CRESCENT DAWN

Book ID/图书代码： 10720010B40509

English Summary/英文概要： Dirk Pitt returns, in the extraordinary new novel from the #1 New York Times-bestselling author.

In A.D. 327, a Roman galley barely escapes a pirate attack with its extraordinary cargo. 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. Does anything tie them together? NUMA director Dirk Pitt is 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, and to the existence of a mysterious "manifest," lost long ago, which if discovered again...just may change the history of the world as we know it.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 公元327年,一艘装载着不同寻常货物的罗马货船，险些遭到海盗的攻击。1916年,一艘英国军舰在北海神秘的爆炸。而如今, 土耳其和埃及的一些重要清真寺也在饱受爆炸的威胁。而这些事件是否有关联呢?
NUMA主管迪克•皮特要找出其中的蛛丝马迹，正如在土耳其和以色列所发掘的罗马文物中，所揭示的那个令人不安的有关原教旨主义的兴起,对重建奥斯曼帝国的荣耀的运动,和一个神秘的遗失多年的“清单”,如果这些被再度发现。有可能会改变我们所知道的世界历史。(Sandy)

Awards/获奖情况：I am happy to attach the TOP 20 Original Fiction Bestseller list from The Bookseller for the week ending November 13, 2010, where CRESCENT DAWN by Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler makes its debut at position #9.-Rema Dilan 2011-1-4

"Arctic Drift has exotic locations, ruthless villains, and many narrow escapes and derring-do by Dirk Pitt, oceanography’s answer to Indiana Jones. Cussler’s fans come for swashbuckling [and] he delivers." ---Associated Press

Cussler’s umpteenth installment in the 40-year run of Dirk Pitt chronicles, now written with his son, the eponymous Dirk Cussler, has become as formulaic a franchise as the James Bond movies. In fact, Pitt is a Bond of the seas with similar exotic locales, scenery-chewing villains, over-the-top technology, and bodacious babes served with a bucket of testosterone—“shaken not stirred.” But with formula fiction, as with theme restaurants, it’s fun, and you always know what you’re getting. Cussler, the Cheesecake Factory of adventure writers, doesn’t disappoint in his latest, in which the bizarre cargo carried by a Roman galley in 327 CE and the mysterious explosion of a British battleship in 1916 have tremendous ramifications on the current political climate of the Middle East. Brother-and-sister baddies Ozden and Maria Celik aim to resurrect the Ottoman Empire, to which they lay claim as the allegedly last surviving royal heirs, by fomenting a fundamentalist uprising in Turkey and the surrounding Middle Eastern countries. But they’ll succeed only if they can keep Dirk Pitt and his NUMA (National Underwater and Marine Agency) team from discovering what was being transported in that ancient galley. High-Demand Back Story: A tried-and-true formula by a tried-and-true New York Times bestselling author will create its own stir. ---Michael Gannon, From Booklist

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. (Nov.) (c) ---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。
Dirk Cussler is the son of best selling author Clive Cussler. He is a co-author of several Dirk Pitt adventure novels, including Black Wind and Treasure of Khan as well as being the namesake for the Pitt character. Dirk Cussler has an MBA from Berkeley and worked for many years in the financial arena before assisting his father with writing the latest novels in the immensely popular Dirk Pitt series. Dirk Cussler also plays an integral part in the non-profit foundation National Underwater and Marine Agency, which was founded by his father; Dirk is the President of NUMA and is also a member of the Board of Trustees.

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