TREASURE
Book ID/图书代码： 10720005B08845
English Summary/英文概要： THE HIGH-EXPLOSIVE SECRET OF THE AGES
391 AD:
Fanatics destroy the great storehouse of knowledge and treasure in the ancient world – the great library and museum of Alexandria. But a few conspirators secretly move the most precious items and ship them to a distant, desolate land, hiding them deep in a specially excavated stronghold…
1991 AD:
A UN plane, with the Secretary-General aboard, crashes in the icy wastes of Greenland, brought down by a monstrously cunning terrorist conspiracy. Trouble-shooter supreme Dirk Pitt, in the area on an undercover search mission for a crippled Soviet submarine, finds himself caught up in an even more dangerous vortex of complex intrigue. And with a beautiful, sensual female archaeologist who has found an ancient gold coin nearby – far further north than it should be…
Dirk Pitt’s quest for the Alexandrian treasure combines with his battle against the forces of murderous international terrorism in an outstanding story of razor’s-edge suspense, hair-trigger international intrigue and all-out action and excitement. Like all Clive Cussler’s previous novels,’TREASURE’ is a superbly inventive tale of nonstop high adventure that will grip the reader from first page to last.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 故事的起源发生在引人入胜的古代，亚历山大大帝图书馆的馆长朱尼厄斯•维纳特凭借自己超凡的智慧与才干，组织了一批罗马雇佣兵和一支由奴隶组成的小军队，偷偷地盗窃馆中的宝藏。他将宝藏装载在一支船队上，向无知海域中的荒芜之地驶去。宝藏运至目的地后，被埋藏在了山洞里的隧道中。可是护送的士兵和埋宝的奴隶们，却遭到了当地野蛮游牧部落的血腥屠杀，只有一艘小商船的船员们逃了出来。600年后的今天，德克•皮特发现了这条船，它和它的船员都被冻结在格陵兰岛海湾的冰原中。于是，在一位美丽的女考古学家的帮助下，皮特与NUMA部门中的一帮不屈不饶、醉心于探险事业的同伴们一起，在高度现代化的设备武装下，踏上了寻找维纳特宝藏的征程。寻宝历程中发生的一系列奇奇怪怪的事，埃及与墨西哥狂热分子对美国政府的恐吓，一艘载有政府要人的豪华轮船的被劫持，这一切怪事最终都牵涉到了维纳特宝藏之上......
维纳特宝藏不是别的，正是历史上亚历山大大帝宏伟的图书馆和博物馆中的藏品。它是古代文明的一个伟大奇迹，其中包含有数量多得让人难以置信的文献和艺术品，从完整的荷马著作，到亚历山大大帝的金棺以及众多价值连城的艺术品，甚至还有不为人知的金矿埋藏图等等。这批宝藏自公元391年失去下落之后，学者们一致认为它是有史以来人类最大的悲剧之一。然而如今，当皮特他们发现这批宝藏中的最有价值的部分并没有消失，而是被抢救和藏匿了下来时，历史上的一些重大秘密的再现又把人类推入了尴尬的境地。于是，谁若是拥有了这批宝藏，不仅意味着富可敌国，更意味着还能够用它们来改变当今世界力量的均衡......
Awards/获奖情况：When the great Library of Alexandria was ordered sacked in A.D. 391, could some of its fabulous art treasures and volumes from its magnificent library have escaped the flames and been ferried across the Atlantic? It’s an improbable if intriguing notion, but probability is not the strong suit of this wild charade of a novel that features the greatest treasure hunt of all timesome 1600 years after the fabulous riches disappeared. The narrative also encompasses the bloody attempts of two supposedly religious fanatics (who turn out to be brothers in a "criminal dynasty") to seize power in Egypt and Mexico, respectively; the kidnapping of the legitimate presidents of those two countries aboard a cruise ship; and the dazzling exploits of the green-eyed Dirk Pitt, a super-James Bond type whom "no woman could completely possess." These exploits include tracking the cruise ship to Tierra del Fuego, defeating, with the aid of some Special Forces agents, hordes of Arab and Mexican terrorists in several brutal encounters, and locating and saving the treasure. It’s essentially schoolboy stuff, and it leads one to surmise that Cussler, author of the bestselling Cyclops, may have been so intent on packing his tale with action that he forgot about credibility altogether. Paperback rights to Pocket Books; Literary Guild main selection.---From Publishers Weekly
About the Author/作者介绍： Clive Cussler grew up in Alhambra, California. In addition to being the Chairman of NUMA(www.numa.net), Cussler is also a fellow in both the Explorers Club of New York and the Royal Geographic Society in London. He has been honored with the Lowell Thomas Award for outstanding underwater exploration. Cussler has been married to his wife, Barbara Knight, for more than 44 years. They have three children, two grandchildren, and divide their time between the mountains of Colorado and the deserts of Arizona.
Clive Cussler出生於美國加利福尼亞, 是美國當代首屆一指的驚險小說大師，美國驚險小說協會（American action adventure novel）主席,另外還是Cussler還是紐約探險俱樂部和英國皇家地理協會的會員, 舉世注矚目的水下探險為他贏得了湯瑪斯獎. 與妻子Barbara Knight結婚已有44年,育有三子。
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