- Paperback: 656 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins; Film tie-in edition (Reissue) edition (21 Mar 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0007194390
- ISBN-13: 978-0007194391
- Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 11 x 3.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
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‘The ultimate Dirk Pitt tale. Nobody does it better than Clive Cussler, America’s finest adventure writer’ STEPHEN COONTS
‘Gripping…Dirk Pitt is one the best adventure heroes around’ Today
‘Dirk Pitt has never been more entertaining. An ecological thriller with sideshows, and the most imaginative escapes and close calls’ New York Daily News
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CLIVE CUSSLER’S SAHARA. NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE.
Deep in the African desert, Pitt discovers that a top-scinetific installation is leaking a lethal chemical into the rivers, threatening to kill thousands of people – and to destroy all life in the world’s seas.
To warn the world of catastrophe, Pitt must escape capture and death at the hands of a ruthless West African dictator and French industrialist, and undertake a long, perilous journey across the merciless Sahara…
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I don't normally read clive Cussler, but I found this a very entertaining story, even if it does stretch reality sometimes. I would recommend this book.
By the way, if you have seen the movie and didn't like it, don't be put off. The movie is garbage, but the book is good. In this case the book is far better than the film.
By the way, if you have seen the movie and didn't like it, don't be put off. The movie is garbage, but the book is good. In this case the book is far better than the film.
7 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I've read every book he's written. looking back this is the best one he's written. I picked up the book round 10 am then stopped for a quick lunch, picked back up the book and finished when the sun went down. I highly reccomend this to a first time reader of clive's novels
Rip-snorting Adventures in the Sahara, Hard to Resist as Told So Entertainingly in Cussler's Action Novel
23 Sep 2009
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I have been reading Clive Cussler novels for many years and I can call myself a true fan of Cussler's pop fiction. Of course, Cussler does not aspire to the status of "belles lettres" (high-class literature worthy of study for its aesthetic value), but this author excels in his chosen genre of adventure ("action") novel and of books with plots that relate (at least in part) to sea-faring exploits or maritime curiosities. "Sahara" is among the best of Cussler's novels, among my very favourite of his exciting epics; only "The Mediterranean Caper", "Iceberg", and "Raise the Titantic" are as thrilling as "Sahara" is". There are few films based on Cussler novels, the only two of which I know being cinematic treatments of "Sahara", a great box-office success, and "Raise the Titanic" (a novel, hence the film too, whose plausibility suffers in retrospect only due to the discovery of the Titanic wreck well after Cussler had written his novel and after the film industry made a cinematic treatment of it). I read "Sahara" many years before the film came out. Both the novel and the film are "super"!
Cussler researches his subjects exceedingly well. The Tuaregs in "Sahara" are true to the life, religious beliefs and practices, and lore of this peculiar Muslim sect in Mali (e.g., whose men, rather than their women, wear an all-encompassing veil). Cussler's experience at sea, especially in exploring wrecks and naval mysteries, shows in all of his novels. Having been in the U.S. Navy myself (even having consorted for a few months with the "Navy Seals") during the Kennedy presidency in the early 1960s, I can appreciate the authenticity of Cussler's Naval and Maritime lore as he depicts it. In "Sahara" it takes the form of sub-plots that entail some expert manoeuvering under dangerous conditions of a small river craft vessel as well as the discovery of a marooned Confederacy warship.
The reader cannot go wrong with most of Cussler's novels especially those which were published before the present (21st) century began. "Sahara" makes a good point of departure in exploring the "Dirk Pitt" pop classics of Cussler's famously enjoyable 20th century output. If you liked the film treatment, you probably will enjoy the novel even more, if you are an avid reader of action fiction!
Cussler researches his subjects exceedingly well. The Tuaregs in "Sahara" are true to the life, religious beliefs and practices, and lore of this peculiar Muslim sect in Mali (e.g., whose men, rather than their women, wear an all-encompassing veil). Cussler's experience at sea, especially in exploring wrecks and naval mysteries, shows in all of his novels. Having been in the U.S. Navy myself (even having consorted for a few months with the "Navy Seals") during the Kennedy presidency in the early 1960s, I can appreciate the authenticity of Cussler's Naval and Maritime lore as he depicts it. In "Sahara" it takes the form of sub-plots that entail some expert manoeuvering under dangerous conditions of a small river craft vessel as well as the discovery of a marooned Confederacy warship.
The reader cannot go wrong with most of Cussler's novels especially those which were published before the present (21st) century began. "Sahara" makes a good point of departure in exploring the "Dirk Pitt" pop classics of Cussler's famously enjoyable 20th century output. If you liked the film treatment, you probably will enjoy the novel even more, if you are an avid reader of action fiction!
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Sensational!!!!
On picking up this book, I didn't put it down till the end. Easily one of the best Dirk Kirk books I have read.
Published on 3 Sep 2009 by El Figaro!
Fantastic.
If you don t have time to read this book don t even start cause this book wown t let you stop reading it.Once you ve popped the first page you have to continue on and on . Read more
Published on 18 Oct 2008 by Thomas J. Schembri
Book Much Better Than The Movie
I read the book first, saw the movie second. I loved the book but didn't go much for the movie. Maybe it was because Matthew McConoughy just didn't do it for me as the character of... Read more
Published on 31 July 2008 by Darren G. Burton
Maybe two-and-a-half on a good day!
I've read several of Clive Cussler's Dirk Pitt books. Inca Gold was thrilling, well crafted and entertaining. Trojan Odyssey was silly but equally entertaining. Read more
Published on 15 Jan 2006 by H. Playford
Loved it, and I'm a Clancy fan!
The action and story line go hand in hand as it takes you on a tremendous rush; makes you feel like you are right there with Pitt ! One of my all time favourites...... Read more
Published on 2 Oct 2005
Excellent book - one of Cussler's best...
This really is one of Clive Cussler's greatest achievements. It is sad that the recently released feature film removes all the dark elements of the story and heads for straight all... Read more
Published on 18 April 2005 by fivepints
sahara
this is my favourite dirk pitt adventure.the imagination behind this story is astounding.action packed,funny and a true can't put it down book.
Published on 21 Nov 2004 by "allanberry1"
This is my no.1 book.
Sahara was the first Clive Cussler book that I read, and I think it is his best as I have gone on to read his others. It is full of non stop action, you just can't put it down.
Published on 29 Jan 2000 by bella@baldwynj.freeserve.co.uk
Action packed from start to finish!
This is my second Clive Cussler book, the first being 'Raise The Titanic' This book is an action packed adventure, there is never a dull moment, the plot has many twists and it is... Read more
Published on 18 Sep 1999
One of the best
Having read all of Clive Cussler's books (like many of his readers) I think Sahara is one of the best. Read more
Published on 4 Aug 1999
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