The last book I just finished was Treasure of Kahn by Clive Cussler. Another sea adventure with the fearless Dirk Pitt and crew. This time, NUMA, the National Underwater and Marine Agency, is involved with a mysterious seiche wave that nearly destroys a research vessel. As they investigate, they find the wave linked back to a mysterious oil company that appears to be linked to a chain of earthquakes at major oil production facilities, dramatically affecting oil prices. China, hit especially hard by the sudden economic impact, enters into negotiations with the oil company which includes ceding Inner Mongolia back to Mongolia in return for promised oil flows. Pitt and crew discover all this leads back to a dark secret about Genghis Kahn and the legend of treasures that surround the Kahn.
The book is typical Cussler, fast moving and involved. There is, of course, the obligatory underwater scenes and the capture of Pitt and his seemingly inescapable escape. There is a lengthly preamble to the present day story. At first this seems long and unnecessary, but you later learn most of it was necessary to set the scene of who Genghis Kahn was, and the secret his treasures held.
552 p., 2006. Recommended for fans of Cussler (obviously), and those interested in adventure stories, sea adventures, cultures of China, Russia or Mongolia, and light mysteries. Nothing too offensive though there is violence but not too graphically described.
I've decided to catch up on reading some of the children's books I've purchased for the library. So next is Gideon, the cutpurse: being the first part of the Gideon trilogy by Linda Buckley-Archer. I saw this at Borders and thought it looked interesting. -K
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