Not a bad book, but the plot was a little too complicated. I thought Cussler could have easily wrapped the book up a good hundred pages sooner, but like all of his books there was a lot of action, adventure, and Dirk Pitt's death-defying feats and narrow escapes. This time Pitt and his friend Al saved America from an evil Chinese gazillionaire who was involved in the illegal exportation of Chinese immigrants. A long book, but enjoyable. I give it a B-.