Felt pretty formulaic and as I listen still a bit on the sexist side. You’d think the elder Pitt would have evolved by now.

Aside from that the link between Egypt and Ireland was quite interesting and so were some of the descriptions for locations.

I didn’t enjoy this one as much, but due to the formula and quick chapters you could read it quite quickly.

One of the better ones in a while. Fast paced fun

#bookclub4m Adventure fiction! So in my attempt to find adult versions of this genre I pulled some books under the "action and adventure" subject heading at my library. I realised that I have never read a Clive Cussler before despite the fact there are very very many. I would describe this as reading a book that was basically an American action movie. Lots of action, a bit of history-esque background story, insane villain out to destroy our world, and incredibly bland heros.

A fun listen in the Clive Cussler formulary.

It's been a long time since I read a Dirk Pitt book so read this was very nostalgic. Clive Cussler is such a good writer I really enjoy his work. The book was pretty predictable but its not about the mystery but the adventure and this book really delivers.

And so it ends. I think I enjoyed the book more and rated it more highly knowing it was the last of the series, although I guess Dirk Cussler could easily continue it, given that he's been the co-author on these books for years now. But for now, it's over and it's time for me to move on to other books.

Plotwise, there are a lot of threads that feel familiar, but there are only so many different ancient civilizations you can dig up treasures for--and I'm pretty sure Cussler hit them all. This time around, an ancient Egyptian princess apparently made it to Celtic Ireland somehow. A mummy is stolen, bioengineered bacteria try to take over the world, someone is taking militant feminism to an extreme, and wacky (destructive) highjinks ensue.

It's Dirk Pitt in a nutshell and it's not a bad book at all for what it is. A good end.

Clive Cussler is always on of my go to authors. This book did not disappoint, and I look forward to the next adventures of Dirk Pitt and crew.

3.5*. I like to listen to Clive Cussler audiobooks. Maybe it's because he writes his books like a movie. So I can listen as if to an old-fashioned radio play. If you're a fan of Dirk Pitt books, you would like this. Sure, he and his sidekick, Al Giordino, are older. However, that does not stop them stumbling into these adventures. We have a parallel story involving Dirk's children. The 2 storylines inevitably connect. One does not read these books expecting deep philosophical discussions. There is no in-depth psychological examination of the villain's motives. This is pure, action-packed fun.

A typical Dirk Pitt novel with lots of action and a person who wants to rule the world. In this story a woman wants to get rid of all men and she engineers a plague to make it so only females are born. Dirk Pitt along with his children are investigating and end up trying to stop the woman. The story travels the globe from Egypt to Scotland and Ireland and in the U.S.