Though I have to admit......there are some cheesy parts and even cheesier lines.....I still had a DAMN good time reading this.

This was an exciting, funny, and thrilling read from start to finish. I would honestly read about paint drying if Cussler had written about it; the dude had a way of making the most boring scientific information sound fascinating.

While this book does suffer from overuse of deus ex machina and has the typical "male writing voluptuous female" descriptions, it doesn't come off as overly negative. This is an adventure novel. Dirk Pitt, the hero, is ....like a cross between Indiana Jones and James Bond. It has over the top, crazy, action packed violence and witty banter on every page. But the whole damn thing is so entertaining.

Is it the best written thing ever? Probably not. But there's a reason he was such a prolific and popular author.