Review by Booklist Review
Dirk Pitt returns in a fast-paced adventure that takes the latter-day James Bond from a Russian lake to the sands of Mongolia in search of the treasure of Xanadu. Meanwhile, a murderous tycoon is bent on world domination, and only Pitt and his crack NUMA team can stop him. Cussler has been writing the Pitt thrillers for 30-odd years, and he has the recipe down pat. (His son, Dirk, recently has assumed the role of coauthor.) Fans of the long-running series will hungrily gobble this dish of genre pudding, but those who find Cussler's work slick and formulaic won't discover anything here to change their minds. --David Pitt Copyright 2006 Booklist
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Review by Publisher's Weekly Review
Dirk Pitt's 19th adventure, the second collaboration between father and son Clive and Dirk Cussler (after 2004's Black Wind), offers a plot as credible as it is monstrous and the kind of exotic aquatic detail that amazes, informs and entertains. The action, and there's plenty of it, ranges from Siberia's Lake Baikal and the wilds of Mongolia to the Hawaiian islands. The treasure is that of Genghis and Kublai Khan, the great Mongolian conqueror and his grandson. The villain is a modern-day Mongol with dreams of restoring national power and pride. The heroes are Pitt, sidekick Al Giordino and Pitt's son and daughter, Dirk Jr. and Summer, all affiliated with Pitt's National Underwater and Marine Agency (NUMA). The exploits of Pitt and company, particularly their narrow escapes, tend toward the larger-than-life, but these are nicely balanced by down-to-earth explanations of such phenomena as seiche waves and oil seeps. 750,000 first printing. (Dec.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
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Review by Library Journal Review
The last couple of Cussler novels relegated Dirk Pitt and Al Giordino to supporting roles, but fortunately the two are front and center once again. Listeners of the "Dirk Pitt" series expect their heroes to face impossible situations, and Treasure doesn't disappoint. This time the villain is a megalomaniacal Mongol who is using the treasures of Genghis Khan to finance his plans to control the world's oil supplies. When two monumental earthquakes in the Middle East and a suspicious accident in a Chinese port force the price of oil to more than $150 a barrel, Dirk and his friends scour the Gobi Desert in search of the mysterious financier who lives in a palace he has named Xanadu in honor of his ancestor. Scott Brick is the perfect reader for the Cusslers' books; the characters may seem a bit wooden, the dialog a bit purple, and the action a bit outlandish, but that's what us "Pitt-ophiles" love. Highly recommended for all libraries.--Joseph L. Carlson, Allan Hancock Coll., Lompoc, CA (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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