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Dragon
716 pages
A globe-trotting, explosive thrill ride where historical secrets collide with high-tech conspiracies.
What it feels like
Reading this book feels like strapping into a blockbuster action movie from the early 1990s. It is a propulsive, high-stakes adventure that sweeps you from the ocean floor to secret island fortresses, fueled by a relentless momentum that rarely lets you catch your breath. The mood is unapologetically cinematic and macho, steeped in the thrill of uncovering lost historical secrets and thwarting global conspiracies. The prose is punchy and visual, designed to hurl you from one explosive set-piece to the next without getting bogged down in heavy introspection. It will absolutely delight readers who crave classic, globe-trotting pulp fiction, where the heroes are dauntless, the villains are larger-than-life, and the fate of the world always hangs in the balance.
- Mood
- high-stakes
- cinematic
- explosive
- pulp-action
- Tone
- adventurous
- urgent
- macho
- suspenseful
- Pace
- propulsive
- Themes
- global conspiracy · heroic endurance · technological terror · historical secrets · good vs. evil
- The writing
- Punchy, descriptive, and action-oriented, prioritizing momentum and cinematic set-pieces over deep introspection.
- The arc
- Starts with an explosive historical mystery and builds through relentless, high-stakes peril to a triumphant, world-saving climax.
- Who it's for
- Fans of classic, globe-trotting action-adventure thrillers who love competent heroes, historical mysteries, and explosive set-pieces.
Content notes
- violence
- terrorism
- xenophobic tropes
- peril
About the book
Clive Cussler, author of over twenty consecutive New York Times bestsellers, brings back beloved hero Dirk Pitt in this electrifying, edge-of-your-seat thriller.
Japan, 1945: Two US bombers take off with atomic bombs. Only one gets through.
The Pacific, 1993: A Japanese cargo ship bound for the United States is instantly, thunderously vaporized, taking with it a Norwegian vessel. Japanese fanatics have developed a chilling plan to devastate and destroy the Western powers. From the ocean depths to the discovery of cache of lost Nazi loot, Dirk Pitt is untangling a savage conspiracy and igniting a daring counterattack. While Washington bureaucrats scramble, a brutal industrialist commands his blackmail scheme from a secret island control center. And Dirk, the dauntless hero of Sahara and Inca Gold, is taking on death-dealing robots and a human-hunting descendant of samurai warriors. Pitt alone controls the West’s secret ace in the hole: a tidal wave of destruction waiting to be triggered on the ocean floor!
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