Raise the Titanic

By: Clive Cussler

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 12 hrs and 44 mins

Publisher's summary

A Sunday Times best seller

The fantastic fourth Dirk Pitt classic from multi-million-copy king of the adventure novel, Clive Cussler.

A tidal wave of pounding excitement from start to finish....

Two and a half miles beneath the icy North Atlantic, the mighty Titanic holds the key to the safety of the free world.

The Americans want it. So do the Russians. Ace maritime troubleshooter Dirk Pitt faces one of the most stupendous tests of courage and ingenuity ever. Raise the Titanic is a spellbinding blockbuster of action and suspense.

©2017 Clive Cussler (P)2017 Little Brown Book Group

Critic reviews

"Cussler is hard to beat." ( Daily Mail)

"Clive Cussler is the guy I read." (Tom Clancy)

"The Adventure King." ( Daily Express)

Almost Modern

The writing style and even the content reads like it was just written within the last decade rather than nearly 4 decades ago. I enjoy his books as much as Clancy.

Worth the time

The writing is a bit dated but the topic is good and Scott Brick is excellent as always.

Good storyline

Liked the human qualities of Pitt and Dana. Why don’t need 15 words? Ugh ugh ugh ugh

Raise the titanic

Even though I read the book years ago in Hard cover, the audio presentation brought back great memories from my younger days. The original book is still on my shelf, and thanks to a very dear friend, it was autographed by Clive Cussler. A treasured classic that only gets better with the passage of time.

Following Thru

I have read some of the Dirk Pitt books our of sequence. Lately I have begun to re read them starting with book 1. After finishing this book it is satisfying to be able to follow thru with some of the facts and details that begun in book 1. I am looking forward to the continuation of the books in order of the series.

Unexpectedly Awesome

Knowing the story of the Titanic’s sinking and current condition and whereabouts, I was intrigued to see how Clive Cussler would weave this story.
Maintaining his genius for sucking his audience into a story of seemingly unrelated events. Not to worry, he creates a story that falsely makes the reader feel he has thoroughly wrapped up yet another enthralling adventure, only to be jolted by even more fantastical twists.
I do hasten to caution the reader to avoid this book if you are addicted to run-of-the-mill, boring, and totally predictable books. HOWEVER… if you are one of those people whose blood actually still actively flows - I hope you immerse yourself in this great read.

A favorite Cussler

A favorite Cussler although dated as far as stereotypes of women in the 80s. Try and overlook the out of date descriptions of women.

Truly skillful and incredible storytelling! 

The intrigue of the story and the skill of the writer. What a blessing Clive cussler has been. 

Dirk Pitt redefined

In this fourth volume of the Dirk Pitt series, there is a marked change in the style of writing and in the character of Dirk Pitt. Previously, the books had been entertaining imitations of James Bond books. This volume was different. Here the thriller element of the story is the star, and Dirk the point of view character for most of it. His adventures here are more in service to the story than the other way around. Dirk barely shows up until well into the story, and has no meaningful dialogue until nearly a quarter of the way through the book. His misogynistic tendencies, shown quite glaringly in the previous books are toned down a bit. Mind you, I would not take relationship advice from him, but he is not a complete ass here. The action is well paced with politics, espionage, natural and technological dangers all fairly realistically presented. This is a new Dirk Pitt who can sub for a modern James Bond without the added baggage of outdated values and easily dated spy versus spy action. This was an enjoyable listen. So far, this has been the best in the series so far. recommended.

Great novel of the time

As others have stated it’s a bit dated but and excellent listen!

If words and ideas easily offend you though. You may not like it. This was written in a different era