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Spartan Gold (Hardcover)

by Clive Cussler (Author), Grant Blackwood (Author)

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Hardcover: 384 pages
Publisher: Michael Joseph (Jan 7 2010)
ISBN-10: 0718155300
ISBN-13: 978-0718155308
Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm
Shipping Weight: 545 g

Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

Amazon.ca Sales Rank: #651,610 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Thousands of years ago, the mighty Persian king Xerxes the Great was said to have raided the Treasury at Delphi, carrying away two solid gold pillars as a tribute to his glory. In 1800, while crossing the Pennine Alps, Napoleon Bonaparte and his army stumble across the pillars. Unable to transport them, Napoleon created an inscrutable map on the labels of twelve bottles of rare wine. When Napoleon dies, the bottles disappear - and the gold pillars are lost once again. Treasure-hunters Sam and Remi Fargo are exploring the Great Pocomoke Swamp in Delaware when they are shocked to discover a German U-boat. Inside, they find a bottle taken from Napoleon's 'lost cellar'. Fascinated, the Fargos set out to find the rest of the collection. But another connoisseur of sorts has been looking for the bottle they've just found. Not for the wine. He wants what the bottle may lead to. For he is Hadeon Bondaruk - a half-Russian, half-Persian millionaire - and he claims descent from King Xerxes himself. And the treasure will be his, no matter what...

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Clive Cussler is the author or co-author of a great number of bestselling novels, including twenty Dirk Pitt(r) novels, eight NUMA(r) Files adventures, and six Oregon Files books. He has written three works of non fiction and a historical adventure series, which began with The Chase. He lives in Arizona. www.clivecussler.co.uk Grant Blackwood, US Navy veteran and author of the Briggs Tanner series, lives in Colorado.

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4.0 out of 5 stars 39 Clues for Adults, Sep 16 2009

By	Professor Donald Mitchell "Jesus Makes Me a P... (Boston) - See all my reviews (#1 REVIEWER)

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"Listen, I tell you a mystery: . . . ." 1 Corinthians 15:51

If you enjoy watching the Great Race television show and like intellectual puzzles, you'll enjoy Spartan Gold. But other than having bad guys trying to do in the good guys (and gals), this book won't feel very much like a Dirk Pitt thriller. I've been enjoying the adolescent series, the 39 Clues, recently and I found Spartan Gold to be an adult version of that entertaining saga.

As the book opens, Napoleon is crossing the Alps to begin his second Italian campaign in winter. While there, something amazing is discovered that becomes the mystery that is solved in Spartan Gold. The book then shifts to the present where two wealthy archeologists and treasure seekers, the married couple Sam and Remi Fargo, are searching for a rumored stash in a swamp. They find something quite different from what they expect and are soon caught up in an obsessive criminal's search for items related to his presumed roots. In the process, they stumble on clues that are hard to solve and take them quickly from one country to another . . . usually just a few minutes ahead of the competition.

How much you like this book depends a lot on how much you like Sam and Remi as characters. Their dialogue and tastes reminded me of Nick and Nora Charles, but their ability to mix it up with baddies is more like Charlie's Angels. Sam and Remi rely more on thinking, deception, and martial arts than on brute force . . . but they can shoot straight when they have to. I found that they grew on me as the book went along. I think that the authors didn't do enough to establish their backgrounds in the book's beginning. By the time a second novel comes out in this series, I'm sure I'll like them better. As a new type of Cussler story, Spartan Gold lacks the high-flying technology that can make the Dirk Pitt and Oregon Files books so fascinating.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Warning, this is ghostwritten or smells like it, Oct 11 2009

By	D. R. Chevalier "drchevalier" - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

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Clive Cussler puts out some great books. This isn't one of them. In fact it feels like he wrote an outline on a napkin and then the co-author wrote the book. It's not bad, but it isn't Cussler either.

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