Inca Gold

by Clive Cussler

Book Overview

A classic, thrilling Dirk Pitt adventure from a master of the genre Nearly five centuries ago a fleet of boats landed mysteriously on an island in an inland sea. There, an ancient Andean people hid a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0743426800
• ISBN13: 9780743426800
• Release Date: June 2001
• Publisher: Pocket Books
• Length: 592 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Excellent read

This is an excellent read. It is a nice thick book that will lose you several hours of sleep because it is really hard to put this book down. There is more than one story on the go and then they get knitted together really well. This is one of the better Cussler well researched stories

Captivating

This book grasps the audience right out of the gate. Phenomenally captivating for the first half, however the second half is a little predictable. In my opinion the last 100 pages of the book felt rushed, but it was still a great read overall. Sahara, also by Clive Cussler, remains my favorite book of the series.

Inca Gold

This book was fast pased with a lot of twists and turns. The action was just great. I feel this is another of the best action mysteries I have read in a long time. It was very hard to put down once you started reading because you just had to find out what was going to happen next. I feel this is another great addition to the Dirk Pitt series of books. Clive Cussler just keeps producing great stories. I highly recommend this book to those who like fast paced action adventure mysteries.

One of the very best Dirk Pitt adventures

Inca Gold remains one of my favorite Dirk Pitt adventures. A strong opening draws the reader in immediately, with divers being rescued from a sinkhole in Peru. The mystery deepens, as Pitt sets out on the trail of a vast treasure, including the golden bodysuit of Tiapollo. Pitt's then-girlfriend, Congresswoman Loren Smith also gets to play a significant secondary role. One of the challenges any author in this genre faces is overcoming an inherent lack of suspense. Heroes like Dirk Pitt always survive, always win out in the end, and the girl is almost always ready and willing. Too much emphasis on the "bad guy" is not a good investment because we know he (or she) is going to lose in the end. The better authors in the genre overcome this obstacle by weaving a fascinating back-story, a multi-layered mystery with the elements doled out in savory bites, and puts the hero in well-crafted settings. All of these techniques help draw the reader into the tale and overcome the initial lack of suspense and presumption of success. What Cussler does particularly well in Inca Gold is spin a fascinating back-story, with a variety of historical and archaeological elements. I'm personally biased in favor of the adventure-thriller that is heavy on both. The fast-paced techno thriller is fine, but I tend to grow bored if there's not enough to engage my mind. In this story we have Inca legends, Francis Drake, and evil art/artifact smugglers and forgers. Cussler also adds some nice twists to the search. It's more than a linear," shoot my way through the bad guys" sort of plot. Pitt and his friends actually have to use their brains a few times, and his perilous trek down an underground river is compelling and entertaining. Inca Gold ranks #2 on my list of Cussler faves, and is a terrific introduction to Dirk Pitt if you've never read any of his adventures.

inca gold

this is the best book I have read in a long time.It was every thing you can imange history none stop action.treasure and fighting, plus dirk.one of cvive cussler best in my humble opion

Inca Gold

Inca Gold is one of the more recent Dirk Pitt novels and has the humor of these later ones. In this one there is more emphasis on treasure hunting than on espionage which makes for a ripping yarn. While rescuing some divers, Pitt and his colleages come face to face with an international ring of art thieves and a clue to a massive Inca treasure. While the methods described in finding the treasure, and the treasure itself, are sometimes preposterous, everything somehow works together to make an entertaining adventure story.

One of his Best!

I love this novel because I read it after taking an extensive anthropology course at UT in Meso-American culture. Most of the facts checked out (well, come on, who writes 100% authentic historic "fiction"? the main word here is "fiction") and as always, Clive brought the action.