A band of Romans trekked through the arid hills of a foreign land, constantly attacked by the primitive but tenacious natives. Though they have hidden a valuable treasure, it seems they will never get to tell anyone where they hid it. The sheer number of natives wore down the Romans until they were overwhelmed. Flash to the present day with adventurer extraordinaire Dirk Pitt in Greenland. So began Treasure (1988), one of the wildest adventure tales I had ever read at that time. I was soon hooked on Dirk Pitt novels, reading the 8 that preceded this one in short order before Dragon (1990), a story that saw the discovery of lost atom bombs from WWII to be recovered from the sea floor. Clive Cussler's character has made it to be big screen a couple of times. There was Raise the Titanic! (1980) and Sahara (2005). Sadly, neither launched a franchise. If you haven't read Cussler, you've missed some great stories.
Clive Cussler was 88. RIP
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