Mayday!
by:
Clive Cussler (author)
Major Dirk Pitt picked up the frantic distress call as he cruised his lumbering amphibious plane over the islands of the Aegean. Brady Air Force base was under fire, its entire force of jets destroyed on the ground ...by just one First World War bi-plane! A psychotic ex-Nazi, a bloodthirsty Greek...
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Major Dirk Pitt picked up the frantic distress call as he cruised his lumbering amphibious plane over the islands of the Aegean. Brady Air Force base was under fire, its entire force of jets destroyed on the ground ...by just one First World War bi-plane! A psychotic ex-Nazi, a bloodthirsty Greek strongman and a beautiful double agent set Pitt on the trail of the warped mastermind behind a devastating sabotage plot. And on that trail, danger and death are never far behind ...
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ISBN:
9780751504804 (0751504807)
Publish date: January 1st 1988
Publisher: Sphere
Edition language: English
Category:
Adventure,
Historical Fiction,
Mystery,
Contemporary,
Spy Thriller,
Espionage,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime,
Action,
Suspense
Series: Dirk Pitt (#2)
A lazy Sunday afternoon at a U.S Air Force base on a quiet Greek island is shattered when a WWI-era German fighter attacks and then finds itself in a dogfight with a WWII-era seaplane. The Mediterranean Caper by Clive Cussler was the first published book featuring Dirk Pitt and started off a four d...
This was the first published book in the best-selling Dirk Pitt series. Lots of adventure, romance, and evildoers to overcome though perhaps a bit dated. Listened the audio version reliably read by Michael Prichard.
Three stars, if I consider it a period piece. :-) Otherwise I would have to slap Mr. Cussler for his portrayal of the woman. Very 1970s.It's short and clearly "early." But it was fun to "see" Dirk in uniform with his gold oakleaves. And as always, Al is a critical element to my enjoyment.
Not nearly as involving and well thought out as Cussler's later books... And the sexism is incredibly obvious! Not one I would reread.
Damn I just love Dirk Pitt! He's not a hottie, heck according to Cussler, he's not even handsome; regardless, he always gets the girl. He's just like MacGiver, from that old TV show. Give him a toothpick and a high heeled shoe and he can get out of any death-defying scrape imaginable. Dirk is qu...
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