Trojan Odyssey

A Dirk Pitt Adventure, Book 17

By: Clive Cussler

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 14 hrs and 13 mins

Publisher's summary

Long hailed as the grand master of adventure fiction, Clive Cussler has continued to astound with the intricate plotting and astonishing set pieces of his novels. Now, with a surprising twist, he gives us his most audacious work yet.

In the final minutes of Valhalla Rising, Dirk Pitt discovered, to his shock, that he had two grown children he had never known, 23-year-old fraternal twins born to a woman he thought had died in an underwater earthquake. Both have inherited his love of the sea: the girl, Summer, is a marine biologist; the boy, himself named Dirk, is a marine engineer. And now they are about to help their father in the adventure of a lifetime.

There is a brown tide infesting the ocean off the shore of Nicaragua. The twins are working in a NUMA underwater enclosure, trying to determine its origin, when two startling things happen: Summer discovers an artifact, something strange and beautiful and ancient; and the worst storm in years boils up out of the sky, heading straight not only for them but also for a luxurious floating resort hotel square in its path.

The peril for everybody concerned is incalculable, and, desperately, Pitt, Al Giordino, and the rest of the NUMA crew rush to the rescue, but what they find in the storm's wake makes the furies of nature pale in comparison. For there is an all-too-human evil at work in that part of the world, and the brown tide is only a by-product of its plan. Soon, its work will be complete, and the world will be a very different place.

Though if Summer's discovery is to be believed, the world is already a very different place.

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Critic reviews

"This novel offers precisely what listeners have come to expect from a Dirk Pitt adventure: danger, heroics, villains, heroes." ( Booklist)

"The action never flags, the heroics never halt, and the bodies pile up as Pitt and Co. take on the villains; some big changes in Pitt's personal life close the book." ( Publishers Weekly)

Lauren's father?

love all the Dirk Pitt books. this one made me do a double take it states that Lauren's father was at the wedding. anybody who follows the series knows he died in The book Vixen 03. wonder how Clive missed that one?

Great story, as usual

Cussler hits another homerun. I especially enjoyed the growing focus on family and twists at the end. The author brought one saga to a grand conclusion, while opening new vistas to explore.

Another great adventure!

About the 12th one I’ve listened to. Scott Brick is a brilliant reader and matches Cussler’s imagination! Great combo!

Hope they make movies out of this entire series… better than any other adventure series out there, though Matthew did such a great job in Sahara, he is the only one I can imagine to play Pitt!

Action packed!

This story is action packed with several storylines playing out simultaneously. Loved the historical background of the Trojan Wars playing into a modern day adventure. All of Cussler's favorite characters in one story. Could become one of my favorite Cussler adventures.

Another great story

Another great story from a master storyteller. I enjoyed listening to this book a great deal.

True to form.

loved it.. exceeded all expectations, kept me on the edge of my seat. Can't wait to start the next book in the series.

Another great adventure

Well written with a super narrator..this adventure takes many unexpected turns that keeps the listener engaged…

A little predictable on this one

If you???ve listened to books by Clive Cussler before, how does this one compare?

Great story but a little too predictable than normal for Cussler. Overall it was a good book though and Scott Brick does a great job presenting it as with the other Clive Cussler novels.

Great Dirk Pitt story, production quality suffers

I have gotten behind on my Dirk Pitt and am having fun catching up on these titles using Audible. This is your typical Dirk Pitt story, full of action, adventure, good guys winning and bad guys loosing. No spoiler there. Scott Brick is exellent as always, and after a couple of these titles I enjoy the continuity of him reading all of Cusslers work (at least all the ones I have listened to). I did find the production quality on this one a bit less than other titles. Several of the chapter breaks seem to be crammed together without the subtle pause one would expect - almost like the reader went from the end of one chapter to the beginning of the next in one breath. There are also changes in volume level in several cases which made several of the chapter transitions rather like hitting a speedbump too fast.

Other than some production issues, it's another great story by Cussler..

A great read.

Trojan Odyssey was an enjoyable read. I had no problem following the story line. Scott Brick did a great job.