THE CHASE

Book ID/图书代码： 10720007B13657

English Summary/英文概要： For decades, Clive Cussler has been delighting readers with novels filled with suspense, action and sheer audacity. Now he does it again, in one of the wildest, most entertaining historical thrillers in years. April 1950: The rusting hulk of a steam locomotive rises from the deep waters of a Montana lake. Inside is all that remains of three men who died forty-four years before. But it is not the engine nor its grisly contents that interest the people watching nearby. It is what is about to come next...1906: For two years, the western states of America have been suffering an extraordinary crime spree: a string of bank robberies by a single man who then cold-bloodedly murders any and all witnesses, and then vanishes without a trace. Fed up by the depredations of ’The Butcher Bandit’, the U.S. government brings in the best man they can find - a tall, lean, no-nonsense detective named Isaac Bell who has caught thieves and killers from coast to coast. But he has never had a challenge like this one. From Arizona to Colorado to the streets of San Francisco during its calamitous earthquake and fire, he pursues what is quickly becoming clear to him is the best criminal mind he has ever encountered, and the woman who seems to hold the key to the man’s identity. Using science, deduction and intuition, he repeatedly draws near, only to grasp at empty air, but at least he knows his pursuit is having an effect. Because his quarry is getting angry now, and has turned the chase back on him. The hunter has become the hunted. And soon, it will take all of Bell’s skills not merely to prevail...but to survive.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： Clive Cussler是美國當代首屈一指的驚險小說大師，美國驚險小說協會（American action adventure novel）主席。寫過29本書，作品被翻譯成40種文字，引進到100多個國家，銷量超過1.25億本。

全球熱映大片《撒哈拉奇兵》、《打撈泰坦尼克號》等均改編自他的小說。他本人也是一位海洋探險家，正是《倒轉地極》一書中的國家水下暨海洋機構（NUMA）特別行動隊的領導者。

十年如一日，Clive Cussler用他一部部懸念重重，動人心魄的作品感染著成千上萬的讀者，如今，他又帶來史上最震撼的、最富於娛樂質感的經典作品，而克萊夫•卡斯勒式的特有的懸疑風格也在其中被渲染得淋漓盡致。
1950年四月，蒙大納的深水裡浮出一個鏽跡斑斑的蒸汽火車頭的殘骸，這個火車頭裡裝著三具已去世44年的男人的遺體，但圍觀人群的真正的興趣所在卻是…1906年：美國西部聯邦遭受了長達兩年的罪犯襲擊，一名男子製造了一連串的銀行搶劫事件，而且極端殘忍得謀害了所有的目擊者，然後逃之夭夭。
美國政府痛下決心務必要將此罪犯捉拿歸案，於是找來了一位名叫以撒•貝爾的偵探，他曾經抓獲過無數的盜賊和殺人犯，但從未遇到此樁案件帶來的挑戰，他很快清楚意識到這次抓捕任務的艱巨性，還遇到了似乎掌握著這個罪犯身份的一名女子。憑藉科學判斷推理以及多年偵探的直覺，他雖然在執行抓捕時屢次撲空，但至少已經產生了明顯的效果。因為這名罪犯似乎開始變得憤怒，並試圖對他進行反擊。偵探反過來被兇手追捕，於是貝爾即將面臨的不是成功抓獲，而是一次絕命的逃生。(Claire)

Awards/获奖情况：Danish language rights - Cicero (Denmark) with Lennart Sane Agency, French language rights - Editions Grasset (France) with Michelle Lapautre Agency

Cussler takes a breather from his several ongoing series with this historical thriller set in the western states, circa 1906. The U.S. government hires the renowned Van Dorn Detective Agency and its equally renowned lead agent, Isaac Bell, to capture the bank robber known as the Butcher Bandit. The Butcher has gunned down 38 men and women and two children, leaving behind neither witnesses nor clues. Bell heads the manhunt and finally figures out the Butcher’s true identity, which is when the real chase begins. Unfortunately, Cussler’s style is patterned on the clunky dialogue (I pray you catch the murdering scum) and improbable characters of the period’s dime novels, and his in-depth research makes his descriptions sound like advertising. Once San Francisco gets hit by the 1906 earthquake and the principals climb aboard a pair of fire-breathing locomotives, the novel cranks up a head of steam and some high-speed thrills. (Nov.) ---From Publishers Weekly

Cussler is the author or coauthor of 33 books, including 19 Dirk Pitt novels and 7 NUMA Files books. This latest adventure involves the hulk of a steam locomotive that comes to the surface of a lake in Montana in 1950. It contains the bodies of three men who died 44 years before. Flash back to 1906 and a two-year crime spree out west. There’s a series of bank robberies by an evil person who murders any witnesses. The government brings in a detective to solve the case, but soon the hunter becomes the hunted. As always, Cussler ties everything together in the end. The author’s many fans probably know that at the start, but they will want to read the novel anyway. Cohen, George---From Booklist

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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