Cost: $3.95US
Page Count: 547
I used to respect Clive Cussler very much. He created a great character, Dirk Pitt, who was a likable, interesting, hard-core fella. Pitt was a character to create a whole series of books around, which Cussler did. Kudos to brotha-man for doing so.
When Clive stopped writing his own books and having guest authors write them and then slap his name on them, well, then he became less of an author and more of a brand. This is when I lost respect for Cussler. But, let's take nothing from those Pitt adventures. Treasure is one of them. It's pretty good, too.
Treasure finds us with Dirk Pitt, and old pal Al Giordino, in search of the great treasures of the ancient city of Alexandria. Of course, in every adventure novel there are the villains. Treasure has two. One in Egypt and the other in Mexico, who are simultaneously trying to oust the respective governments and gain control. All while everyone is in search of the great treasure of Alexandria. Having two related, yes related, villains makes the story a little bit different than other Cussler novels. So, he was stretching his wings in this one.
Spoiler alert: I thought it hilarious that after all the searching, the treasure of Alexandria is found in Texas. Yes, the Republic of Texas. Fucking Texans.
So, another Pitt adventure comes to a close after an explosive ending in which the good guys prevail. Treasure is a good book. I am glad that Cussler didn't decide to make this one into a movie with that guy...Matthew MacConaughey. Like Sahara. That movie was...well, it was not good.
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