Sahara
1982
- pitt, dirk (personaje literario)
- dirk pitt (fictitious character)
- contaminación
- fiction
- ficción
- relatos de aventuras
- pollution
- pitt, dirk (fictitious character), fiction
- fiction, action & adventure
- fiction, suspense
The story
1996, Egypt. Searching for a treasure on the Nile, DIRK PITT thwarts the attempted assassination of a beautiful U.N. scientist investigating a disease that is driving thousands of North Africans into madness, cannibalism, and death. The suspected cause of the raging epidemic is vast, unprecedented pollution that threatens to extinguish all life in the world's seas. Racing to save the world from environmental catastrophe, Pitt and his team, equipped with an extraordinary, state-of-the-art yacht, run a gauntlet between a billionaire industrialist and a bloodthirsty West African tyrant. In the scorching desert, Pitt finds a gold mine manned by slaves and uncovers the truth behind two enduring mysteries -- the fate of a Civil War ironclad and its secret connection with Lincoln's assassination, and the last flight of a long-lost female pilot....Now, amidst the blazing, shifting sands of the Sahara, DIRK PITT will make a desperate stand -- in a battle the world cannot afford to lose!
What it’s like
Sun-bleached and fast, with the heat of the desert pressing off every page: blazing sand, dusty Nile shores, the glint of a state-of-the-art yacht against blue water. The prose is brisk and cinematic, built on set pieces that cut quickly from one location to the next, with a wisecracking hero who gets through trouble on nerve and gadgetry. The vibe is high-octane adventure with a touch of pulp nostalgia, best for a long-haul flight, a lazy weekend with the sun out, or a fast read when you want momentum over reflection. The pacing rarely lets up, and the tone stays breezy even when the stakes turn grim: a mystery-solving treasure hunt laced with an epidemic, a tyrant, and a corporate villain. Violence is frequent and often blunt, with gunfights, fistfights, and a few gruesome deaths, though it is described more than lingered on, and there is some suggestive banter and romance but no explicit sex. Not gentle, and not dark or bleak in its emotional register. It suits readers who enjoy a globe-trotting, puzzle-driven thriller with an unapologetically heroic lead, and anyone who wants escapism with a sense of humour rather than literary subtlety.
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