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Ladataan... Lost CityTekijä: Clive Cussler, Paul Kemprecos (Tekijä)
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Kirjaudu LibraryThingiin nähdäksesi, pidätkö tästä kirjasta vai et. Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta. Una enzima capaz de prolongar la vida ha sido descubierta a setenta metros de profundidad en el Atlántico Norte, en el área conocida como "Lost City". Pero, ¿por qué todos los que se dedican a recogerla son asesinados? ¿Por qué todos los científicos de un remoto laboratorio griego desaparecen uno a uno? ¿Qué tiene todo esto que ver con un cuerpo que acaba de aparecer congelado en una cima de los Alpes? Para Kurt Austin, jefe del equipo NUMA y su compañero, Joe Zavala, está claro que ahí hay mucho por investigar, pero las respuestas a estas preguntas serán más abrumadoras de lo que piensan y representan el reto más peligroso que han tenido nunca que afrontar. Clive Cussler, from what little I have read by him so far, is the master of escapist fiction. His characters are one-dimensional - the good ones are good in all respects and the bad ones are totally evil; and the good ones always triumph over the evil ones. However, he makes up for this lack of complexity with breathtaking settings and plenty of action. Lost City is another of his trademark action-adventure thrillers. This time, the settings range from a research centre deep under a glacier in the French Alps to the bottom of Atlantic sea which is home to the Hydrothermal fields popularly known as the Lost City. The action is nonstop, starting with a fighter-plane chase set in the time preceding the first World War. The book touches upon bits of history and science including - but not limited to - the history of armours, fighter planes and the part arms-manufacturers played in wars world-over, the quest for immortality, glaciology, ocean geology, and marine biology. Lost City is a highly entertaining read in the style of a Hollywood Potboiler if only the reader is ready to dive into the action without caring for much logic and reason from this simple, straightforward escapist fiction. No new ground in character development is created here and long time readers of the series don't expect any. What one expects and gets is a virtual non-stop action adventure read where the hero gets the girl, saves the world, and lives to fight and love another day. On that score, Cussler delivers and delivers again well which makes this another fun read. This is the fifth book in the Kurt Austin series written by Clive Cussler and coauthor Paul Kemprecos. The prologue and first four chapters of this book do an excellent job of introducing the reader to many of the main characters and the various threads central to the plot of this action/adventure/scientific mystery. Immediately the reader meets Jules Fauchard, fighting for his life in an open cockpit plane over the French Alps in August 1914 on a secret mission as World War I is about to erupt. Chapter One then shifts to the present, and a "reality" TV show being filmed on a supposedly deserted island in The Scottish Orkneys becomes a little too real for the participants. In Chapter Two, research chemist Angus MacLean is confronted by the violence which he is trying to escape. The scene shifts again in Chapter Three to a research facility and powerplant located deep under the glacier Le Dormeur where a scientific research team makes a startling discovery. Finally, in the next chapter Kurt Austin and other members of his NUMA (National Underwater and Marine Agency) team are collaborating with Skye Labelle, an archeologist with the Sorbonne, to explore the frigid waters of Lac du Dormeur at base of the glacier for hidden evidence of early European civilizations. Thus, less than fifty pages into the story the reader has been skillfully introduced to several of the various threads that will eventually be woven together in the complicated plot which evolves. ei arvosteluja | lisää arvostelu
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HTML:The NUMA crew, under Kurt Austin??s direction, take on a blood-thirsty family with a fortune built on crime, in what may be race to discover the very secret of ever-lasting life in this heart-bounding installment in the #1 New York Times-bestselling series. Kurt Austin is mid-mission when his new colleague, the stunning archeologist Skye Labelle, is called away to examine a mysterious 16th-century military helmet discovered in the possession of a very contemporary-looking corpse. Ms. Labelle??s research on the armor draws her into the sights of a ruthless black-widow with her own plans for the artifact. As danger creeps closer to Ms. Labelle, a scientist half-way across the globe is kidnapped. At the same time, experts working to harvest an enzyme discovered two thousand feet down in the North Atlantic, in an area known as ??Lost City,? start turning up dead. Worlds apart in location and areas of expertise, they all have something in common. And it??s up to Kurt Austin, with the help of Joe Zavala and the NUMA Special Assignments Team, to put the pieces together if he??s going to kee Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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