Crescent Dawn

Clive Cussler · Dirk Cussler

Nov 2010 · Penguin

About this ebook

Deep sea explorer and NUMA director Dirk Pitt encounters the last direct descendants of the Ottoman dynasty as they prepair to incite a revolution in this novel in the #1 New York Times-bestselling series.

In a.d. 327, a Roman galley with an extraordinary cargo barely escapes a pirate attack. In 1916, a British warship mysteriously explodes in the middle of the North Sea. In the present day, a cluster of important mosques in Turkey and Egypt are wracked by explosions.

What ties them all together? NUMA director Dirk Pitt and his team are about to find out, as Roman artifacts discovered in Turkey and Israel unnervingly connect to the rise of a fundamentalist movement determined to restore the glory of the Ottoman Empire. From Washington to London to the treacherous shores of the Near East, dangerous men and desperate acts fill their path, and at the end of it, the most dangerous thing of all: the rumored existence of a mysterious “manifest,” lost long ago, which if discovered again could shed new light on early Christianity and just might change the history of the world as we know it.

Filled with breathtaking suspense and extraordinary imagination, Crescent Dawn is further proof that when it comes to adventure writing, nobody beats Clive Cussler.

Ratings and reviews

I have been reading as many of Clive's novels as I could get my hands on. I am always awed by his ability to weave a take with historical and maritime facts in such a way as to create a gripping take of intrude, suspense, action and humor. He is one of a rare breed of writers that deserves the title of "Author". Mr. Cussler, thank you, you did it again.

4 of 5 stars for the adventure novel Crescent Dawn by Clive Cussler. As with many Cussler novels, an artifact from ancient times is the key to the story. The NUMA team is searching for the artifact in question and several other people become interested in an action-filled way. The reason for only 4 stars is that mid-way thru the artifact story we take a side-track to a different story line for the bulk of the book. Towards the end, we return to the artifact story and at the ending the stories get tied together in a modest way. So, I took off one star for the unnecessary distraction of the side-track. I do truly like all of Cussler's books; oh, Cussler makes a cameo in this novel. Yes, recommended!

Love the way Cussler weaves story within a story and builds it all into a dramatic suspense-filled climax, a tad unrealistic towards the end where they find a couple thousand-year old leather intact, but that does not prevent you from enjoying the adventure with Pitt, at his charismatic best.

About the author

Clive Cussler is the author or coauthor of over fifty previous books in five bestselling series, including Dirk Pitt®, NUMA® Files, Oregon® Files, Isaac Bell, and Sam and Remi Fargo. His nonfiction works include Built for Adventure: The Classic Automobiles of Clive Cussler and Dirk Pitt, and Built to Thrill:More Classic Automobiles from Clive Cussler and Dirk Pitt, plus The Sea Hunters and The Sea Hunters II; these describe the true adventures of the real NUMA, which, led by Cussler, searches for lost ships of historic significance. With his crew of volunteers, Cussler has discovered more than sixty ships, including the long-lost Confederate ship Hunley. He lives in Colorado and Arizona. 

 
Dirk Cussler is the coauthor with Clive Cussler of six previous Dirk Pitt® adventures: Black Wind, Treasure of Khan, Arctic Drift, Crescent Dawn, Poseidon’s Arrow,  Havana Storm, and Odessa Sea. For the past several years, he has been an active participant and partner in his father’s NUMA expeditions and has served as president of the NUMA® advisory board of trustees. Cussler lives in Arizona.