Try an audiobook on us
Pacific Vortex!
People who bought this also bought...
-
Golden Buddha
- By: Craig Dirgo, Clive Cussler
- Narrated by: J Charles
- Length: 11 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 51
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 43
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 45
Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Golden Buddha by Clive Cussler with Craig Dirgo, read by J. Charles. When Cabrillo and his ship are hired by the US government to find an ancient statue known as the Golden Buddha, stolen from the Dalai Lama in 1959, the stakes couldn't be higher. Success or failure will determine the future of Tibet. Playing the Russians off against the Chinese while battling against mysterious forces who will do anything to stop them, the crew of the Oregon face a formidable foe. But like his extraordinary ship, the enigmatic Juan Cabrillo has more than a few aces up his sleeve....
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Narration spoilt this book
- By CHRISTINE L on 28-05-18
-
Polar Shift
- NUMA Files, Book 6
- By: Clive Cussler
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 12 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 82
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 73
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 73
Polar Shift: It is the name for a phenomenon that may have occurred many times in the past. At its weakest, it disorients birds and animals and damages electrical equipment. At its worst, it causes massive eruptions, earthquakes and climatic changes. At its very worst, it would mean the obliteration of all living matter...
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Polar Shift
- By Dibodiddly on 09-07-18
-
Spartan Gold
- Fargo Adventures, Book 1
- By: Clive Cussler, Grant Blackwood
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 342
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 304
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 302
In 1800, while crossing the Pennine Alps, Napoleon Bonaparte and his army stumbled across the pillars. Unable to transport them, Napoleon created an inscrutable map on the labels of twelve bottles of rare wine. When Napoleon died, the bottles disappeared - and the gold pillars were lost once again. Treasure-hunters Sam and Remi Fargo are exploring the Great Pocomoke Swamp in Delaware when they are shocked to discover a German U-boat. Inside, they find a bottle taken from Napoleon's 'lost cellar'.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Just as good as the Isaac Bell series...!
- By Salter on 05-09-15
-
Pandemic
- The Extinction Files, Book 1
- By: A. G. Riddle
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 18 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 918
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 851
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 851
In Atlanta, Dr. Peyton Shaw is awakened by the phone call she has dreaded for years. As the CDC's leading epidemiologist, she's among the first responders to outbreaks around the world. It's a lonely and dangerous job, but it's her life - and she's good at it. This time she may have met her match. In Kenya, an Ebola-like pathogen has infected two Americans. One lies at death's door. With the clock ticking, Peyton assembles her team and joins personnel from the Kenyan Ministry of Health and the WHO.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Much Much More...
- By Salter on 28-04-18
-
The Hunt for Red October
- By: Tom Clancy
- Narrated by: Lance C Fuller
- Length: 17 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 277
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 247
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 249
The runaway international number one best seller that launched Tom Clancy's spectacular career and introduced his acclaimed hero, Jack Ryan, in the ultimate submarine adventure - now reissued with a new cover. Silently, beneath the chill Atlantic waters, Russia's ultrasecret missile submarine, the Red October, is heading west. The Americans want her. The Russians want her back. With all-out war only seconds away, the superpowers race across the ocean on the most desperate mission of a lifetime.
-
1 out of 5 stars
-
Terrible Reader
- By Lynda on 22-02-18
-
Tom Clancy's Oath of Office
- By: Marc Cameron
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 14 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 67
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 60
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 60
On a crowded tourist beach in Portugal, US operatives use a high-tech drone to watch a French arms dealer flirt with a beautiful woman. It's only when she leaves that they realise she has shot him dead. In Iran, protests are growing against the oppressive regime, whipped up by a charismatic student. Most external observers are excited, but on the ground a spy of questionable loyalty senses something is badly amiss.
-
2 out of 5 stars
-
I just wanted it t end
- By Eileen on 05-02-19
-
Golden Buddha
- By: Craig Dirgo, Clive Cussler
- Narrated by: J Charles
- Length: 11 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 51
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 43
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 45
Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Golden Buddha by Clive Cussler with Craig Dirgo, read by J. Charles. When Cabrillo and his ship are hired by the US government to find an ancient statue known as the Golden Buddha, stolen from the Dalai Lama in 1959, the stakes couldn't be higher. Success or failure will determine the future of Tibet. Playing the Russians off against the Chinese while battling against mysterious forces who will do anything to stop them, the crew of the Oregon face a formidable foe. But like his extraordinary ship, the enigmatic Juan Cabrillo has more than a few aces up his sleeve....
