



Crescent Dawn
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4.2 • 1.1K Ratings
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Publisher Description
Deep sea explorer and NUMA director Dirk Pitt encounters the last direct descendants of the Ottoman dynasty as they prepair to incite a revolution in this novel in the #1 New York Times-bestselling series.
In a.d. 327, a Roman galley with an extraordinary cargo barely escapes a pirate attack. In 1916, a British warship mysteriously explodes in the middle of the North Sea. In the present day, a cluster of important mosques in Turkey and Egypt are wracked by explosions.
What ties them all together? NUMA director Dirk Pitt and his team are about to find out, as Roman artifacts discovered in Turkey and Israel unnervingly connect to the rise of a fundamentalist movement determined to restore the glory of the Ottoman Empire. From Washington to London to the treacherous shores of the Near East, dangerous men and desperate acts fill their path, and at the end of it, the most dangerous thing of all: the rumored existence of a mysterious “manifest,” lost long ago, which if discovered again could shed new light on early Christianity and just might change the history of the world as we know it.
Filled with breathtaking suspense and extraordinary imagination, Crescent Dawn is further proof that when it comes to adventure writing, nobody beats Clive Cussler.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In the bloated fourth Dirk Pitt novel from Cussler and son Dirk (after Arctic Drift), evildoers Ozden Aktan Celik and Ozden's sister, Maria, who are bent on Muslim domination of the Middle East, plot to blow up sacred Muslim sites like Jerusalem's Dome of the Rock and pin the blame on the CIA in particular and the West in general. Dirk, the director of the National Underwater and Marine Agency, and the Celiks are both searching for lost religious artifacts related to Jesus, artifacts whose rediscovery could embarrass certain powerful members of the British establishment. The authors keep the action moving with plenty of wreck diving, running sea battles, and ships laden with explosives. Fans of the indefatigable Pitt will enjoy watching their hero as he joins the battle on land, in the air, and at sea, but others might wish the Cusslers had picked less familiar terrorist targets.
Customer Reviews
Better than I thought it would be
I have read nearly all the Dirk Pitt novels, and a few of the other NUMA series as well. I was really disappointed in the first couple of novels by Dirk Cussler, but here he seems close to hitting his father's stride. He still doesn't have the gift for chase scenes, but he managed to get more tension into this novel. And, although he is saddled with a growing cast of central characters, he managed to give them all something to do, even if not all of it was equally interesting.
I had my doubts going in, but it wasn't a bad read, and somewhat of a relief after the last couple of books. The future challenge will be to retire the older characters while surrounding the new cast with something other than replacements for the old ones. Hope he pulls it off.
Great
Another great read by the Cusslers. I really do enjoy there work.
A good read but
A good read but can't excuse the poor editing. For instance, how can a woman in her twenties have a mother who's 94?