It was Dirk Pitt, so I loved it, but I had two quibbles with it.

First: there were spots where scenes just went on for too long. The pacing wasn't as tight as the earlier books. I think this was when (on my first read through the series), I noticed the books started to bloat some.

Secondly: Any time a measurement was given, it was given in meters or kilometers, and was then immediately followed by the American equivalent in parentheses. This ruined the flow of the narrative for me, and got annoying after a while. If America has switched to the metrics system (as it said on the first page), then use the metric system.

Este livro pertencia a uma biblioteca escolar, que ia se desfazer dele. Decidi lê-lo. Foi divertido, embora eu pessoalmente não acredite que tal aventura seja possível.

Una sorta di Isola del Tesoro moderna, vista più dall'ottica di James Bond e Indiana Jones mixati insieme!

Il mio romanzo di Cussler preferito (e il primo letto che me l'ha fatto piacevolmente scoprire) che mi ha fatto innamorare delle antiche civiltà ormai scomparse... Bellissimo, il migliore romanzo d'azione e d'avventura di tutti i tempi!