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Narration spoilt this book
- By CHRISTINE L on 28-05-18
-
Polar Shift
- NUMA Files, Book 6
- By: Clive Cussler
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 12 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 82
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 73
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 73
Polar Shift: It is the name for a phenomenon that may have occurred many times in the past. At its weakest, it disorients birds and animals and damages electrical equipment. At its worst, it causes massive eruptions, earthquakes and climatic changes. At its very worst, it would mean the obliteration of all living matter...
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Polar Shift
- By Dibodiddly on 09-07-18
-
Spartan Gold
- Fargo Adventures, Book 1
- By: Clive Cussler, Grant Blackwood
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 342
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 304
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 302
In 1800, while crossing the Pennine Alps, Napoleon Bonaparte and his army stumbled across the pillars. Unable to transport them, Napoleon created an inscrutable map on the labels of twelve bottles of rare wine. When Napoleon died, the bottles disappeared - and the gold pillars were lost once again. Treasure-hunters Sam and Remi Fargo are exploring the Great Pocomoke Swamp in Delaware when they are shocked to discover a German U-boat. Inside, they find a bottle taken from Napoleon's 'lost cellar'.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Just as good as the Isaac Bell series...!
- By Salter on 05-09-15
-
Pandemic
- The Extinction Files, Book 1
- By: A. G. Riddle
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 18 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 918
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 851
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 851
In Atlanta, Dr. Peyton Shaw is awakened by the phone call she has dreaded for years. As the CDC's leading epidemiologist, she's among the first responders to outbreaks around the world. It's a lonely and dangerous job, but it's her life - and she's good at it. This time she may have met her match. In Kenya, an Ebola-like pathogen has infected two Americans. One lies at death's door. With the clock ticking, Peyton assembles her team and joins personnel from the Kenyan Ministry of Health and the WHO.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Much Much More...
- By Salter on 28-04-18
-
The Hunt for Red October
- By: Tom Clancy
- Narrated by: Lance C Fuller
- Length: 17 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 277
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 247
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 249
The runaway international number one best seller that launched Tom Clancy's spectacular career and introduced his acclaimed hero, Jack Ryan, in the ultimate submarine adventure - now reissued with a new cover. Silently, beneath the chill Atlantic waters, Russia's ultrasecret missile submarine, the Red October, is heading west. The Americans want her. The Russians want her back. With all-out war only seconds away, the superpowers race across the ocean on the most desperate mission of a lifetime.
-
1 out of 5 stars
-
Terrible Reader
- By Lynda on 22-02-18
-
Tom Clancy's Oath of Office
- By: Marc Cameron
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 14 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 67
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 60
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 60
On a crowded tourist beach in Portugal, US operatives use a high-tech drone to watch a French arms dealer flirt with a beautiful woman. It's only when she leaves that they realise she has shot him dead. In Iran, protests are growing against the oppressive regime, whipped up by a charismatic student. Most external observers are excited, but on the ground a spy of questionable loyalty senses something is badly amiss.
-
2 out of 5 stars
-
I just wanted it t end
- By Eileen on 05-02-19
Summary
A Sunday Times best seller
The thrilling first Dirk Pitt classic from multi-million-copy king of the adventure novel, Clive Cussler.
Fully armed and with all hands onboard, the nuclear submarine Starbuck sailed into the calm Pacific Ocean for sea trials - and vanished. No wreckage, no signals, no survivors: nothing...until ace maritime troubleshooter Dirk Pitt finds a single chilling clue in the shark-torn surf off Hawaii - the log of the Starbuck.
'Do not search for us, it can only end in vain....'
A crazed journal of madness and death is all that remains. And the captain's final scrawled, fear-crazed note locates the Starbuck's grave hundreds of miles from her last known position! The search for the Starbuck plunges Dirk Pitt into his most shattering assignment to date - a whirlpool of deep-sea mystery and terror - the Pacific Vortex!
