Sahara

Dirk Pitt, Book 11

By: Clive Cussler

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 19 hrs and 32 mins

Publisher's summary

A Sunday Times best seller.

The 11th classic Dirk Pitt novel, where the adventurer is drawn to a secret in the burning African desert, which could destroy all life in the world's seas. 

Deep in the African desert, Dirk Pitt discovers that a top secret scientific installation is leaking a lethal chemical into the rivers, threatening to kill thousands of people - and to destroy all life in the world's seas.  

To warn the world of the catastrophe, Pitt must escape capture and death at the hands of a ruthless West African dictator and French industrialist and undertake a long, perilous journey across the merciless Sahara.... 

©2019 Clive Cussler (P)2019 Hachette Audio UK

Critic reviews

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

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

"The Adventure King." (Daily Express)

Great story but has a technical issue

The story is very good and Scott Brick does a great job. I would give 5 stars but I’m only giving 4 because chapter 39 is incomplete. If that is fixed then I will adjust my rating

Riveting!

Excellent Book, Loved it. Moves along smoothly. Dis not get lost when jumped from one story line to others; which all culminate into a spectacular explosive ending! Scott did an amazing job reading life into the characters and the story. Thank you!

great book, but chapter 39 was incomplete

great book, but chapter 39 was incomplete. need to redo ch 39 so it contains thebfull chapter and doesn't cut off early.

The Sahara

wow this was an interesting twist on history. a thrilling ride into a vast unknown with different plot twists. a lot of fun and a race to the finish.

one of Cuddlers best Pitt stories.

Too bad the movie should have follow his story. It would have been a better
movie.

absolutely great.

I listened while driving a trash truck and it's the only time that I wish I could work longer than a usual 12.5 hour day.

From Lee

The narrator of any book on tape makes the entire adventure come alive. This narrator does just that. Thank you.

Absolutely captivating

Loved it. Once I started I couldn't stop listening to it. Well written and orchestrated!!!

love the book

loved the book like I have loved all the others. This performance was great but chapter 39 was cut off mid sentence. I don't know how much of the chapter may have been cut off but it was. Will listen again anyway.

Good Read

It's Dirk Pitt, so if you like Clive Cussler, you will be entertained. If I had any criticism, it would perhaps be that the multiple storylines in this one were a bit too much, but it wasn't really off-putting. I like it when the good guys win and that's what they do here.

A waste of a free credit

Though an interesting concept, the story, plot and worst of all the characters are just awful.
This is a rare case wherein the film is far superior to the book upon which it is based.

The characters are two dimensional at best, and tired, racist/sexist stereotypes at worst. The main character of Dirk Pitt apparently has every skill and obscure bit of knowledge known to man, as well as being an unresistable Adonis to men and women alike. I would say that Clive Cussler is projecting himself onto Pitt except for the awful moment in which he actually inserts himself, name and all, into the narrative as a Deus Ex Machina that essentially saves the day and points the protagonists in the exact right direction.

If you like American exceptionalism and cultural whitewashing then this is the book for you.

Gripping

The production of this is very poor, chapters do not line up and cut off mid word!
Story is gripping and naration first class.

James Bond and Indiana Jones in one guy

Continuous action and adventure, but also a bit outdated cliché main character: alpha male strong in everything who is always the one solving the problems and having an easy love story with the weak woman he has to save (but duty is more important than love). After many hours it becomes tiring to already know what to expect will happen in the end. The last one and half hour were not necessary in my opinion as the main plot was resolved. So I dropped at the last 45min. I enjoyed it in the beginning but I won't get any other book of the series.

Yep !

combine Dirk, Al and Clive then stand back and listen to the magic begin again

I really enjoy the dirk Pitt Srries

I really have enjoyed the dirk Pitt series, the humour, action and stories have been remarkable.

Unfortunately it’s been annoying waiting for books to come out on audible in the right order, having to wait for earlier stories to come out after the latest book has been released is more than annoying.

This book has been superb, I have been waiting for this one for a long time, and it’s been worth the wait. Now it’s just waiting for the rest of them!!

Thank you for a great series, great characters and fantastic adventures.