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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9780425222362
ISBN number: 0425222365
Label: Berkley
Manufacturer: Berkley
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Page Count: 544
Printing Date: June 24, 2008
Publishing house: Berkley
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A search for a relic that could change history…
A hunt for the truth that few will survive…
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There's nothing like a good Clive Cussler story for adventure, pacing and setting. Even those he has co-authored -- as he has The Navigator with Paul Kemprecos -- are real page-turners. Reading Cussler's Dirk Pitt and Kurt Austin novels is a guilty pleasure of many of my friends who would not want to admit in public that they enjoy him.
Cussler does not, however, excel at characterization. Those who populate his stories are cardboard cut-out figures stood against exotic and sometimes threatening backdrops. They have one-page resumes that are impressive both for their power and for their narrow focus. Never do his characters stop to question their orders, assess their loyalties or doubt their abilities. Never does one of his characters emerge from the considerable danger and violence through which he or she passes with any different character or personality than at the outset of the tale.
For those of us who enjoy reading stories for story's sake, that's a forgivable sin. But it does make the novels less literary, less stimulating and more predictable.
The Navigator is bothered by one other shortcoming that has not always been endemic to Cussler's work. The story line is a straight line with very few, if indeed any, surprise twists along the way. When you've finished reading the very first few dozen pages, I'd bet you will already be able to see the ultimate outcome at least in broad outline. The villain appears early as a villain. You know it the instant you encounter him.
Even with those weaknesses -- and several other, more minor ones including a deeply ingrained gender discrimination characteristic of so many such works -- this is a fine read. The story pulls you through a plot that seldom plods and often races almost too fast to absorb in easy blocks of time.
If you're the type of reader who enjoys straight-forward adventure and isn't at least always concerned about deep characterization or clever plots, you're sure to enjoy this one.
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If you love Clive Cussler for what he writes, you'll love The Navigator. If you're new to his genre, there are better books to start with.
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Some unique twists to this wonderful tale of the heritage of the antiquities - particularly timely as we jus had a delightful family reunion!
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It was a great book, but his books seem to follow the same equation every time. I guess I have read too many of his books. They are getting monotonous, but still a good read.
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During his presidency, Thomas Jefferson was researching an explosive secret on the location of King Soloman's mines. Hidden in a code for personal correspondence with Meriwether Lewis, the documents ultimately become a key in the early years of the 21st Century to unlocking a door which has explosive ramifications on world history.
With war, murder, theft and the peeling back of layers of dead leads dating back to at least 900 B.C., co-authors Clive Cussler and Paul Kemprecos sail on a journey to solve the mystery surrounding an ancient artifact - the Navigator - and the story it can tell on the mastery of the oceans by the Phoenicians.
With good and evil on a collision course on land, sea and in the air, it is up to Kurt Austin and the NUMA team to fight for truth and justice. And there are plenty within the shadows who will stop at nothing to acquire the Navigator; leading the way on this sordid list is a billionaire philanthropist - and his coterie of hired guns - whose smile is oftentimes the kiss of death.
A solid action thriller with quality character development, the 532 pages capture the search for forgotten footprints left by explorers, no matter what the odds.
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