Critic reviews
More from the same
Narrator
What members say
Average customer ratings
Overall
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
5 Stars101
-
4 Stars47
-
3 Stars22
-
2 Stars8
-
1 Stars8
Performance
-
4.5 out of 5 stars
-
5 Stars113
-
4 Stars37
-
3 Stars13
-
2 Stars5
-
1 Stars2
Story
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
5 Stars84
-
4 Stars44
-
3 Stars19
-
2 Stars10
-
1 Stars9
-
Overall3 out of 5 stars
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars
-
Story3 out of 5 stars
- Mike T.
- 05-08-18
Exciting but flawed.
Starts out with a sense of GREAT mystery. Who, why, how. Wow I thought, this is great. And it was.
Then it changed into a Jules Verneian / James Bond type story, complete with a "dated" view of the female characters and suspension of disbelief stretching action. The female - lets say melodrama was just baad! The action however was competent and the who, why, how mystery questions begged to be answered, so I kept listening.
Clive Cussler's almost apologetic foreword makes me believe that the series will improve. ;-)
4 of 4 people found this review helpful
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story4 out of 5 stars
- Ahsineknagrom
- 16-09-18
Entertaining, but predictable
As always this was another top notch story from Clive Cussler. A very entertaining listen, with a bit of a predictable ending.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- S. Ellis
- UK
- 07-02-19
escape in fiction
Great listening vivid descriptions. well narrated, will buy the second book. looking forward to it
-
Overall3 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story4 out of 5 stars
- Fletchk17
- 12-12-18
liked the narrator, story felt rushed at the end
narrator was gripping, felt like there should have been more to the story but a good quick listen
-
Overall1 out of 5 stars
- David
- 03-12-18
Rubbish
Rubbish!! Not worth the time. The reader was OK but the book is terrible. The author was a favourite when I was young but I must have grown up.
-
Overall2 out of 5 stars
-
Performance2 out of 5 stars
-
Story2 out of 5 stars
- CGM
- 23-11-18
a little disappointed
a little disappointed in this book. the storyline, for me, was disconnected and in many places predictable with unrealistic elements.
-
Overall1 out of 5 stars
-
Performance2 out of 5 stars
-
Story1 out of 5 stars
- Mr Fish
- 06-11-18
What utter rubbish
Seriously you will never get this time back...... I listened to this on a recommendation of somebody who enjoyed Sahara... what utter rubbish
-
Overall2 out of 5 stars
-
Performance3 out of 5 stars
-
Story1 out of 5 stars
- PC Enthusiast
- 23-10-18
First and last Dirk Pitt story
Predictable and clichéd. Like a 60s bond film. Complete with invincible hero, villain, and mysterious lair. The tone is terrible. The author builds suspense only to ruin moments with tasteless jokes or lewd comments.
If you have no imagination then Dirk Pitt is the hero for you.
Narrator was adequate, did the job well enough without being spectacular.
-
Overall3 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story3 out of 5 stars
- Mark
- 23-10-18
Okay and easy listening.
First Clive Cussler book I’ve listened to. I think I’ll have to listen to another to make my mind up about the main character. Seemed a bit cheesy in parts.
-
Overall2 out of 5 stars
-
Performance3 out of 5 stars
-
Story1 out of 5 stars
- David A
- Portsmouth
- 17-10-18
Not awful - if you can suspend reality
The story really suffers from basic errors in underwater and submarine operations, all of which could have been overcome by the author engaging with appropriate experts. These really depart so far from reality that they detract from any hope of credibility in the plot.
The narrator drawls his way through the book without too much interest. He makes his usual mistakes without correction from the producer, however it doesn't make much difference in this case.
If you want a taught submarine thriller then try Patrick Robinson or Tom Clancy; give this a miss.
-
Overall3 out of 5 stars
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars
-
Story3 out of 5 stars
- Jessica
- 05-10-18
It's not for me
This author was recommended to me by an aunt who simply loves his work but it really doesn't do anything for me. A typical mystery novel, the first 90% is spent increasing the mystery vibe and the last 10% telling all, even explaining things I hadn't thought to question. The narration is fine though I've heard male narrators do a better job when undertaking women's voices. And I'd have liked to have heard more accents among the characters.
Something I found particularly frustrating was the lack of guidance regarding the time frame. It took me forever to work out the decade this was based in and even now I'm still not sure if it was the late 70's or early 80's.