Treasure, Dirk Pitt #9

[Mostly Heep]

This is one of Cusslers books that really didn't do much for me.The story was very good but overall I was left kind of empty.
The best part for me was getting the chance to see Senator Pitt in *action*.Now we know where the younger Pitt got his resolve from.The scene with the Cord was priceless.This is also the first time Dirk outwits a crime family,a device Clive will use over and over.
I consider this book the start of Clives blockbuster phase.Big stories,Big action,Big ideas.They would make great movies.
I give it an 8 out of 10

[oswalder]

Loved the scene at the beginning with the Barbarians.

[Kellym]

9 out of 10

I really enoyed it.

Rob the scene with the cord

[Nick Kismet]

I'm with Rob on this one actually. My reaction to Treasure was a lot like my reaction to Cyclops. It just didn't ring my bell in that first reading. Maybe it was the shock of Clive's new style of storytelling.
However, the Alexandria Library stuff is pretty cool. Hala Kamil was a heck of a lot more user friendly than Jessie LeBaron. THe villains were great, and the thought of an immigrant invasion...well, it didn't happen quite like that, but there's no denying that its been underway for years. Maybe that's not very PC of me, but I think the facts bear it out.
I think what rang flat was the criminal enterprise behind the scenes...the Capesterre family, and their generation long plot to...do what exactly? Where was the net profit to their initial plot? I thought everything was going just fine until that little revelation came along. This is something Clive has done more than once; he did it in Iceberg; remember that Oskar Rondheim was really Carzo Butera, street hood from Brooklyn? It's okay if you don't, it was a non-essential plot point, just like the Capesterre connection.
But I've grown accustomed to some of the Cusslerisms, and can't deduct more than a point for that. And Dragon is looming on the horizon; I need to save all my vitriol for that one.

For being better that Cyclops, in my opinion, Treasure gets an 8.

[Archangel]

Same for me. It fell kind of flat at first reading. Maybe it was the different pacing (which I now admit was necessary for the added detail) from his earlier novels. But when I got used to the style, it fit right in.

[Outback Brock]

No complaints from me I really enjoyed it. 8.5/10 from me cant fault CC on this one.

And your dead right the alexandria library part was fantastic it really hooked me into reading to the wee hours.

[reaphy]

It was a great pleasure to read it!

8/10 points

[Ubik]

Treasure... it was my first CC novel!!! That's why I think is one of the most beautiful CC books...

Ciao!!!

[RudiGunn]

Treasure is one of my all time fasvorite cussler books. i absolutley loved the beginning with Junius Venator and the barbarians who we later find out are indians. Suleiman Aziz Ammar was perhaps my favorite villain, and you actually felt sorry for him in the end. And I also enjoyed the Capesterre Crime family posing as imposters. I gave it a 9.3/10.

[tonym5]

I just love Treasure!!!! It gets a solid 10 from me.

[Helene Noelle]

I enjoyed Treasure and give it a score of 9.5.

[Whatever]

Treasure was the CC novel that got me hooked. I had read RTT many years before and never made the connection until I had finished Treasure. That was probably close to 15 years ago and have been reading CC ever since. I would give Treasure 9 for quality and excitment and another .5 for getting me hooked. 9.5/10