INCA GOLD
Book ID/图书代码： 10720007B15621
English Summary/英文概要： When a tsunami hit a Spanish treasure galleon, all trace of a golden hoard greater than that of any pharaoh’s vanished into history. Until NUMA agent DIRK PITT® dives into an ancient sacrificial pool far into the Andean jungle in order to rescue two archaeologists, and plunges into a vortex of corruption, betrayal, and death. A sinister crime syndicate has traced the long-lost treasure -- worth almost a billion dollars -- from the Andes to the banks of a hidden underground river flowing beneath a Mexican desert. Nothing will stop their ruthless and murderous drive to recover the gold. Nothing, that is, until Pitt and his team place themselves square in the path of danger....
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 十六世纪时，印加帝国的国王把一批比任何埃及法老王的珍藏都还要贵重的金银财宝，埋藏在一处不为人知的地方。
四百年后，前往秘鲁营救考古学者的皮特一行人，意外地卷入了窃盗集团，联邦调查局、海关总局、考勤古人员的一场寻宝争夺战之中，这批历史上罕见的定期及文化遗产，最终是否得以重见天日？它会落入贪婪的国际窃贼手中，还是让考古学家透过它解开古文明之谜？
克莱夫•卡斯靳塑造的传奇人物德克•皮特再度面对国际性阴谋，一场挑战人类机智与体力极限的冒险历程即将展开！
Awards/获奖情况：A chance rescue of two divers trapped in a Peruvian sinkhole leads series hero Dirk Pitt ( Raise the Titanic! ; Deep Six ) into a search for lost treasure that involves grave robbers, art thieves and ancient curses. Cussler’s latest adventure novel features terrorists who aren ’ t really terrorists and a respected archeologist who is not what he seems; it all boils down to a race between Pitt and some unscrupulous crooks for a cache of Inca gold hidden away from the Spanish and lost since the 16th century. The villains, a society of art and antiquity smugglers called the Solpemachaco , want to get their hands on the Golden Body Suit of Tiapollo, which contains in its hieroglyphics a description of the Inca treasure’s hidden burial place. Pitt ends up searching for a jade box containing a quipu , an Inca silver-and-gold metalwork map to the treasure. The box was stolen from the Indians by the Spanish, stolen from the Spanish by Francis Drake and then lost in the South American jungle, but readers who know Pitt know that that a 400-year-old missing clue is only a minor obstacle. Master storyteller Cussler keeps the action spinning as he weaves a number of incredible plotlines and coincidences into a believable and gripping story. It’s pure escapist adventure, with a wry touch of humor and a certain self-referential glee (Cussler himself makes a cameo appearance), but the entertainment value meets the gold standard. 550,000 first printing; Literary Guild super release and Doubleday Book Club super release. ---From Publishers Weekly Dirk Pitt is back in fine form as he rescues two archaeologists from certain death in a Peruvian sinkhole. Before Pitt climbs out of the hole he runs afoul of the Solpemachace, a group of three brothers who steal and sell Indian artifacts. Pitt finds a rope sculpture, a quipu, that points the way to a huge Inca treasure. Meanwhile, the Solpemachace steal the Golden Body Suit of Tiapollo, which leads them to the same treasure inside a mountain in Baja, Mexico. As both sides race to the treasure, the Solpemachace capture Pitt’s girlfriend, Congresswoman Loren Smith. With his lifelong, wisecracking friend, Al Giordino, Pitt braves an uncharted underground river to rescue Loren and stop the Solpemachace. Cussler weaves Inca legends and lore in a spellbinding tale featuring enduring hero Pitt, a skin-diving Indiana Jones with a James Bond attitude. Cussler fans will demand this one. For all fiction collections.---Grant A. Fredericksen, Illinois Prairie Dist. P.L., Metamora, From Library Journal
Cussler’s latest novel sends his intrepid superhero Dirk Pitt on another action-filled chase, this time through the jungles of the Amazon and up an underground river in Mexico. Pitt is joined, as usual, by his buddy, Al Giordino; his girlfriend, Congresswoman Loren Smith (who doesn’t show up until the book is halfway over); and the usual gang of good-guy government officials. This time, the bad guys are an international ancient-artifact smuggling ring, all of whom are ruthless, greedy, and in pursuit of the "golden chain of Huascar," a huge treasure hidden by Incas, the clues for which were once in the hands of a close associate of Sir Francis Drake. Cussler loads the book with action (an earthquake and a tsunami, a rescue dive into an Andean sinkhole, lots of gunplay and hand-to-hand combat, and a final breathtaking, whitewater rafting trip on an underground river) as well as anthropological stuff about the Incas and their treasures. (Cussler is one of those writers who gleans tons of information and then feels obligated to include all of it.) Cussler fans are already familiar with his gift for hyperbole, and readers discovering the author for the first time should take his breathless approach with a grain of salt and just relax and enjoy the adventures of Pitt and company.---Joe Collins, 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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