Lost Empire, Clive Cussler
Lost Empire, Clive Cussler
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Lost Empire
A Fargo Adventure

Author: Clive Cussler, Grant Blackwood

Narrator: Scott Brick

Unabridged: 12 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 08/31/2010


Synopsis

Husband-and-wife treasure hunters Sam and Remi Fargo run afoul of a dictator who uses false facts about Aztec history to further his claim to power in this #1 New York Times-bestselling series.

While scuba diving in Tanzania, Sam and Remi Fargo come upon a relic belonging to a long-lost Confederate ship. An anomaly about the relic sets them off chasing a mystery—but unknown to them, a much more powerful force is engaged in the same chase. Mexico’s ruling party, the ultranationalist Mexica Tenochca, is intent on finding that artifact as well, because it contains a secret that could destroy the party utterly.
 
Through Tanzania and Zanzibar, into the rainforests of Madagascar, and across the Indian Ocean to Indonesia and the legendary site of the 1883 Krakatoa explosion, the Fargos and their ruthless opponents pursue the hunt—but only one can win. And the penalty for failure is death.

About Clive Cussler

During a very active, interesting life, author. Clive Cussler became interested in writing. He was in the Air Force during the Korean War followed by a career in advertising writing award winning commercials. In 1996 he wrote his first notification work, The Sea Hunters. From that work he was awarded a Doctor of Letters degree, with his work being accepted in lieu of a thesis. Then, in 2002 he was awarded the Naval Heritage Award for his efforts in the subject of marine exploration. He is also a Fellow in three prestigious marine organizations.

In keeping with his marine interests, his books revolved around character, Dirk Pitt, who was a marine engineer, government agent, and adventurer. His first two novels were more traditional maritime thrillers, but the third, Raise the Titanic, established his iconic style.....a blend of high adventure and high technology involving villains, sunken treasure, and beautiful women.

Cussler writes in the style like fellow authors, Michael Crichton, creating techno - thrillers that do not depend on any certain settings with great spectacular and outlandish plot devices. He has had more than seventeen titles on the New York Times fiction best seller list.


Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by Bill on 2010-09-11 18:01:23

If you are a Cussler fan you will love it. Cussler excitement from start to finish.

Goodreads review by Paul on August 20, 2023

A poor example of Cussler’s capabilities Clive Cussler’s LOST EMPIRE is a sadly derivative and poorly executed example of the genre of globe-trotting, death-defying, puzzle solving, history revising, super sleuth “thrillers spawned by Dan Brown’s wildly popular modern day publishing phenomenon THE D......more

Goodreads review by Jerry on November 26, 2023

Synopsis: Adventurers Sam and Remi Fargo stumble across an old bell while vacationing in Zanzibar. They soon discover that it was part of the Civil War battleship Shenandoah, which had been sold to Zanzibar's sultan and then disappeared. Unfortunately, someone else wants that bell bad enough to kill......more

Goodreads review by Andrea on February 12, 2016

Why do I keep coming back to the Fargo adventures? Because this needs to happen in my life. TOMB RAIDER X UNCHARTED FOREVER!!! Until my fangirl dreams are fulfilled I am going to be content with the second best thing - Clive Cussler's husband/wife treasure-hunting duo on a track to a new adventure. Th......more

Goodreads review by Julie on November 13, 2020

This book game me my recent fix for history and adventure. I took one star off because it also gave me jet lag....ha ha ha!......more

Goodreads review by Bill on March 09, 2024

Connections between the Civil War and the Aztecs is an intriguing idea but by and large it is a fairly standard by-the-numbers historical fiction. It has Cussler’s name on but not much else to put it above similar books is the genre.......more