Iceberg / Ice Berg : The Year's Wildest Action Thriller [novel, Adventure Fiction, UK edition]

Pages are Aged, Yet Clean: Sphere / UK Edition Paperback : soft cover edition in good plus condition, a typical used book with slight wear to edges and spine. Some minor bumping or creases. Overall good / nice copy of this scarce title. Excellent reading on the subject. A good book to enjoy and keep on hand for yourself. Or would make an ideal gift for the fan / reader in your life. Reading is one of the great pleasures in life. About the author: Clive Eric Cussler (born July 15, 1931 in Aurora, Illinois) is an American adventure novelist and marine archaeologist. His thriller novels, mostly featuring the character Dirk Pitt, have reached The New York Times fiction best-seller list more than seventeen times. Cussler is also a member of the National Underwater and Marine Agency (NUMA), and has discovered more than sixty shipwreck sites. Clive Cussler began writing in 1965 when his wife took a job working nights for the local police department where they lived in California. After making dinner for the kids and putting them to bed he had no one to talk to and nothing to do so he decided to start writing. His most famous creation is marine engineer, government agent and adventurer Dirk Pitt. The Dirk Pitt novels frequently take on an alternative history perspective, such as "what if Atlantis was real?", or "what if Abraham Lincoln wasn't assassinated, but was kidnapped?" The first two Pitt novels, The Mediterranean Caper and Iceberg, were relatively conventional maritime thrillers. The third, Raise the Titanic!, made Cussler's reputation and established the pattern that subsequent Pitt novels would follow: a blend of high adventure and high technology, generally involving megalomaniacal villains, lost ships, beautiful women, and sunken treasure. Cussler's novels, like those of Michael Crichton, are examples of techno-thrillers that do not use military plots and settings. Where Crichton strove for scrupulous realism, however, Cussler prefers fantastic spectacles and outlandish plot devices. The Pitt novels, in particular, have the anything-goes quality of the James Bond or Indiana Jones movies, while also sometimes borrowing from Alistair MacLean's novels. Pitt himself is a larger-than-life hero reminiscent of Doc Savage and other characters from pulp magazines. Clive Cussler has had more than seventeen consecutive titles reach The New York Times fiction best-seller list. Cited from Wikipedia. Please send us a note if you have any questions. Thank you. . Soft Cover. Good Clean Cond./No Dust Jacket. Illus. by Cover Illustration. Novel / Fiction / Enjoyable Reading. Adventure Fiction.