does. Which of course means Pitt is going to get involved. And hey, this time around we actually get some crazy naval scenes (a giant ship going up the Mississippi) and a salvage plot! I've missed those. One interesting aspect I am actually looking forward to, this is the first mention of the Oregon and her crew, which would later lead to a spin off series all it's own: Oregon Files (the first book, [b:Golden Buddha|41703|Golden Buddha (Oregon Files, #1)|Clive Cussler|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1338482352l/41703._SY75_.jpg|1666204], was published 6 years after Flood Tide). I may have to add those all to my to-reads. One thing that continues to bug me somewhat about these books is how caviler they are with the lives of the bad guys' underlings--or those that are only tangentially related. In this case, a Chinese military ship and crew among others. How do they justify that?
Ah well, it's not that much different structurally than many of the other Dirk Pitt novels, which is exactly why I read them. They're good, light, background books to listen to while driving, working out, or even playing (some) video games. Onward! sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
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Following the runaway success of his first nonfiction book, "The Sea Hunters," Clive Cussler returns with his legendary fictional hero Dirk Pitt(R) -- in a masterfully crafted tale of villainy on the high seas and the Mississippi River that can only enhance his status as the grand master of adventure fiction. The coin of the realm for the wealthy, insatiably greedy Chinese smuggler who is Dirk Pitt's adversary in "Flood Tide" is human lives: much of his vast fortune has been made smuggling Chinese immigrants into countries around the globe, including the United States. Tracking the smuggler's nefarious activities leads Pitt from Washington State to Louisiana, where his quarry is mysteriously constructing a huge shipping port in the middle of nowhere. Why has he chosen this unlikely location? The trail then leads to the race to find the site of the mysterious sinking of the ship that Chiang Kai-shek filled with treasure when he fled China in 1949, including the legendary boxes containing the bones of Peking Man that had vanished at the beginning of World War I. As Pitt prepares for a final dramatic showdown, he is faced with t Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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